Counseling and Values articles from October 2001

Counseling and Values archives from October 2001

Religion and Spirituality in Coping With Stress.
October 1, 2001... Relations among and between religion, spirituality, and the ability to cope with stress were examined using a sample of 115 graduate students in counseling. Religion and spirituality positively correlated with coping with stress. Counseling...

Religious Identity Status as a Model to Understand, Assess, and Interact With Client Spirituality.
October 1, 2001... Spirituality and religion are important concerns for many people; consequently, counselors must possess the knowledge and skills required for assisting clients with these issues. This article offers a conceptual framework, based on E. H....

Toward Forgiveness: The Role of Shame, Guilt, Anger, and Empathy.(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2001... This research explored forgiving and its relationship to adaptive moral emotional processes: proneness to shame, guilt, anger, and empathic responsiveness. Gender differences associated with forgiving were analyzed. Participants were 138...

The Need to Belong: A Theory of the Therapeutic Function of the Black Church Tradition.
October 1, 2001... A theory of belonging is used as a framework for analyzing and interpreting focus group data from 7 congregations in the Black church tradition. Findings suggest that church membership may reflect the need to belong with a group rather than to...

Implications of Personal Values in Women's Midlife Development.
October 1, 2001... Researchers disagree on what women experience during midlife and on the goal of that developmental stage. This study explored the experiences of 18 women between the ages of 35 and 60. Diversity in the sample was achieved in...

Integrating Religion and Spirituality in Marriage and Family Counseling.
October 1, 2001... In the fields of counseling and psychology, interest in religious and spiritual issues is expanding. The authors examined integrating religion and spirituality with marriage and family counseling. They explored potential obstacles and negative...

Treating Suicidal Behavior: An Effective, Time-Limited Approach.(Review)
October 1, 2001... M. David Rudd, Thomas Joiner, & M. Hasan Rajab (2001). Treating Suicidal Behavior: An Effective, Time-Limited Approach. New York: Guilford Press, 290 pp., $32.00 (hardback). ISBN 1-57230-614-9. The assessment and treatment of suicidal...