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Competencies for Integrating Spirituality into Counseling
Competency 1 - The professional counselor can explain the
difference between religion and spirituality, including similarities and
differences.
Competency 2 - The professional counselor can describe religious
and spiritual beliefs and practices in a cultural context.
Competency 3 - The professional counselor engages in
self-exploration of religious and spiritual beliefs in order to increase
sensitivity, understanding and acceptance of diverse belief systems.
Competency 4 - The professional counselor can describer her/his
religious and/or spiritual belief system and explain various models of
religious or spiritual development across the lifespan.
Competency 5 - The professional counselor can demonstrate
sensitivity and acceptance of a variety of religious and/or spiritual
expressions in client communication.
Competency 6 - The professional counselor can identify limits of
her/his understanding of a client's religious or spiritual expression, and
demonstrate appropriate referral skills and generate possible referral
sources.
Competency 7 - The professional counselor can assess the
relevance of the religious and/or spiritual domains in the client's
therapeutic issues.
Competency 8 - The professional counselor is sensitive to and
receptive of religious and/or spiritual themes in the counseling process
as befits the expressed preference of each client.
Competency 9 - The professional counselor uses a clients'
religious and/or spiritual beliefs in the pursuit of the clients'
therapeutic goals as befits the clients' expressed preference.
Competency 1 - The professional counselor can explain the
difference between religion and spirituality, including similarities and
differences.
Competency 2 - The professional counselor can describe religious
and spiritual beliefs and practices in a cultural context.
Competency 3 - The professional counselor engages in
self-exploration of religious and spiritual beliefs in order to increase
sensitivity, understanding and acceptance of diverse belief systems.
Competency 4 - The professional counselor can describer her/his
religious and/or spiritual belief system and explain various models of
religious or spiritual development across the lifespan.
Competency 5 - The professional counselor can demonstrate
sensitivity and acceptance of a variety of religious and/or spiritual
expressions in client communication.
Competency 6 - The professional counselor can identify limits of
her/his understanding of a client's religious or spiritual expression, and
demonstrate appropriate referral skills and generate possible referral
sources.
Competency 7 - The professional counselor can assess the
relevance of the religious and/or spiritual domains in the client's
therapeutic issues.
Competency 8 - The professional counselor is sensitive to and
receptive of religious and/or spiritual themes in the counseling process
as befits the expressed preference of each client.
Competency 9 - The professional counselor uses a clients'
religious and/or spiritual beliefs in the pursuit of the clients'
therapeutic goals as befits the clients' expressed preference.
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