Abstract
Mental health and well-being are important contributors to quality of life, productivity and life satisfaction. Spirituality is an important aspect of quality of life and hence, understanding spirituality, assessing spirituality and incorporating spirituality in psychotherapy are important issues for clinical psychologists in order to provide holistic and appropriate care. Professional ethics codes recognize the need to respect the beliefs and values associated with religion and spirituality in the course of psychotherapy. Spiritually oriented psychotherapeutic interventions have been considered to be especially indicated for individuals experiencing psychological trauma. Although the role of spirituality has been recognized in resilience and recovery, very little professional training is available for therapists to learn how to address religious-spiritual matters in therapy.Therapy training manuals and trained mentors are required to enable effective application of spiritually oriented psychotherapeutic interventions when they are indicated.
Highlights
The World Health Organization [1] has defined health as a state of complete physical, social and mental well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
In order to assess the spiritual dimension of quality of life, the WHO [6] developed the WHO Quality of Life scale (WHOQOL)-SRPB to examine quality of life aspects related to spirituality, religiousness and personal beliefs.It assesses eight dimensions: spiritual connection, meaning and purpose in life,experiences of awe and wonder, wholeness and integration,spiritual strength,inner peace,hope and optimism, and faith.The WHOQOL-SRPB examines the relationship between quality of life and spirituality, religiosity and personal beliefs [7]
Resilience in trauma survivors may advance understanding of human adaptation to trauma.In a review of perspectives on religion and spirituality in recovery from serious mental illness and substance abuse, Fallot [17] concluded that mental health services need to become ‘spiritually-informed’ to address issues related to psychological trauma
Summary
The World Health Organization [1] has defined health as a state of complete physical, social and mental well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. If spirituality has such healing qualities, its presence in individuals seeking psychological help needs to be Psychol Behav Sci Int J 1(1): PBSIJ.MS.ID.555551 (2015)
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