Spirituality and Religion: The Ninth CACREP Core Curriculum Area

Abstract

On the basis of the ACA Code of Ethics (American Counseling Association [ACA], 2014) and ACA-endorsed competencies, the ability to address spirituality and religion is a recommended skill set of counselors. The Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) addresses the “spirit” in the standards; however, in the training of students, additional focus could be placed on this competency. The authors introduce expert-reviewed standards to be considered as a 9th core curriculum area of the CACREP Standards (CACREP, 2015) titled Spirituality and Religion.