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Religious Therapy Vs Secular Therapy

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It is often assumed that psychiatrists should be able to relate to their patients in faith; however, this may not be necessary. According to the study done by Sonia Greenridge and Martyn Baker, Christian conservatives find it easier to talk to a fellow Christian therapist, but they would appreciate the ability to have any professional therapist. As long as the secular therapists evolve to the religious requests of the client, secular therapy can be just as effective. Someone suffering from mental illness just wants any professional therapist who knows what they are doing to help them. For some people religion is not the motivating factor for the selection of a therapist. Even if the therapist is uncertain about incorporating religion themselves …show more content…

Some believe their physical or mental illnesses are inflicted upon them purposefully by God, because they have done wrong in the eyes of the Lord. Therefore, these individuals “felt that God was punishing them, had deserted them, or did not have the power to make a difference, or felt deserted by their faith community” (Koenig, 2009, p.287). Therefore, they conclude that God is angry with them, and they deserve the punishment. They may feel shunned or neglected by God. Many believe that as a result of this, God will not heal their mental illness through any form of religious therapy. They feel that they have to find their own way apart from God to rid themselves of their suffering. So, to incorporate religion into sessions with individuals with this negative mindset, usually worsens their mental illness symptoms. Someone may also feel that they are being neglected or mistreated by their religious community; therefore, many are eager separate themselves from religion. When a person is struggling in faith, religious therapy proves to negatively affect the individual and worsen their mental

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Therefore, it is important for counselors to separate their beliefs and values when giving treatment. Counselors need to be non-judgmental and cultural competent, to understand clients from different color or groups. This requires that Counselors have to be objective in order to focus on the underlying issues of the client’s problem. If a client has different values than yours it shouldn’t affect their treatment regime t is very unethical to mistreat clients because of their values. The American Counseling Association ACA (2014) states the importance of counselors seeking help in training if they have any issues of imposing their personal beliefs own values, attitudes and behaviors onto their clients (NAADAC 2013).

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The whole psychology of it, the strengthening of religion in hardship isn’t totally absurd. It would seem through all the loss involved in situations like the Holocaust or 9/11, that some aspects aren’t completely lost. Perhaps putting all one’s faith in a God could supply help to make it through extremely difficult times. It could help keep people alive as they wait for some sort of redemption or subtle sign that their God is there with them. Jews viewed their destitution as trials, Christians viewed theirs as God being unable to interfere with the natural world.

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This carries with is certain rights and responsibilities” This catholic social teaching explains to us about human dignity and the special rights and responsibilities that accompany it. Why should we help those suffering from Mental Illness? Because it is a part of being human, we are created in the image of God and there are rights and responsibilities that come from that, one of those being to look after one another. To live with mental illness is a very hard, emotionally and mentally, it’s incredibly draining and should be treated equally with the other illnesses. Just because Mental Illness isn’t physical doesn’t mean it’s not there, as a person who has lived and continues to live with more than one title of mental illness it often saddens me how unaware of mental illnesses people can be, they may know of the illness, but when it comes to understanding how to cope with that illness, whatever that may be, most people have no idea what to do and to me that outlines the injustice that those suffering with this illness have to face.

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The Civil War tore apart the United States of America in the bloodiest four years of the nation’s history. Though many motifs illustrating the heartbreak of the war made their way into popular culture after its conclusion, one of the most prevalent ideas illustrated the confusion family units experienced as the war pulled varying members of the family in different ideological directions, described most concretely as “brother against brother.” The disunion felt at the familial level paralleled the lack of unity on the national scale, leaving President Abraham Lincoln with the task of bringing the nation back together. Around his second election, both the Union and Confederacy were suffering from the effects of a prolonged war — increasingly

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In the article, Is Mental Illness Actually Biblical?, by Stephen Altrogge on biblestudytools.com, discusses why Christians should believe in mental illnesses. The article begins with the author saying, “I recently read two articles by a well known Christian author… The articles essentially argued that mental illness was a social construct created by secular doctors and psychiatrists, and therefore, is not biblical. So, when a person is depressed, he is really just experiencing sadness, and to try to treat it medically is to short circuit the power of God.” The article continues to say the person’s intention were sincere, since they meant God was just as sufficient as medicine.

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In this book, I feel the title of the Christian psychology approach can be very confusing .if we see from the title, we will interpret the Christians who are in the field of psychology is a Christian psychologist. Also, in this book explained that not all Christians must conform to Christian psychology approach. Christian psychology approach is a combination of integration approaches and the biblical counselling approach. This approach get many criticized because there is no application or can we called is only an

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Some say mental illness is an invisible disease, one that begins to eat someone from the inside out. Being mentally ill comes in many different forms: from basic depression and anxiety, to schizophrenia and depersonalization. These disorders can make a person feel as though they are losing control over what they are doing, as well as losing sight on what makes them normal. Mental illness can make a person do things that a normal person would not do, simple because of a person 's moral and ethical values. Sometimes, however, a person who is mentally ill commits crimes that are unforgivable.

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“Many cultures have viewed mental illness as a form of religious punishment or demonic possession. In ancient Egyptian, Indian, Greek, and Roman writings, mental illness was categorized as a religious or personal problem (“"Mental Health Hospitals and Deinstitutionalization”).” This quote shows that even in the ancient civilizations, people viewed mentally ill people as being “possessed” but really it was the lack of understanding and religious fervor that led to this conclusion. Some of the treatments they used were, “Priests often solaced mentally disturbed individuals by encouraging them to repent their sins and seek refuge in God’s mercy (Foerschner, par. 2).” They would make them go to church regularly, and go on holy pilgrimages to

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(2010) by McMinn, Staley, Webb, and Seegobin the authors decipher the differences between various Christian approaches. Biblical counseling, pastoral counseling, and Christian psychology are a few of the different methods which can be used when clients want a Christian perspective integrated into their therapy. Biblical counseling is mainly used among very conservative Christians who wish to return the role of counseling to the church (McMinn et al., 2010, p. 392). “Biblical counselors consider the bible to be superior and more authoritative than psychological science, theory, or technique” (McMinn et al., 2010, p. 392). Pastoral counseling can have two different meanings.

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Spiritual Need Assessment Spiritual histories are taken as part of the regular history during an annual exam or new patient visit, but can also be taken as part of follow-up visits, as appropriate. The acronym FICA, F- faith and belief, I-importance and influence, C-community, and A-address (The George Washington Institue of Spirituality and Health, n.d.). FICA Spiritual Assessment Tool serves as a guide for conversations in the clinical setting. This paper will analyze the interview assessment of a fellow coworker. Analysis of the Interview Experience

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Mental Health History Many years ago, mental illness was viewed as a demonic possession or a religious punishment.

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Conversion Therapy Although many people have strong convictions against gay people, sometimes leading parents to attempt to change their children’s sexual orientation, it should be banned on a national level for parents to be able to force their children under the age of 18 into conversion therapy because it is unconstitutional, it evidently damages the child's wellbeing, and the methods have never even been proven by credible research. Members of the ex-gay (anti-LGBT) movement argue that banning reparative therapy is an infringement on the rights to freedom of speech and religion, while parents following this movement have similar feelings and believe that putting their child through conversion therapy will help them be ridded of an "unwanted

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Therapists must access their own internal process such as their feelings, attitudes and moods. Therapists’, who are not receptive to the awareness of their flow of thoughts and feelings, will not be able to help clients be aware of theirs (Kahn, 1997, p. 40). Though congruence does not mean that therapists have to share personal issues with clients, a therapist must not conceal their inner process from the client, and not be defensive but transparent (Kahn, 1997, p. 41). By being open sometimes a therapist learns more not only about their client but about themselves

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There is mounting evidence that religiosity is associated with health and wellbeing [2,3]. Religion is usually described as protective factors for adolescents against a host of negative health outcomes [6 –10]. In general, adolescents who have higher levels of religiosity fare better than their less religious peers: they have lower rates of risky health behaviors and fewer mental health problems. [5,11–16].

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