One must be careful to not impose religious beliefs through therapy in any way that would make a client feel uncomfortable or disrespected. Clients ultimately seek out therapist to find answers to questions they may not know themselves Therapist should be careful of boundaries set in place that should not be crossed when practicing. According to (Fisher,2013) principle E, psychologist should be aware and take into consideration race, culture, sexual orientation, religion etc. With religion being the key focus in this paper, I will explore issues surrounding introducing religion or even lack thereof into therapy and how it can affect therapeutic outcomes.
Principle E, really lays the ground work for the ways a psychologist should govern themselves …show more content…
According to (Fisher,2013) 10.01 informed consent to therapy play a huge role in making sure religion is not seen as imposing. Ethics codes under informed consent to therapy discusses when a therapist must divulge to the client/patient, techniques or treatments that will be introduced during a session. In other words, anything not initially established at the beginning or start of therapy should not be permitted for use during therapy without the client’s/patients consent. Psychologist should be mindful that treatment may not always work and in these instances new treatments me have to be implemented but only when consented to by the party being treated. According to (Aust,1990) religious values can be viewed as helpful techniques in therapeutic sessions, when the client introduces them into the session. This led me to believe that psychologist must be very careful when discussing the topic of religion because anything discussed during these sessions could be seen as a ploy to discuss religion to have it implemented as a treatment plan. For example, if were to attend a …show more content…
According to (Aust,1990) some clients may have issues adjusting to therapy because of their religious views and what techniques can be used so that therapist do not impose or down play the effects that religion may have on therapeutic sessions. The article suggests that patients or clients may not receive full benefits from what therapy may have to offer due to them being I guess overly religious. In other words, one may be so stung out on their religion that they may just simply denounce any type of worldly interference other than God himself being the primary healer. This can become problematic and somewhat disheartening to therapist because they really want to help the client but the client does not necessarily vibe well with the techniques the therapist has introduced thus far and may not want a therapist introducing any type of religious techniques to them when they feel like the therapist themselves have no religious backing whatsoever. In essence, clients/patients may feel that the only one that should heal them should be done through prayer, fasting, reading etc. A method I though was interesting to combat clients such as these was, if they are of Christian faith, introducing may a scripture or two to help put them at ease or even suggest that God is ok with them using other outlets for healing because God endows others as being vessels to help
Principle E, really lays the ground work for the ways a psychologist should govern themselves …show more content…
According to (Fisher,2013) 10.01 informed consent to therapy play a huge role in making sure religion is not seen as imposing. Ethics codes under informed consent to therapy discusses when a therapist must divulge to the client/patient, techniques or treatments that will be introduced during a session. In other words, anything not initially established at the beginning or start of therapy should not be permitted for use during therapy without the client’s/patients consent. Psychologist should be mindful that treatment may not always work and in these instances new treatments me have to be implemented but only when consented to by the party being treated. According to (Aust,1990) religious values can be viewed as helpful techniques in therapeutic sessions, when the client introduces them into the session. This led me to believe that psychologist must be very careful when discussing the topic of religion because anything discussed during these sessions could be seen as a ploy to discuss religion to have it implemented as a treatment plan. For example, if were to attend a …show more content…
According to (Aust,1990) some clients may have issues adjusting to therapy because of their religious views and what techniques can be used so that therapist do not impose or down play the effects that religion may have on therapeutic sessions. The article suggests that patients or clients may not receive full benefits from what therapy may have to offer due to them being I guess overly religious. In other words, one may be so stung out on their religion that they may just simply denounce any type of worldly interference other than God himself being the primary healer. This can become problematic and somewhat disheartening to therapist because they really want to help the client but the client does not necessarily vibe well with the techniques the therapist has introduced thus far and may not want a therapist introducing any type of religious techniques to them when they feel like the therapist themselves have no religious backing whatsoever. In essence, clients/patients may feel that the only one that should heal them should be done through prayer, fasting, reading etc. A method I though was interesting to combat clients such as these was, if they are of Christian faith, introducing may a scripture or two to help put them at ease or even suggest that God is ok with them using other outlets for healing because God endows others as being vessels to help