Christian therapists and their clients.

Prout, Tracy A.; Magaldi, Danielle; Kim, Elena E.; Cha, Judy

doi:10.1037/scp0000238

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“…Pew Research reports the rate of prayer at 55% among Americans generally and 80% or higher among most Christian groups (Pew Research Center, 2020). This is similar to Prout et al’s (2020) findings that those seeking religious therapy generally were not personally highly engaged in spiritual practices. In Prout et al’s study, and the current one, clients did not appear to be believers who were seeking God’s help with their problems.…”

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confidence: 85%

Spiritually incorporating couple therapy in practice: Christian-accommodated couple therapy as an illustration.

Ripley¹,

Worthington²,

Kent³

et al. 2022

Psychotherapy

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Spiritually incorporating couple therapy (SICT)-couple therapy that incorporates spiritual interventionshas a growing research base. Information is limited on how spiritual interventions are used in practice; thus we studied treatment-as-usual (TAU). SICT is treatment that, at a couple's request, sometimes draws upon spiritual resources when addressing relational issues. We tracked 65 couples from 29 couple therapists (who advertised as spiritually incorporating therapists) over 402 sessions of SICT. Couple spirituality predicted use of spiritual interventions more than did therapist spirituality. The most used spiritual interventions included silent prayer for the couple, discussions of hope and forgiveness, and encouragement to consult their heart. In SICT, therapists used evidence-based couple therapy approaches. SICT should (a) treat highly religious couples in high distress as being at risk for early drop out; (b) follow couples' leads in using spiritual methods; and (c) draw on evidence-based couple and spiritual practices. Clinical Impact StatementQuestion: What is happening in spiritually integrated couple therapy sessions? Findings: Clinicians drew primarily from evidence-based treatments, and couples tended to improve over six sessionsespecially those with less initial relational distress. Meaning: Client spirituality was more important in driving outcomes in spiritually incorporating couple therapy (SICT) than therapist spirituality. When therapists used specific spiritual techniques, they tended to discuss hope, forgiveness, and listening to the heart, silently prayed for the couple, and encouraged partners to pray. Next Steps: Highly distressed religious couples may be a special diversity population because they risk disengagement from treatment.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 85%

Spiritually incorporating couple therapy in practice: Christian-accommodated couple therapy as an illustration.

Ripley¹,

Worthington²,

Kent³

et al. 2022

Psychotherapy

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“…Providers of social support (e.g., trade unions, victim support groups), psychological assistance/treatment and legal services should recognize the specific needs of victims and collaborate with representatives of the religious community (clergy, chaplains, religious counsellors). According to Prout et al (2021) , Christians who consider themselves particularly religious prefer to discuss their difficulties in a counseling environment that affirms their Christian faith. In this case, Christian spiritual assistance performs an auxiliary function, and in order to recognize and satisfy the spiritual needs of clients, lay professionals particularly need religious and spiritual literacy ( Maximo, 2019 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

The use of religious resources in helping victims of workplace mobbing

Vveinhardt,

Deikus

2023

Front. Psychol.

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Research shows that in providing assistance to individuals who have experienced psychological traumas, it is beneficial not only to take into account the specific religious spiritual needs but also to employ religious resources. Although the role of religious counsellors using various psychological theories in helping to cope with traumatising experiences is acknowledged, there is still a lack of a conceptualising approach to the possibilities of employing religious resources used in Christian spiritual assistance, seeking to help cope with the effects of workplace mobbing. Therefore, this study aims to conceptualise the perspective of integrating Christian spiritual assistance resources in overcoming the individual consequences of workplace mobbing. This review is based on an interdisciplinary approach and abundant literature of psychology, psychotherapy and theology sciences. The article details the main physical, psychological and social aspects of damage to the person, caused by mobbing, which provide for a corresponding triple assistance perspective. After highlighting the essential resources provided by the Christian religion for coping with traumatic experiences, the necessity to consider the religious needs of the victims of mobbing is reasoned and the possibilities of using religious spiritual resources are discussed. In the context of helping victims of mobbing, two main functions of Christian spiritual assistance are distinguished and discussed: auxiliary and main. The results of this review are a useful resource for lay and religious counsellors and encourage their collaboration. The research findings also provide a basis for further research on the use of religious resources in the context of helping victims of mobbing.

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“…In these regards, as a diversity variable, spirituality and religion seem more akin to ethnicity and race than sexual orientation and identity. While more research should evaluate the effects of matching patients and therapists in terms of religious affiliation, it is not beneficial to assume that therapists’ and patients’ religious experiences are the same (Prout et al, 2020). As a whole, our findings suggest spiritual psychotherapy can be practiced by religious and nonreligious clinicians, assuming that adequate training and oversite is provided within a professional clinical setting.…”

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confidence: 99%

Why is Spiritual Psychotherapy for Inpatient, Residential, and Inpatient Treatment (SPIRIT) more effective when provided by nonreligious clinicians?

Rosmarin¹,

Pirutinsky²,

Schuttenberg³

et al. 2022

Psychotherapy

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Previous research suggests that patients receiving spiritual psychotherapy may have better outcomes when treatment is provided by nonreligious clinicians, compared to religious clinicians. We examined these effects within a large and clinically heterogeneous sample of patients (N = 1,443) receiving Spiritual Psychotherapy for Inpatient, Residential, and Intensive Treatment (SPIRIT;Rosmarin et al., 2019) by a diverse sample of clinicians (n = 22). In addition to demographics, patients completed a brief measure of their experience in SPIRIT; clinicians completed measures of previous mental health training, previous training in spiritual psychotherapy, and attitudes toward spiritual psychotherapy, and also provided details regarding modalities, clinical interventions, and spiritual interventions utilized at each SPIRIT session. Perceived benefit of SPIRIT was greater when treatment was delivered by non-religious clinicians. Mediating factors on these effects were evaluated using correlations and multiple regression analyses. Of 26 potential explanatory factors, only 4 were significant, all of which related to the therapeutic process. Nonreligious clinicians were more likely to utilize dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), facilitate coping, encourage spiritual coping, and explore the relevance of spirituality to mental health, all of which also predicted better perceived benefit from SPIRIT. All four variables jointly, but not severally, mediated relationships between clinician religion and perceived benefit of SPIRIT. These findings suggest that DBT may be the most effective modality for delivering spiritual psychotherapy to acute patients, particularly in a group setting. Future research should further examine preferences for clinical modalities and techniques among religious and nonreligious clinicians, and effects of such preferences on perceived benefit, in a variety of settings. Clinical Impact StatementQuestion: We found that a single-session spiritual psychotherapy group for acute psychiatric patients was more effective when provided by nonreligious clinicians. Which factors (e.g., clinician demographics, training, attitudes, or treatment approaches) might account for these counterintuitive findings? Findings: Therapeutic processes were different between religious and nonreligious clinicians: nonreligious clinicians were more likely to utilize dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), facilitate coping, encourage spiritual coping, and explore the relevance of spirituality to mental health, all of which also predicted better perceived benefit from spiritual psychotherapy. Meaning: DBT may be the most effective modality for delivering spiritual psychotherapy to acute patients. Religious and nonreligious clinicians could improve the delivery of spiritual psychotherapy by better attending to therapeutic processes. Next Steps: Future research should further examine the effects of clinical modalities (e.g., DBT, cognitive behavior therapy, psychodynamic approaches) on spiritual psychotherapy, and how these are utilized in...

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Christian therapists and their clients.

Cited by 4 publications

References 62 publications

Spiritually incorporating couple therapy in practice: Christian-accommodated couple therapy as an illustration.

Spiritually incorporating couple therapy in practice: Christian-accommodated couple therapy as an illustration.

The use of religious resources in helping victims of workplace mobbing

Why is Spiritual Psychotherapy for Inpatient, Residential, and Inpatient Treatment (SPIRIT) more effective when provided by nonreligious clinicians?

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