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"Many secular therapists ... tackle ... stress and relationship problems, and send [patients] to a minister to deal with ... spiritual concerns. But to [Dr. Mary] Coady-Leeper, spirituality is an important part of therapy. 'Everybody has been influenced by religion to some extent,' said Coady-Leeper, a psychotherapist at Kairos Psychological in West Omaha. 'To ignore spirituality in therapy is to ignore an important part of a person's mind-set.' Many mental health care workers are beginning to see the value in allowing and even encouraging clients to talk about God.
"'Four years ago, there wasn't much out there in the way of training counselors about how to incorporate spirituality in therapy,' said Marlene Kuskie, a counseling and school psychology professor at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. 'Now there are a lot of seminars out there. Everyone is talking about it.'
"The trend is due in part to America's growing spiritual awareness, Kuskie says. It is a hot topic everywhere from Oprah to news magazines and medical journals. Even college psychology departments, which have shied away from spiritually based counseling methods for fear of ridicule from colleagues, are getting on board. Duke University, the University of Illinois at Springfield, the University of California-Irvine, and Widener University in Pennsylvania are among the universities that have offered courses or seminars that discuss the relationship between psychology and faith."
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June 16, 2003 issue
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Road maps for a changing world
Steve Graham
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letters
with contributions from Philippa Muldoon, Darley Green, Andrew Wilson
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Items of interest
with contributions from Kim Roberts, Paul A. Roberts, Edward Lee Pitts
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One traveler's road map for better relations between nations
By Warren Bolon Senior Writer
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They 'walked in PEACE with God'
with contributions from Makengo Ma Pululu
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The Sadhu of Nairobi
By Karim Ajania
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Larry Dossey: Reflections of a pathfinder in spirituality and health
with contributions from Larry Dossey
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Employment possibilities
By Jim Baker
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God's care for both of us
By Shirley Paulson
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African American spiritual journeys
By Marilyn Jones Senior Writer
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Room for understanding
By Ginny Luedeman
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Is it right to forgive?
By Richard Bergenheim
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A one–word prayer: 'No!'
Lucie Lehmann-Barclay
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Prayer aids pregnancy, childbirth
Cláudia Cristina Proença Pinho
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Trust in God brings resources
Gillian Litchfield