PYC 7300 RELIGION & SPIRIUALITY IN PSYCHOLOGICAL PRACTICE (3)

This course introduces students to the practice of integrating religion, spirituality, and healing into the therapeutic relationship. Surveys the current issues about the assessment and treatment of clients incorporating religious and spiritual constructs, including the various religious worldviews, an understanding of the psychological development of religious and spiritual perspectives, the treatment of religious and spiritual dysfunction, the incorporation of religious and spiritual assets, the spiritual and healing aspects of the body and mind connection, the connection of spirituality with the creative process, and a review of the clinical research in this particular aspect of the counseling field.