In the article, Schaffner & Dixon begins by addressing the importance of values in mental health counseling. Although many therapists strive to distance their values to clients (due to ethical obligation), only a few believe, if any that counseling is value-free.
A large part of the Team discovery is clients who seek for counseling has some tied to religious or spiritual beliefs. The Reviewer however, believes that spiritual and religious issues sometimes are not the primary focus of seeking counseling, the belief of a higher-power remains to be a relevant demographic or cultural variable. Further, MHC agrees to “seek spiritual understanding of one’s place in the universe” and is “important for a positive, mentally healthy life-style,” and …show more content…
Further, there are fewer articles published about what clients actually say they want. There are even less publications addressing clients’ expectations about spirituality in counseling—these spiritual issues in counseling subsequently are neglected.
The key, the Team claim is that clients who seek counseling often have spiritual or religious issues, and they often to want and anticipate to talking about spiritual or religious focuses in mental health counseling. The article also found that clients highly rated on religious and supportive therapists. Client spirituality or religiousness is directly connectedly related to clients wanting to discuss their faith in therapy.
Established by the finding, the reviewer believes that congruity between the client and counselor’s religious and spiritual values may be an important dynamic for clients when considering seeking counseling. The article says most clients who wanted to share their view of spirituality, also wanted to do so with a counselor who shared a similar view. For example, a group of Mormon clients prefers to seek counseling with Mormon …show more content…
As MHC, we must prepare for openness of spiritual issues, since it may strongly influence client desire to address their concerns in therapy sessions. In addition, the Team believes that encouraging the client in discussing their faith-beliefs in counseling not only is beneficial in creating an effective counselor-client relationship, but it allow the client to be in control of what they want to discuss. In the Team’s opinion, the congruity between client and therapist values and its involvement in the outcome of counseling appears to be a vigorous finding—and this appears to hold true equally for spiritual and secular
A large part of the Team discovery is clients who seek for counseling has some tied to religious or spiritual beliefs. The Reviewer however, believes that spiritual and religious issues sometimes are not the primary focus of seeking counseling, the belief of a higher-power remains to be a relevant demographic or cultural variable. Further, MHC agrees to “seek spiritual understanding of one’s place in the universe” and is “important for a positive, mentally healthy life-style,” and …show more content…
Further, there are fewer articles published about what clients actually say they want. There are even less publications addressing clients’ expectations about spirituality in counseling—these spiritual issues in counseling subsequently are neglected.
The key, the Team claim is that clients who seek counseling often have spiritual or religious issues, and they often to want and anticipate to talking about spiritual or religious focuses in mental health counseling. The article also found that clients highly rated on religious and supportive therapists. Client spirituality or religiousness is directly connectedly related to clients wanting to discuss their faith in therapy.
Established by the finding, the reviewer believes that congruity between the client and counselor’s religious and spiritual values may be an important dynamic for clients when considering seeking counseling. The article says most clients who wanted to share their view of spirituality, also wanted to do so with a counselor who shared a similar view. For example, a group of Mormon clients prefers to seek counseling with Mormon …show more content…
As MHC, we must prepare for openness of spiritual issues, since it may strongly influence client desire to address their concerns in therapy sessions. In addition, the Team believes that encouraging the client in discussing their faith-beliefs in counseling not only is beneficial in creating an effective counselor-client relationship, but it allow the client to be in control of what they want to discuss. In the Team’s opinion, the congruity between client and therapist values and its involvement in the outcome of counseling appears to be a vigorous finding—and this appears to hold true equally for spiritual and secular