Spirituality In Counseling Research Paper

Spirituality in Counseling In 2 Corinthians Paul stresses the importance of being in Christ, Paul stated: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here.”(2 Cor. 5:17) Spirituality in counseling is acknowledging that spirituality is one of the most important components of the human being, perhaps the most important. And therefore it is important to incorporate spiritual help while counseling a client, it is essential that a counselor helps a person in whole, in every aspect of their human existence, which includes mental, psychically and spiritually. From a Christian perspective, the counselor should look at Spirituality as the main part of the persons aspect, according to Grudem (1999) “We …show more content…
As counselors, it is important to help them come to the realization that they have value in the eyes of God, they are not condemned, especially not for something there are not to be blame for. And finally, one of the worse feelings a child can possibly feel is the feeling of hopelessness, the inability to see beyond their current circumstances, and it is the duty of the counselor to offer them attainable hope, something realistic that they look forward to and be able able to …show more content…
(p.217) As for Christian counselors, this principle applies in the same way, we need to serve God by helping these children with their needs, sometimes the most important thing these children need is to have someone who cares for them, someone who is willing to listen to them, or to just seat by their side and let them know they are not alone. To be Christlike is to treat them as Jesus would, and for a child who have been abused or abandoned, this is great step in their healing process, they need to feel loved and accepted for who they are in the eyes of Christ.
Application of this Integration Perspective to a Specific Psychological Issue The psychological issue chosen by this student is the suffering of abused and abandoned children, according to the Childhelp organization, “Every year more than 3 million reports of child abuse are made in the United States involving more than 6 million children (a report can include multiple children). (Childhelp, 2015) The same reports also concluded that every year, referrals to state child protective services involves 6.3 million children, these statistics are in the United States alone, and it is only the reported cases, many cases of abuse are unreported. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in a study done in 2012, the abuses are broken