Religion and spirituality in clinical practice: an exploration of comfort and discomfort among practitioners

IF 0.8 Q4 SOCIAL WORK

JOURNAL OF RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY IN SOCIAL WORK Pub Date : 2021-10-31 DOI:10.1080/15426432.2021.1994099

D. Drew, J. Banks, R. Joseph

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Abstract

ABSTRACT This study explored whether license-holding mental health professionals exhibit comfort/discomfort in addressing religion and spirituality (RS) in practice. Through snowball sampling, 52 clinicians across different fields were recruited across Southern California. The participants were measured descriptively based on (a) comfort in their ability to integrate clients’ RS in treatment and (b) their comfort discussing clients’ RS strengths and struggles in treatment. Results revealed that, among practitioners, there was a 15–25% level of discomfort toward integrating and discussing RS in treatment. That is, between 75% and 85% of participants reported comfort in dealing with RS in practice. Licensed clinical social workers reported slightly lower discomfort level than other licensed professionals. However, Mann-Whitney U Test results revealed that field of practice (social workers versus non social workers) does not significantly correlate with comfort addressing and discussing RS in treatment. Implications of the findings were discussed.

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临床实践中的宗教与灵性:对从业者舒适与不适的探索

摘要:本研究探讨持有执照的心理健康专业人员在实践中处理宗教和灵性(RS)时是否表现出舒适/不适。通过滚雪球抽样，在南加州招募了来自不同领域的52名临床医生。对参与者进行了描述性的测量，基于(a)他们将来访者的RS融入治疗的能力的舒适度，以及(b)他们在讨论来访者的RS优势和治疗中的挣扎时的舒适度。结果显示，在从业人员中，有15-25%的人对整合和讨论RS治疗感到不舒服。也就是说，75%到85%的参与者表示，在实际处理RS时感到舒适。持牌临床社会工作者报告的不适程度略低于其他持牌专业人员。然而，Mann-Whitney U测试结果显示，实践领域(社会工作者与非社会工作者)与治疗中的舒适处理和讨论RS没有显着相关。讨论了研究结果的意义。

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1.40

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9.10%

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期刊介绍： In the Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought, scholars, researchers, and practitioners examine issues of social justice and religion as they relate to the development of policy and delivery of social services. In addition to timely literature reviews, the journal presents up-to-date, in-depth, expert information on: sectarian and nonsectarian approaches to spirituality and ethics; justice and peace; philosophically oriented aspects of religion in the social services; conceptual frameworks; the philosophy of social work; and a great deal more.