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 do between sessions (homework)?
Recommendation
|
Common
|
Never
|
Rarely
|
Sometimes
|
Often
|
Most
|
1 Read
Christian literature
|
78.57
|
7.14
|
14.29
|
42.86
|
29.41
|
6.30
|
2 Pray
about issues
|
76.05
|
10.92
|
13.03
|
36.13
|
26.47
|
13.45
|
3 Daily
meditation
|
65.97
|
18.07
|
15.97
|
39.92
|
15.13
|
10.92
|
4 Read
Bible
|
63.45
|
13.87
|
22.69
|
47.06
|
10.50
|
5.88
|
5 Attend
church
|
62.61
|
17.65
|
19.75
|
36.55
|
15.97
|
10.08
|
6
Spiritual journal
|
52.10
|
24.37
|
23.53
|
36.97
|
11.34
|
3.78
|
7 Keep
prayer journal
|
43.70
|
28.99
|
27.31
|
33.61
|
6.72
|
3.36
|
38.98
|
42.80
|
18.22
|
26.69
|
8.05
|
4.24
|
|
9 Seminar
/ workshop
|
35.71
|
32.77
|
31.51
|
29.83
|
3.78
|
32.77
|
10
Christian videos
|
21.85
|
47.48
|
30.67
|
18.49
|
1.68
|
1.68
|
11 Theophostic prayer
|
11.89
|
74.89
|
13.22
|
10.13
|
0.88
|
0.88
|
Table note.
Common is defined by a practice used at least sometimes by
50% or more of the respondents. The list is ordered by percentage of use. The
number responding was 238 for all items except centering prayer (236) and
theophostic prayer (227). I included links for the two prayer types in case you
have not heard of them.
Resources
You will find many resources on the web. Here’s a collection
from the Methodists in the UK
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