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Clinical Helping Professionals' Perceived Support, Barriers, and Training to Integrate Clients' Religion/Spirituality in Practice
This article reports the qualitative responses of a sample of Texas licensed helping professionals'-including licensed clinical social workers (LCSWs), nurses, marriage and family therapists, psychologists, and counselors-views about integrating their clients' religion/spirituality (RS) into practice. Three open-ended questions were utilized to determine the factors that either support or hinder the integration of clients' RS into clinical practice, as well as these professionals' experience with any form of education around RS. A total of 207 individuals responded to at least one of the three open-ended items, with 199 responses to the first, 182 responses to the second, and 162 responses to the third item. To analyze the first two items, the authors utilized open-coding procedures upon adopting and revising a codebook previously used in a similar study of LCSWs across the United States and creating a new codebook for the third item. The overarching themes that emerged regarding what supports RS integration include personal religiosity, education, and utilizing an RS-sensitive practice. Themes encapsulating what hinders RS integration include a lack of training, fear/ discomfort with RS, lack of time, client discouraged discussion, and no perceived limitations. When asked about their experiences with professional training on RS, most responded with no training, followed by continuing education and RS content being infused into the curriculum. Implications and recommendations for supporting practitioners in these helping professions are discussed.
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