The purpose of this article is to introduce "walking in beauty," an American Indian spiritual perspective related to social justice that emphasizes beauty, harmony, connectedness/unity of experience, and imagination. Walking in beauty includes 3 processes: embodiment, creativity, and appreciation of the sublime. Recommendations are offered for…

The construct of social justice in counseling is defined and operationalized in this article. This is followed by a discussion about the intersection between social justice in counseling and philosophy, ethics, and spirituality. A call to action for counseling professionals is offered. (Contains 1 figure.)

Suggests that illusions by clients about themselves and their environments could be purposeful and facilitative, perhaps serving as an effective coping mechanism against a painful experience. Presents counselors with several examples and one brief case study in a condensed synthesis of research and theory on the accommodating and positive reasons…

Addresses selected effects of postmodernism on spirituality and contains a discussion of implications for promoting change in counseling. Because aspects of postmodern spirituality can prevent change, spiritual transformation may need to occur in the life of the client. Spiritual transformation is conceptualized as a process of helping the client…

Examines various therapeutic approaches to Vietnam veterans and gives specific consideration to the implications for religious counselors working with this population. (Author)

Notes that surprisingly little has been written in the counseling journals on the topic of lying, that is, why some clients consciously choose to be either dishonest with their counselors or deliberately hold back important information from their counselors. Discusses dynamics of lying and offers suggestions to counselors on how to work with…

Notes that religion may be source of spiritual strength or source of conflict and guilt. Outlines importance of assessing religious beliefs of clients for treatment purposes and provides format for counselor to use. Says that, because counselors may be unaware of clients' individual perspectives, it is important to evaluate client's belief system…

Surveyed counselors' (n=739) involvement as clients, explored whether counselors value seeing therapists of similar theoretical orientation to their own, and examined characteristics were important in choosing therapist. Eighty percent of respondents had attended counseling, with women seeking counseling at significantly higher rates than men.…

Although the concepts of greed and selfishness have often been used in discussions about human nature, there seems to be little attention to these characteristics in the disciplines of psychology and counseling. Considers characteristics of greed and selfishness as encountered in counseling from a multidisciplinary perspective and identifies…

Administered Rokeach Value Survey (RVS) and confidence rating scale (CRS) to 13 psychotherapists and 62 clients. Results from RVS demonstrated therapists were more value stable than their clients and that clients shifted their value systems toward therapists' value configurations. Results from CRS indicated therapists were more confident than were…

Examines cross-cultural counseling (especially Western counselor-Eastern client) within a transpersonal psychological framework. Presents meta-model that allows counselors to adopt attitudes that transcend cultural differences. Notes that benefit of such a model to counselors would be superordinate framework in which various, specific counseling…

Describes how the dimension of spirituality can be added to an existing counseling theory, multimodal therapy (MMT), to provide counselors with a practical approach to incorporating clients' religious and spiritual beliefs in the counseling process. Discusses the context of spirituality in counseling and explains the process by which it can be…

Discusses relationship of women's self-esteem, Christianity, and depression. Presents implications for counseling depressed Christian women, focusing on gender-role beliefs and self-esteem and anger and depression. (ABL)

Presents evidence to support the validity of Genia's (1997) spiritual maturity typology. Participants (N=256) were categorized as spiritually growth-oriented, transitional, dogmatic, or undeveloped. Results indicate that those in the undeveloped and dogmatic groups were more emotionally distressed than those in the growth-oriented group. Also…

Organized assessment procedures are used as preface to therapy to help in transmittal of information structuring of relationships, and information gathering. The results can be a mix of descriptive information and value judgment, confusing tester values with facts about those tested. Caution in use of such procedures is suggested. (Author/NRB)