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Secular Psychotherapists and Religious Clients: Professional Considerations and Recommendations
Author(s) -
Genia Vicky
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1994.tb00956.x
Subject(s) - mental health , psychology , consciousness , psychotherapist , consciousness raising , engineering ethics , medical education , pedagogy , medicine , neuroscience , engineering
Traditional psychotherapy has often failed to meet the needs of religiously committed clients. Because many potential clients have religious as well as secular concerns, secular psychotherapists must become more empathic and competent in treating religious individuals. In this article the author argues that efforts toward consciousness raising as well as fundamental changes in professional training programs are necessary to accomplish this goal. Recommendations are offered for counselor educators and mental health service providers.