Abstract
Religious practice is essential in every faith. This practice reflects the strength of conviction and adherence to one’s professed faith. Studies in the West have shown the necessity to discuss religious issues in counseling and this method is accepted for implementation in counseling sessions with clients as religion and life are inseparable. The purpose of this present research is to identify the appropriate type of religious practice to be discussed in counseling sessions with clients. Its aim is also to study the appropriate level to apply the related religious practice issue in the counseling process and to analyse the problems arising in implementing such discussions. The research methodology used is survey method using questionnaire. Selection for research uses the convenience sampling (N=50) method. Research results are analysed by statistical description. Findings show that there is a need to discuss religious practice in counseling. Among the types of religious practice appropriate to be discussed are supplication (doa), reciting al-Quran, prayers (solah) and sending prayers and salutations (salawat) upon the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). This research finds that there are problems in discussion of religious practice with clients in counseling such as uncooperative client, counselor feels client is uncomfortable, disinterested client, client is not ready and counselor thinks religious practice is a sensitive matter. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n6s5p394
Highlights
Before studying the aspect of religious practice discussed in counseling sessions between the counselor and client, it is first necessary to generally discuss the application of religious or spiritual element in counseling
All the findings clearly show that Western scholars recognise the importance of applying religious or spiritual discussion in counseling sessions
This research is done to identify the types of Islamic religious practice appropriate to be applied in counseling sessions
Summary
Before studying the aspect of religious practice discussed in counseling sessions between the counselor and client, it is first necessary to generally discuss the application of religious or spiritual element in counseling. It was found later that many human life issues were settled through religious solutions, there emerged efforts to apply religious or spiritual element in counseling. There are many grounds given on the importance of applying religious or spiritual element in counseling. Corey (2003) found that religion and spirituality are often part of the client’s problem, but can be part of the client’s solution. Spiritual and religious values can play a major part in human life, spiritual values should be viewed as a potential resource in therapy rather than as something to be ignored
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