Assessment Brief Program Bachelor of Applied Social Science Subject Spirituality and Psychotherapy Subject code COU310A Name of assessment Supplementary –Annotated Bibliography Length 2000 Words...

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Reading 8.1 - Byram, K. T. (1999). Spiritual psychotherapy. Americal Journal of Psychotherapy, 53(2).
 Practicing spiritual psychotherapy is proposed by the author that exceeds without precluding traditional strategies for diagnosing or modalities. Though the term spirit and soul are linked inseparably, they are differentiated as distinct transpersonal abstractions. The purpose of the former is to reveal the mystery of intimacy and relatedness in daily life, the aim of the latter is to find the divine in life universally. The application of these concepts is to the therapeutic context for caring and sympathy in case of spiritual therapist, meaning loving and believing beyond self. To specify this, the requirement of the way towards soulfulness are Love of Belonging, Love of Work, and Love of Others, while the way towards spirituality needs Belief in Transformation, Belief in Unity and Belief in the Sacred. The patient could be guided by the therapist for reaching their self-authenticity through the cultivation of a spiritual and soulful existence and hence to conduct the practice of clinic of one based on such six tenets for transcending.
Reading 8.4 - Plumb, A. M. (2011). Spirituality and counselling: Are counsellors prepared to integrate religion and spirituality into theraputic work with clients? Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, 45(1). 
The literature reporting regarding the belief of spiritual or religious as well the practice the practice of populations, clinical programs, clinician competency and physical and mental health of America and Canada are reviewed by in this article. According to an online survey in British Columbia of 341 Registered Clinical Counselors, it has been observed the way the therapists integrate and view religion and spirituality in their practice. It has been asked by the therapists regarding their training and education in such realm as well as regarding their comfort, preconceived abilities and competence while working with spiritual and spiritual content. It has been suggested by the result that spirituality is more significant in the lives of the participants and working with their clients than religion whereas very less has been indicated about the integration of spirituality in their practice. The focus of the discussion is on the necessity for confidence, competence and comfort of the practitioner in the process of therapy about spirituality. The significant aspects to provide ethical care of competence to the clients who are religiously and culturally diverse are training and education. Such as to train caregivers in residential and nursing homes on self-reflection and introspection regarding the attitudes and beliefs on death and life and the impact of these while working with patients. More research with this subject is necessary especially to understand and determine the reasons of not feeling competent, confidence and comfortable to by the counselors to introduce and initiate the topic of spirituality and religion in the process of counseling. The research should be more emphatic on the effectiveness of current and future techniques of multi-theoretical and practicing in the field of counseling to integrate such dimensions.
The growing rates of life satisfaction and well-being and reduced rates of “antisocial behavior, substance abuse and suicide” have been contributed by spirituality and religion. The current study tries in gaining insight about the way the therapists see the limits and area of spirituality and religion in the therapeutic work.
Reading 8.5 - Hoffman, L. (2008). Working with religious and spiritual issues in therapy from competency to practice. Retrieved from https://www.academia.edu/3314724/Working_with_Religious_and_Spiritual_Issues_in_Therapy_From_Competency_to_Practice
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