Geoff W. Sutton Blog

What Interventions do Christian Counselors Use? This is the final post in my series of findings from a 2014 survey. In this post I include list of interventions and the frequency they are used by Christian counselors. This list of interventions includes spiritual practices some Christians use or request when in need. In some cases, we expanded a common practice like prayer so we could obtain more detail. We included prayer types that might only be used by Pentecostals and Charismatics because little is known what that small segment of the counselor population might use. Spiritual practice Common Never Rarely Sometimes Often Most 1 Refer to Bible 74.4 6.80 18.80 46.00 17.20 11.20 2 Invite God’s presence 65.67 21.89 12.45 21.89 15.88 27.90 3 Pray about issues 55.42 18....

Christian Spirituality: What to do Between Sessions People are used to getting recommendations when they seek treatment. Physicians, nurses, and therapists offer materials to improve health and well-being outside the office setting. Counselors and Psychotherapists vary in what they recommend to their clients. In this post I summarize another finding from our 2014 survey of Christian counselors and psychotherapists. My quest has been to identify what might be unique about Christian counseling and psychotherapy. My colleague, Chris Arnzen and I listed several possible items then provided a space for clinicians to add other items they recommend for their clients. In the table, I identified common practices by adding together the percentages for recommended activities rated Sometimes + Often + Most of the time. So, as you can see, the most frequent recommendation is some type of Christian Literature. Interventions: What do Christian clinicians recommended clients d...