Abstract
Positive religious engagement has numerous benefits for individuals struggling with mental health difficulties. There is, however, a dearth of literature addressing ways that secular psychologists can engage a client's religious belief system in a manner that allows the positive benefits of the client's religious and/or spiritual involvement to be experienced within therapy without requiring religious knowledge or theological training by the psychologist. The following article proposes a collaborative treatment model composed of distinct interventions functioning in a cooperative, coordinated manner. Discussion is also given to principles that aid psychologists in coordinating psychological and spiritual interventions into a coherent and cooperative treatment process.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 149-170 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2014 |
Keywords
- clergy
- collaboration
- integration
- psychological interventions
- spirituality
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Psychology
- Religious studies
- Applied Psychology
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)