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The Development of the Spiritual Focus in Counseling and Counselor Education
Author(s) -
Miller Geri
Publication year - 1999
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.1556-6676.1999.tb02478.x
Subject(s) - spirituality , summit , counselor education , pastoral counseling , psychology , spiritual development , workplace spirituality , counseling psychology , psychotherapist , engineering ethics , higher education , medicine , political science , alternative medicine , law , engineering , pathology , physical geography , geography
This article summarizes the Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling's (ASERVIC's) history with the American Counseling Association (ACA) and the Summit on Spirituality. It includes comments on the importance of spirituality in counseling and the rewarding aspects of infusing spirituality into counseling from the perspectives of Mary Thomas Burke, Eugene Kelly, and Judy Miranti. The article concludes by exploring issues related to fusing spirituality with counseling and presents recommendations.