Religion and Counseling Religion and Spirituality in a Counseling ...
Religion and Counseling Religion and Spirituality in a Counseling ...
Religion and Counseling Religion and Spirituality in a Counseling ...
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Expert Op<strong>in</strong>ion<br />
• “ . . . the majority of modern psychotherapists, also<br />
tend to believe that human disturbance is largely<br />
associated with <strong>and</strong> spr<strong>in</strong>gs from absolutistic<br />
th<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g—from dogmatism, <strong>in</strong>flexibility, <strong>and</strong> devout<br />
shoulds, oughts, <strong>and</strong> musts—<strong>and</strong> that extreme<br />
religiosity…is essentially emotional disturbance” (Ellis,<br />
1980).<br />
• “Many psychotherapists wish to respect, <strong>and</strong> draw<br />
upon, the spiritual resources <strong>in</strong> their clients’ lives <strong>and</strong><br />
feel a need to <strong>in</strong>crease their competency <strong>in</strong> religious<br />
<strong>and</strong> spiritual diversity.” (Richards & Berg<strong>in</strong>, 2000, p. 4)
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