One spiritual discipline that counselors could encourage both secular and Christian clients to apply to their lives is meditation. Foster defines both secular and Christian meditation. Secular meditation he states “is an attempt to empty the mind whereas Christian meditation is an attempt to fill the mind” (Foster, 1998, p.20). Meditation includes techniques such as listening to the breath, repeating a mantra or detaching from the thought process, to focus the attention and bring about a state of self-awareness and inner calm (Canter, 2003). These techniques can be applied to clients who are anxious and stressed out.
