Religion In Counseling Research Articles

Spirituality in marriage, couple, and family counseling programs

AbstractAn increased emphasis on the importance of including spirituality and religion in counseling places systemic family therapists in a unique position due to their relational focus. However, research indicates a lack of graduate training to ensure competence in addressing this dimension. This article offers possibilities for integrating spiritual and religious issues into existing marriage, couple, and family graduate courses.

Counseling and Values Metastudy: An Analysis of Publication Characteristics From 2000 to 2019

Articles published in Counseling and Values: Spirituality, Ethics, and Religion in Counseling (CVJ) from 2000 to 2019 were analyzed for trends over time related to author characteristics and article content. Women now (2015–2019) compose more than two thirds of lead authors, about 90% of first and all authors are primarily affiliated with universities, and 12% of first authors from 2015 to 2019 are domiciled internationally. CVJ significantly increased the proportion of research publications while maintaining consistent proportions across all coded research variables. Only about 10% of articles focused on ethics, whereas 28% focused on spiritual and religious topics.

Konseling Islami Untuk Meningkatkan Efikasi Diri Pasien HIV/AIDS

ISLAMIC COUNSELING TO IMPROVE SELF EFFICACY OF HIV/AIDS PATIENTS. HIV/AIDS sufferers show low self efficacy that causes hypochondria which people often think about loss, loneliness and sinful feelings above all of what has been done. This causes them less emphasis on health care. Implementation of the value of Islamic religion in counseling or called Islamic counseling is very important to do because of a strong relationship between religious Islam with increase self-efficacy. This study wanted to know how self efficacy of HIV/AIDS sufferers in Rejang Lebong Regency can be improved by Islamic counseling. This research was conducted in clinic VCT RSUD Curup Rejang Lebong with the counselor as the key informant.Triangulasi is done by interviewing doctor hwo is handling patient and also companion of peer (PS). Data collection is done by interview and documentation. Futuremore the data is analyzed by doing data reduction, data presentation and conclusion and meaning. The result of research shows that Islamic Counseling is done by counselor on post test counseling by giving advice concerning Allah's greatness, His forgiveness and taubatan nashuhah that bring the patient becomes more resilient, anthusiastict with the process of treatment, more eager to fulfill worship and dayly activity.

Addressing Religion in Counseling With Racially Marginalized Adolescents

Many adolescents adhere to religious traditions. When faced with adversity, religion can be a source of meaning, comfort, and support. Adolescents in racially marginalized groups are at high risk of experiencing discrimination in U.S. society. Researchers have found that religion may serve as a protective factor against the harmful effects of discrimination and oppression. In this article, I describe the prevalence of religion among racially marginalized group members as well as the unique considerations of adolescent religious development. I detail ways in which religion can be an effective coping strategy with regard to discrimination, and conclude by applying the new multicultural and social justice counseling competencies (MSJCC) to clinical work involving religion among racially marginalized youth.

The Ways Paradigm: A Transtheoretical Model for Integrating Spirituality Into Counseling

Research suggests that an emphasis on spirituality and religion in counseling has increased awareness but not translated into changes in practice. The authors contend that part of this challenge is the lack of a broad, heuristic model for integration that seeks to embrace the complex, fluid, and negotiated nature of spirituality and religion. Cheston's () Ways Paradigm for teaching counseling theory provides such a model, leading to new perspectives on counselor education, research, and practice.

Spirituality and religion in group counseling: A literature review with practice guidelines.

There has been increased discussion of the need to attend to clients’ spirituality and religion as a part ofthe counseling process, but much of the literature to date has focused on individual counseling. How dothe research and resulting practice implications apply to group counseling? This article provides arationale for attending to spirituality and religion in counseling, explores the opportunities and barriersin attending to spirituality and religion in group counseling, and reviews the literature on the growingnumber of group interventions with a spiritual or religious focus. The article ends with specific guidelinesfor when and how to incorporate spirituality and religion into group counseling.Keywords: spirituality, religion, group counseling, group therapy

Christian Couple Counseling by Professional, Pastoral, and Lay Counselors from a Protestant Perspective: A Nationwide Survey

Couple counseling is widely practiced by Christian counselors, but there are almost no empirical data investigating it. The present study presents data from a national web-based survey of counselors from the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC). We describe the nature of Christian couple counseling, as well as counselors' religiousness and their attitudes toward integrating religion and spirituality into couple counseling. Christian couple counselors were highly religious and their personal religiosity affected their attitude toward incorporating religion in counseling. There were differences between professional, pastoral, and lay counselors suggesting that each be treated separately rather than be lumped generically as Christian couple counseling.

Spiritual and Religious Competencies: A National Survey of CACREP‐Accredited Programs

In this study of 94 Counsel for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP)‐accredited counselor education programs, 69% of respondents reported their programs addressed spiritual and religious issues; however, only 46% of CACREP liaisons perceived themselves as prepared or very prepared to integrate material related to spirituality and religion in counseling into their teaching and supervision activities. In addition, only 28% of respondents viewed their colleagues as similarly capable of addressing these issues as a component of counselor preparation. The authors discuss implications for training and practice.

Review of Spirituality and Religion in Counseling and Psychotherapy: Diversity in Theory and Practice.

Review of Spirituality and Religion in Counseling and Psychotherapy: Diversity in Theory and Practice.