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Spiritual Counseling in Medicine

Author : Carlo Lazzari
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595532640
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (955 download)

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Download or read book Spiritual Counseling in Medicine written by Carlo Lazzari and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spirituality, in this book, is considered both as a force for personal growth and as a therapeutic strategy to be applied for counseling people with severe illnesses or existential problems. Usually, spiritual counseling aims to foster the client's insight in his or her own soul and emotional resources. By moving towards self-discovery, aiming to deeper connectedness with others, and by appreciating the healing effect of being part of the whole, a person can get help to cope with threats and anxiety. However, also counselors, helpers, doctors, and nurses, through a higher understanding of the ethical and spiritual implications of their own role, can add an extra value and efficacy to their daily practice. Basically, spiritual counseling can attain a healing effect whereas other therapeutic attempts have been unsuccessful. This little book stands as a theoretical and practical guide to support all those people, professionals, helpers, counselors, that put all their efforts to improve the well-being of people living with serious illnesses, adjusting to preoccupying medical diagnoses, facing stressful life events, or coping with intractable crises. At the same time, this book can also be used as a self-help guide to understand the own spiritual resources and to discover the routes to healing the self.

The Power of Spirituality in Therapy

Author : Peter A Kahle
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317718526
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book The Power of Spirituality in Therapy written by Peter A Kahle and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-16 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Factor your clients' religious beliefs into their therapy! A recent Gallup poll found that nearly two-thirds of Americans surveyed said they would prefer to receive counseling from a therapist who is religious. The Power of Spirituality in Therapy: Integrating Spiritual and Religious Beliefs in Mental Health Practice addresses the apprehensions many clinicians have when it comes to discussing God with their clients. Authors Peter A. Kahle and John M. Robbins draw from their acclaimed workshops on the integration of spirituality and psychotherapy to teach therapists how they can help clients make positive life changes that are consistent with their values and spiritual and/or religious orientations. The Power of Spirituality in Therapy combines psychotherapy, spirituality, and humor to examine the “pink elephants” of academia-Godphobia and institutional a-spiritualism. The book explores the “learned avoidance” that has historically limited therapists in their ability—and willingness—to engage clients in “God-talk” and presents clinicians with methods they can use to incorporate spirituality into psychotherapy. Topics such as truth, belief, postmodernism, open-mindedness, and all-inclusiveness are examined through empirical findings, practical steps and cognitive processes, and clinical stories. The Power of Spirituality in Therapy includes: To Be (Ethical) or Not to Be? WHAT is the Question? To Believe or Not to Believe? That is NOT the Question! The Deification of Open-Mindedness Learning From Our Clients In God Do Therapists Trust? and much more! The Power of Spirituality in Therapy is an essential resource for therapists, counselors, mental health practitioners, pastoral counselors, and social work professionals who deal with clients who require therapy that reflects the importance of God in their lives. This guide will help those brave enough to explore how their own spiritual beliefs and/or biases can create problems when working with those clients.

Making Health Care Whole

Author : Christina Puchalski
Publisher : Templeton Foundation Press
ISBN 13 : 1599473712
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (994 download)

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Download or read book Making Health Care Whole written by Christina Puchalski and published by Templeton Foundation Press. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last fifteen years, the field of palliative care has experienced a surge in interest in spirituality as an important aspect of caring for seriously ill and dying patients. While spirituality has been generally recognized as an essential dimension of palliative care, uniformity of spiritual care practice has been lacking across health care settings due to factors like varying understandings and definitions of spirituality, lack of resources and practical tools, and limited professional education and training in spiritual care. In order to address these shortcomings, more than forty spiritual and palliative care experts gathered for a national conference to discuss guidelines for incorporating spirituality into palliative care. Their consensus findings form the basis of Making Health Care Whole. This important new resource provides much-needed definitions and charts a common language for addressing spiritual care across the disciplines of medicine, nursing, social work, chaplaincy, psychology, and other groups. It presents models of spiritual care that are broad and inclusive, and provides tools for screening, assessment, care planning, and interventions. This book also advocates a team approach to spiritual care, and specifies the roles of each professional on the team. Serving as both a scholarly review of the field as well as a practical resource with specific recommendations to improve spiritual care in clinical practice, Making Health Care Whole will benefit hospices and palliative care programs in hospitals, home care services, and long-term care services. It will also be a valuable addition to the curriculum at seminaries, schools of theology, and medical and nursing schools.

Faith, Spirituality, and Medicine

Author : Dana E King
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136386289
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (363 download)

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Download or read book Faith, Spirituality, and Medicine written by Dana E King and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understand and make use of the connections between health and religion to improve your practice! Research points to a clear link between people's religious beliefs and practices and their health. These developments have ushered in a new era in health care, in which meaning and purpose stand alongside biology as vital factors in health outcomes. Now the gap is closing between medicine and religion, as evidenced by the more than 60 US medical school courses now being given in spirituality, religion, and medicine, including courses at major teaching centers such as Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Brown, Case-Western, and others. Faith, Spirituality, and Medicine: Toward the Making of the Healing Practitioner promotes the integration of spirituality into medical care by exploring the connection between patient health and traditional religious beliefs and practices. This useful guide emphasizes basic, easily understood principles that will help health professionals apply current research findings linking religion, spirituality, and health. Faith, Spirituality, and Medicine does not advocate any particular set of beliefs or evangelize as it helps you integrate spiritual care into the care of patients by showing you how to: take a patient's spiritual history correlate religious beliefs with health beliefs address the individual spiritual needs of your patients choose a course of treatment that is in agreement with the religious belief of the patient incorporate appropriate clergy into treatment plans Faith, Spirituality, and Medicine describes a biopsychosocial-spiritual model that emphasizes the need to view patients not simply as biological creatures, but as physical, psychological, social, and spiritual beings if they are to be effectively treated and healed as whole persons.

Spiritual Resources in Family Therapy

Author : Froma Walsh
Publisher : Guilford Publication
ISBN 13 : 9781572305083
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Spiritual Resources in Family Therapy written by Froma Walsh and published by Guilford Publication. This book was released on 1999 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spirituality has long been regarded as "off-limits" in family therapy, leaving therapists and counselors uncertain how to approach it. Filling a crucial void, this valuable sourcebook explores the influences of faith beliefs and practices on suffering, healing, and health. Leading family therapists describe how attending to this vital dimension of human experience can inform and enrich therapy, illuminate spiritual sources of distress, and help clients tap into wellsprings for resilience and growth. Chapters address spirituality not just as a special topic, but as it is interwoven in all aspects of people's lives; from family heritage and congregational affiliations, to belief systems, rituals, and practices. Throughout, therapists are encouraged to examine their own spiritual views and to gain awareness of the diverse faith orientations of clients.

Spirituality and Religion Within the Culture of Medicine

Author : Michael J. Balboni
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190272430
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Spirituality and Religion Within the Culture of Medicine written by Michael J. Balboni and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spirituality and Religion Within the Culture of Medicine provides a comprehensive evaluation of the relationship between spirituality, religion, and medicine evaluating current empirical research and academic scholarship. In Part 1, the book examines the relationship of religion, spirituality, and the practice of medicine by assessing the strengths and weaknesses of the most recent empirical research of religion/spirituality within twelve distinct fields of medicine including pediatrics, psychiatry, internal medicine, surgery, palliative care, and medical ethics. Written by leading clinician researchers in their fields, contributors provide case examples and highlight best practices when engaging religion/spirituality within clinical practice. This is the first collection that assesses how the medical context interacts with patient spirituality recognizing crucial differences between contexts from obstetrics and family medicine, to nursing, to gerontology and the ICU. Recognizing the interdisciplinary aspects of spirituality, religion, and health, Part 2 of the book turns to academic scholarship outside the field of medicine to consider cultural dimensions that form clinical practice. Social-scientific, practical, and humanity fields include psychology, sociology, anthropology, law, history, philosophy, and theology. This is the first time in a single volume that readers can reflect on these multi-dimensional, complex issues with contributions from leading scholars. In Part III, the book concludes with a synthesis, identifying the best studies in the field of religion and health, ongoing weaknesses in research, and highlighting what can be confidently believed based on prior studies. The synthesis also considers relations between the empirical literature on religion and health and the theological and religious traditions, discussing places of convergence and tension, as well as remainingopen questions for further reflection and research. This book will provide trainees and clinicians with an introduction to the field of spirituality, religion, and medicine, and its multi-disciplinary approach will give researchers and scholars in the field a critical and up-to-date analysis.

Healthcare and Spirituality

Author : Stephen P Kliewer
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1315343274
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (153 download)

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Download or read book Healthcare and Spirituality written by Stephen P Kliewer and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-11-22 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a selection of multiple choice questions and care studies designed for candidates for the Diploma of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (DRCOG). The 90 multiple choice questions cove all major areas of the syllabus and are accompanied by extended answers to help the revision process. The case studies are ideal preparation for the other sections of the examination as well as for general revision. This book will be suitable not only for the DRCOG (and other examinations such as the MRCOG) but also for anyone wanting to update and test their understanding of obstetrics and gynaecology.

Spiritual Competency in Psychotherapy

Author : Philip Brownell
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 082619933X
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Spiritual Competency in Psychotherapy written by Philip Brownell and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2014-06-26 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Print+CourseSmart

Translating Spirituality and Medicine in the Healing Professions

Author : Glenda F. Hodges JD MDiv
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1452005613
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Translating Spirituality and Medicine in the Healing Professions written by Glenda F. Hodges JD MDiv and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-03 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When one investigates the literal landscape in search of a manual that discusses how spirituality and medicine can be translated in the ministry and medical professions, not much is found. Drs. Hodges and Betton have breached this chasm and produced a manuscript devoted to the Christian perspective of translating these two important cultural paradigms. Over the past 10 years, these authors have convened several of this nation's leaders in the spirituality and medicine disciplines, through the annual Howard University Hospital Spirituality and Medicine Seminar Series. In June of 2009, they identified 11 persons who represent both medicine and ministry (pastors/preachers and physicians) and spent an entire day discussing ways to inform the public of the outcome of their discussions. The result is this wonderful, pocket-sized manual entitled, Translating Spirituality and Medicine in the Healing Professions. It is filled with cutting-edge, bed-side tips to help the physician, academician, pastoral care counselor, community minister/pastor and lay person when they extend their care to those in need, whether these persons are hospitalized, in an extended care facility, hospice environment, or in their personal homes. The manual is divided into four, thought provoking chapters, each ending with a section devoted to translating the topic into practice. Chapter one discusses the healthcare practitioner and his/her call to the ministry. It places particular emphasis on the primacy of one over the other. Chapter two provides resources available to both the pastoral care professional and the healthcare practitioner-clergy person when tackling general health issues and end-of-life care. Examples of living wills, advance directives, and Internet resources are provided. Chapter three discusses the important topic of avoiding burnout (both healthcare professional and clergy) and Chapter four discusses the health-faith paradigm, devoting its emphasis on engaging the parishioner. A special section, thinking outside of the box is also included. It highlights daunting neighborhood issues and explains how the church employed very effective techniques to create positive change! A concluding section contains a wealth of resources that are particularly useful examples for the professional or laity when translating these two important disciplines in the healing professions. Reverend Mark J. Wade, MD, Associate Pastor, True Vine Christian Center, Fair Lawn, NJ

Counseling and Spirituality

Author : Joshua Mark Gold
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Counseling and Spirituality written by Joshua Mark Gold and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2010 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Innovative and reflective, Counseling and Spirituality helps readers integrate spiritual and clinical perspectives of counseling in order to successfully support clients' religious or spiritual journeys by utilizing appropriate knowledge and interventions. With cultural concerns such as religion and spirituality growing in importance and interest in the helping professions, this book serves to define varieties of spiritual beliefs, assess spiritual wellness, and apply theory- and practice-based approaches to individualized spiritual counseling situations. Author Joshua Gold helps readers contemplate how they see religion and spirituality in their own lives and appraise how their own spirituality sways who they are as clinicians and what they do in the provision of mental health services for their clients. What reviewers have to say about Counseling and Spirituality "This text is an impressive effort at integrating a complex and largely ignored subject... It strongly encourages the counseling field to take up the challenge of accepting what the majority of clients find important, spirituality and religion, and growing in our understanding, knowledge, and appreciation of its place in the counseling process." --Randall R. Lyle, St. Mary's University "The use of case examples, self-understanding exercises, and further learning allows the reader to engage in the text in a meaningful manner... More specifically, the case-study is not merely presented, but revisited at the end of the chapters allowing the reader to ponder the example while learning new information, and ultimately gain a potentially new perspective as she or he learns the outcome." --Guerda Nicolas, Boston College

Spiritual Practices in Psychotherapy

Author : Thomas G. Plante
Publisher : American Psychological Association (APA)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Spiritual Practices in Psychotherapy written by Thomas G. Plante and published by American Psychological Association (APA). This book was released on 2009 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is for mental health practitioners who want to enhance their clients' psychological wellbeing using therapeutic tools drawn from spiritual and religious thought. What can a non-religious therapist do when a client directly requests help with a problem involving spiritual matters? How can a therapist who is engaged in a religious tradition frame strategies such as discerning vocation, participating in spiritual or religious rituals, and forgiving in ways that are acceptable to secular clients?Thomas Plante answers these questions and more by presenting thirteen tools to improve psychological and spiritual health that can be integrated into secular or religious-oriented practice. ""Spiritual Practices in Psychotherapy"" first reviews history, philosophy, and research behind and evidence for integrating tools such as meditation, learning from spiritual models, and becoming part of something larger than oneself into therapy practice. Dr. Plante makes a case for integrating spiritual and religious tools in therapy as part of ethical practice, and as a way to add value to services such as assessment, counseling, and consultation with other professionals. A rich and diverse collection of case illustrations shows how to conduct psychotherapy using these tools, and walks readers through real-world examples of how to consult with clergy. Finally, the book offers an agenda for continued research and education and a variety of resources for further study in this area.

Spiritual and Religious Competencies in Clinical Practice

Author : Cassandra Vieten
Publisher : New Harbinger Publications
ISBN 13 : 162625107X
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book Spiritual and Religious Competencies in Clinical Practice written by Cassandra Vieten and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spirituality lies at the heart of many clients' core values, and helps shape their perception of themselves and the world around them. In this book, two clinical psychologists provide a much-needed, research-based road map to help professionals appropriately address their clients’ spiritual or religious beliefs in treatment sessions. More and more, it has become essential for mental health professionals to understand and competently navigate clients' religious and spiritual beliefs in treatment. In Spiritual and Religious Competencies in Clinical Practice, you’ll find sixteen research-based guidelines and best practices to help you provide effective therapy while being conscious of your clients' unique spiritual or cultural background. With this professional resource as your guide, you will be prepared to: Take a spiritual and religious history when treating a client Attend to spiritual or religious topics in a clinical setting Hold clear ethical boundaries regarding your own religious or spiritual beliefs Know when and how to make referrals if topics emerge which are beyond the scope of your competence This book is a must-read for any mental health professional looking to develop spiritual, religious, and cultural competencies.

Counselling and Spiritual Accompaniment

Author : Brian Thorne
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118329244
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (183 download)

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Download or read book Counselling and Spiritual Accompaniment written by Brian Thorne and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-08-02 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Counselling and Spiritual Accompaniment presents the key spiritually-focused writings of Brian Thorne, one of the most influential thinkers on the convergence of spirituality with counselling, along with new material reflecting his recent work in spiritual accompaniment. Reflects the increasing focus on spiritual issues as an essential part of therapy Represents the culmination of an intellectual quest, undertaken by the most senior figure in the field, to integrate spirituality with counselling and the person-centred approach Features chapters that span thirty years of work, along with new writings that bring readers up to date with the author's most recent work in spiritual accompaniment An invaluable guide for counsellors and therapists who acknowledge the importance of spirituality to their clients, but doubt their abilities to help in this area

Spirituality, Health, and Healing: An Integrative Approach

Author : Caroline Young
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0763779423
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (637 download)

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Download or read book Spirituality, Health, and Healing: An Integrative Approach written by Caroline Young and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2010-08-15 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Spiritual, Health, and Healing : An Integrative Approach, Second Edition offers healthcare professionals, instructors, and spiritual care providers a comprehensive guide to the most current research on the connection between spiritual practice and health. This updated Second Edition includes new sections on integral spirituality and the New Thought Movement; healing rituals and healing environments; plus new information on spirituality and aging, caring for the elderly, and spiritual hospice."--Résumé de l'éditeur.

Charting Spiritual Care

Author : Simon Peng-Keller
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030470709
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Charting Spiritual Care written by Simon Peng-Keller and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-08-10 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access volume is the first academic book on the controversial issue of including spiritual care in integrated electronic medical records (EMR). Based on an international study group comprising researchers from Europe (The Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland), the United States, Canada, and Australia, this edited collection provides an overview of different charting practices and experiences in various countries and healthcare contexts. Encompassing case studies and analyses of theological, ethical, legal, healthcare policy, and practical issues, the volume is a groundbreaking reference for future discussion, research, and strategic planning for inter- or multi-faith healthcare chaplains and other spiritual care providers involved in the new field of documenting spiritual care in EMR. Topics explored among the chapters include: Spiritual Care Charting/Documenting/Recording/Assessment Charting Spiritual Care: Psychiatric and Psychotherapeutic Aspects Palliative Chaplain Spiritual Assessment Progress Notes Charting Spiritual Care: Ethical Perspectives Charting Spiritual Care in Digital Health: Analyses and Perspectives Charting Spiritual Care: The Emerging Role of Chaplaincy Records in Global Health Care is an essential resource for researchers in interprofessional spiritual care and healthcare chaplaincy, healthcare chaplains and other spiritual caregivers (nurses, physicians, psychologists, etc.), practical theologians and health ethicists, and church and denominational representatives.

Spirituality In Patient Care

Author : Harold Koenig
Publisher : Templeton Foundation Press
ISBN 13 : 1890151890
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Spirituality In Patient Care written by Harold Koenig and published by Templeton Foundation Press. This book was released on 2002-03 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook for health professionals interested in identifying and addressing the spiritual needs of patients has been significantly revised and expanded. Since the first edition was written, there has been increased research on the relationships among religion, spirituality, and health, and further discussions on the application of these findings to clinical practice. Koenig addresses the whys, hows, whens, and whats of patient-centered integration of spirituality into patient care, including details on the health-related sacred traditions for each major religious group. He provides healthcare professionals with the training necessary to screen patients sensitively and competently for spiritual needs, begin to communicate with patients about these issues, and learn when to refer patients to trained spiritual-care professionals who can address spiritual needs. New sections specifically address mental-health professionals, nurses, chaplains and pastoral counselors, social workers, and occupational and physical therapists. -- From publisher's description.

Addressing Spirituality in Healthcare Needs

Author : Lauren Alexis Jutchenko
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (894 download)

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Download or read book Addressing Spirituality in Healthcare Needs written by Lauren Alexis Jutchenko and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the history of medicine and healing, religiousness and spirituality have played an important, yet significantly small role in the treatment of an array of afflictions. Many turn to God or a higher power to attain strength and guidance, and to also provide a sense of both serenity and security. While faith has been historically present in healing practices before modern medicine, there currently is a renewed interest and importance placed upon addressing spirituality and religiousness, not only in a physical medical realm, but in the mental health field as well. Facing the current trends in modern medicine, in which many individuals feel that it is important that their spiritual needs be addressed as a way of being treated holistically, for the person as a whole, complete entity comprised of a multitude of domains, clinicians must be prepared to attend to client needs, and furthermore, have an understanding of the culture of spirituality and through that understanding, garner a respect for it as well. In addition, clinicians must be able to utilize various techniques and interventions that can prove helpful in the treatment of diverse clients that may present a unique need for a deeper healing beyond the physical and beyond the wall of psychological ailments. Because current trends dictate the need for mental health clinicians and practitioners to incorporate techniques and interventions that will address both spirituality and religion within the patient-clinician relationship, spiritual specific training as a form of cultural awareness and cultural sensitivity is vital. As society moves into a mind-body-spirit awareness, clinicians must be trained and made aware of the advantages of addressing the spiritual needs and domains that exist for the individual, as well as be cognizant of the tools that can assist in enhancing and further delving into those spiritual areas. It is a goal that this research will serve as a source of insight, knowledge, and understanding of the importance of addressing spirituality in mental health care, specifically in its application for patients that are enduring difficulties with their medical healthcare. Additionally, it is this research's goal to also offer actual therapeutic interventions and guidelines that focus on spirituality and can be utilized in the counseling relationship as a way to enhance the patient's overall medical healthcare experience. For this research, focus is given to previous research and their findings, and well as various items of text and literature that pays special focus to spirituality and its role in improving patient's medical experiences and outcomes. More specifically, a review in research on the psychological and therapeutic ways in which mental health clinicians can address spirituality in their counseling relationship with their clients as a way to enhance the overall medical experience of the diagnosis is provided. The significance of this research lies in the fact that spirituality is an essential component of a person's being and everyday life. Because research has shown that there exists a high percentage of individuals who report the importance of spirituality and/or religion in their everyday lives, there is a great need for clinicians to be able to address these needs over the course of their work with their patients. To do so will not only be beneficial for the person's emotional well being, but can also prove to increase physical well-being, as well as nourish the patient-clinician relationship. Furthermore, it will aim to provide a better understanding of the interplay among spirituality, religion, and healthcare (medical and psychological). Additionally, the discussion of various interventions and guidelines that can be utilized by mental health clinicians can provide current and future clinicians ways in which they can incorporate it into their own practice for the benefit and healing process of their clients. This research will also encourage mental health clinicians to become more culturally and spiritually aware in treating their patients, as well as increase the likelihood that physicians refer their patients for therapeutic counseling as a way to enhance patient prognosis and overall experience of their medical diagnosis.