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The Straight Path to Healing: Using Motivational Interviewing to Address Spiritual Bypass
Author(s) -
Clarke Philip B.,
Giordano Amanda L.,
Cashwell Craig S.,
Lewis Todd F.
Publication year - 2013
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.1556-6676.2013.00075.x
Subject(s) - motivational interviewing , interview , psychology , presentation (obstetrics) , psychotherapist , social psychology , applied psychology , medicine , sociology , intervention (counseling) , surgery , psychiatry , anthropology
Spiritual bypass is the avoidance of underlying emotional issues by focusing solely on spiritual beliefs, practices, and experiences. Motivational interviewing (MI) is a client‐centered, compassionate approach to effectively addressing resistance among those who present with spiritual bypass. In this article, the authors provide background information on spiritual bypass and a rationale for adopting an MI approach to working with these clients. A case presentation illustrates 1 example of using MI with spiritual bypass.