Women and Spirituality: An Experiential Group for Female Graduate Students

Abstract

Spirituality has received increasing attention as an area to be considered in counseling and college student development, but little has been written about specific interventions to address college students' spiritual needs. The authors present the format, content, and outcomes of an experiential group that was established to facilitate women's spiritual exploration and development. C urrently, significant national attention is being paid to the role of spirituality in people's mental health and well-being

Understanding Latina/o Students’ Meaning in Life, Spirituality, and Subjective Happiness

“…Finally, one of the most important implications from this study involves group counseling. Soet and Martin (2007) recommended a group counseling intervention with college students to focus on the relationship between mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual health. Benefits of group counseling that focus on spiritual experiences might include cohesion among group members regarding spirituality and increased understanding of the role of spiritual experiences (Soet & Martin, 2007).…”

Religion and spirituality in group counseling: Beliefs and preferences of university counseling center clients.

“…The minimal scholarship that does exist in this area mainly consists of descriptive articles that detail the structure and content of religiously- or spiritually-themed groups; see Cornish and Wade (2010) for a review. In terms of a college student population, three articles were located that describe spiritually themed counseling groups (Gear et al, 2009; Genia, 1990; Soet & Martin, 2007). Although these articles are helpful, the reality is that the majority of groups offered at university counseling centers (UCCs) are general counseling groups (Golden, Corazzini, & Grady, 1993; Colbs, 2003).…”