Examining Client Spiritual History and the Construction of Meaning: The Use of Spiritual Timelines in Counseling

Curry, Jennifer R.

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“…This is notable given the importance of spirituality in the lives of clients (University of Pennsylvania, 2003) and, as mentioned above, the importance of spirituality in multicultural counseling (Cecero, 2010). However, in recent years a growing body of literature has focused on spirituality in counseling and psychotherapy practice (Cashwell & Young, 2011;Curry, 2009;Curry & Simpson, 2011;Eck, 2002;Miller, 1999;Walker et al, 2004). For example, the Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling (ASERVIC; 2009) developed Competencies for Addressing Spiritual and Religious Issues in Counseling.…”

Section: Bringing Spirituality Into Counseling With Lbq Womenmentioning

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Lesbian, Bisexual, and Queer Women's Spirituality in Feminist Multicultural Counseling

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Arczynski

Morrow

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Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling

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This article discusses considerations for integrating spirituality into feminist multicultural counseling (FMC) with diverse lesbian, bisexual, and queer (LBQ) women clients. First, the authors describe the historical conflict between LBQ women and conservative religions and explain how hierarchical, patriarchal assumptions and values of conservative religions may have a negative effect on wellbeing and empowerment. Second, the authors describe the positive influences of affirming religions and spiritualities on LBQ women's resilience within oppressive sociocultural contexts. Third, the authors explore the relevance of FMC when integrating spirituality into counseling with LBQ women. Fourth, the authors provide an overview of a model of FMC framework for integrating spirituality into FMC. Finally, we provide a client vignette example. KEYWORDS bisexual, feminist multicultural counseling, lesbian, LGB, queer, spirituality, women In recent years, counselors and psychologists have begun to examine the inclusion and integration of clients' spiritual preferences into the processes of counseling and psychotherapy (A notable gap in this literature pertains to counseling with lesbian, bisexual, and queer (LBQ) women. This article discusses critical considerations for integrating spirituality into feminist multicultural counseling (FMC) with diverse LBQ women clients. First, we describe the historical conflict between conservative religions and spiritualities as they affect LBQ women and explain how hierarchical, patriarchal assumptions and values of conservative religions may have a negative effect on these women's overall psychological well-being and empowerment. Second, we describe the potentially positive influences of affirming religions and spiritualities on LBQ women's ability to cope with oppressive sociocultural contexts. Third, we explore the relevance of FMC when integrating spirituality into counseling practice with LBQ women. Fourth, we provide an overview of a model of FMC counseling as a framework for integrating spirituality into FMC. Next, we provide a client vignette example to illustrate spiritually integrative FMC counseling. Finally, we discuss the implications of this model for LBQ women and make recommendations for practice.

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Section: Bringing Spirituality Into Counseling With Lbq Womenmentioning

confidence: 98%

Lesbian, Bisexual, and Queer Women's Spirituality in Feminist Multicultural Counseling

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Arczynski

Morrow

et al. 2011

Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling

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“…The counselor may use a spiritual timeline or cognitive restructuring exercises to assist the individual in viewing the pain from abuse as a means to greater healing (Curry, 2009;Pitt, 2010). Further, these specific interventions may be used to purposefully uncover thoughts, feelings, and beliefs within the individual; they may also serve as an indirect assessment tool.…”

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“…As part of Anthony's treatment, the counselor worked with him in creating a spiritual timeline in a session (Curry, 2009). The counselor provided Anthony with a large piece of blank paper and asked him to draw the significant spiritual events in his life on a timeline.…”

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“…The counselor's responsibility is to guide the client toward the following recovery goals that include (a) identifying and naming abuse, (b) assisting clients to define their sexuality within a spiritual framework, and (c) alleviating the symptoms and conflict with specific techniques (Curry, 2009;Heermann et al, 2007;Pitt, 2010;Valera & Taylor, 2011).…”

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Religious Abuse: Implications for Counseling Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals

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Jacobson

2011

Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling

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Religion is often the place a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) individual may turn to understand and navigate their sexual orientation identity development. However, religious abuse may occur when a religious group or leader, whether intentionally or unintentionally, uses coercion, threats, rejection, condemnation, or manipulation to force the individual into submission of the religious views about sexuality. The abuse may result in great harm to the victim by causing low self-esteem, guilt, shame, spirituality loss, substance abuse, or thoughts of suicide. Counselors need to be aware of religious abuse to help clients navigate any spiritual divide between religious beliefs and sexuality. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to (a) describe the differences between religion and spirituality,(b) define religious abuse, (c) describe the effects of religious abuse on LGBT individuals and society, and (d) delineate the counseling implications of religious abuse in working with LGBT individuals.

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“…Echoing this, researchers using timelines in virtual environments suggested that, properly harnessed, timelines might allow subjects to "potentially understand more about what happens in different disciplines at the same time, and in turn build up relationships between events and help them to understand more about cause and effect phenomena" (Korallo et al 2012: 861). Some studies have even shown that, by fine-tuning our awareness of "where" we have been and "where" we are going, timelines can reduce stress (Mazzetti and Blenkinsopp 2012) and even improve emotional coping (Curry 2009). Preliminary results like these suffice to prompt a closer examination of timelines.…”

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Diagrams of the past: How timelines can aid the growth of historical knowledge

Champagne

2016

Cognitive Semiotics

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Historians occasionally use timelines, but many seem to regard such signs merely as ways of visually summarizing results that are presumably better expressed in prose. Challenging this language-centered view, I suggest that timelines might assist the generation of novel historical insights. To show this, I begin by looking at studies confirming the cognitive benefits of diagrams like timelines. I then try to survey the remarkable diversity of timelines by analyzing actual examples. Finally, having conveyed this (mostly untapped) potential, I argue that neglecting timelines might mean neglecting significant aspects of reality that are revealed only by those signs. My overall message is that once we accept that relations are as important for the mind as what they relate, we have to pay closer attention to any semiotic device that enables or facilitates the discernment of new relations.

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Examining Client Spiritual History and the Construction of Meaning: The Use of Spiritual Timelines in Counseling

Cited by 7 publications

References 18 publications

Lesbian, Bisexual, and Queer Women's Spirituality in Feminist Multicultural Counseling

Lesbian, Bisexual, and Queer Women's Spirituality in Feminist Multicultural Counseling

Religious Abuse: Implications for Counseling Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals

Diagrams of the past: How timelines can aid the growth of historical knowledge

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