VISTAS Spirituality and Counseling Issues

VISTAS Online is an innovative publication produced for ACA by Dr. Garry R. Walz and Dr. Jeanne C. Bleuer of Counseling Outfitters, LLC. Its purpose is to provide a means of capturing the ideas, information and experiences generated by the annual ACA Conference and selected ACA Division Conferences. Papers on a program or practice that has been validated through research or experience may also be submitted. This digital collection of peer-reviewed articles is authored by counselors, for counselors. VISTAS Online contains the full text of over 900 proprietary counseling articles published from 2004 to 2017.



Exploring the Spiritual Domain: Tools for Integrating Spirituality and Religion in Counseling

Stephanie F. Dailey, Jennifer R. Curry, Melanie C. Harper, Holly J. Hartwig Moorhead, and Carman S. Gill

2011

In an effort to bridge the gap between theoretical models of spirituality and counseling practice, the Association for Spiritual, Ethical and Religious Values in Counseling (ASERVIC) developed Competencies for Addressing Spiritual and Religious Issues in Counseling (2009), which have been endorsed by the American Counseling Association. The framework provided by the ASERVIC Spiritual Competencies allows practitioners the freedom to choose from a myriad of techniques for the purposes of: assessing spirituality, promoting client insight and awareness, setting goals, fostering spiritual growth, and evaluating progress. The purpose of this article is to promote spiritual competence by providing the reader with specific tools to appropriately and ethically integrate spirituality and/or religion into counseling.

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