Psychotherapists’ experience with spirituality and religiousness in psychotherapy : A qualitative meta-analysis
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| Year of publication | 2024 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Journal of Psychotherapy Integration |
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| web | https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-04985-001 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/int0000338 |
| Keywords | spirituality; religiousness; psychotherapy; psychotherapists’ perspective; qualitative meta-analysis |
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| Description | Spirituality and religiousness (S/R) are multicultural issues that have a complicated historical relationship with psychotherapy. This study aimed to synthesize the findings of qualitative studies focused on how psychotherapists experience S/R in psychotherapy. A sample of 52 primary qualitative studies was identified through database searches and subsequent manual searches of literature. The findings of primary studies were extracted and aggregated using qualitative meta-analysis. The experiences of S/R were summarized in 11 metacategories organized into three clusters, namely, relationship between psychotherapists’ spiritual/religious and professional identity, spirituality/religiousness in session, and a spiritual/religious psychotherapist in the broader field of psychotherapy. Psychotherapists’ experiences with S/R are reflected in psychotherapists’ identities as well as in the psychotherapy process. Implications for psychotherapeutic practice, training, and supervision are discussed. |
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