Deck 17: Integrating Religiousspiritual Issues During Psychotherapy

Question 1

Which of the following scales assesses a clients intrinsic and extrinsic religious/spiritual values?

A) The Revised Religious Orientation Scale
B) The Religious Values Scale
C) The Religious Problem Solving Scale
D) The Spiritual Well Being Scale

Answer 1

B

Question 2

What should be avoided when a therapist integrates religion and spirituality into treatment?

A) Recommending prayer or meditation
B) Imposing the therapists own religious values
C) Suggesting the client do spiritual journaling
D) Supporting the client's use of worship to relieve stress

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which is NOT a factor that should be assessed concerning client's spirituality according to Pargament and Krumei?

A) Potential negative outcomes of the client's spirituality
B) The content of the client's spirituality
C) How spirituality impacts the client's life
D) How spirituality should be addressed in treatment

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Eastern approaches are beyond Western approaches in their ability to integrate spirituality into therapy methods.

Question 5

Richards and Begin do NOT support which ideal for the development of treatment plans?

A) To discuss whether faith and spirituality can be positive resources to help a person during therapy
B) To examine the visual images of God or a deity
C) To deal with religious or spiritual issues that are related to the presenting problem
D) To come to an agreement between therapist and client concerning how much spiritual and religious issues will be addressed

Question 6

What is the first step when dealing with spirituality in the therapy process?

A) Assessing the client's spirituality
B) Determining whether spirituality should be considered in therapy
C) The therapist should assess their own level of spirituality
D) Coming to an agreement about how much spirituality should be considered in the therapy process

Question 7

What was the Emmanuel Movement?

A) A push to get psychologists to accept the value of religion in client's everyday lives
B) When medical doctors and ministers worked together to provide for the health of the poor
C) When psychiatrists began to assess religious/spiritual issues in their assessments
D) When clients began to demand more religious/spiritual counseling and more training facilities for pastoral counseling opened.

Question 8

According to Fowler, most people remain at what level of faith?

A) Synthetic-conventional
B) Mythical-literal
C) Individuative-projective
D) Conjunctive

Question 9

Before the development of psychotherapy, who primarily attended to mental health issues?

A) Religious leaders
B) Family members
C) Medical doctors
D) Traditional healers

Question 10

Religion and spirituality are the same thing.

Question 11

What is the purpose of a spiritual journal?

A) For therapists to find a way for their own spirituality to not impact therapy
B) To document all spiritual and religious thoughts so they can be analyzed
C) To help clients come to terms with their lives and place within the universe
D) To determine how spiritual issues help to alleviate problems in one's life

Question 12

Freud taught that spirituality and religion were harmful to individuals.

Question 13

Most therapists view themselves as religious or spiritual.

Question 14

Robin has developed her own religious beliefs in which she no longer blindly believes what her pastor says but has developed her own beliefs based on her religious readings, life experiences, and prayer with which she is most comfortable. She is most likely at which level of faith according to Fowler?

A) Synthetic-conventional
B) Individuative-reflective
C) Individuative-projective
D) Conjunctive

Question 15

Therapists should avoid sharing any of their religious or spiritual beliefs with their clients.

Question 16

What brought about the end of the Emmanuel movement?

A) A more secular push in society
B) Arguments between therapists and medical doctors
C) Lack of interest from society
D) The rise of psychoanalysis

Question 17

Some theorists believe that the search for the meaning in life is more appropriately the concern of ___________ therapists than a spiritual issue.

A) Gestalt
B) Reality
C) Existential
D) Person-centered

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT supported by research on mental health and religiosity?

A) Prayer has been shown to improve mental health
B) There are no negative consequences of religious or spiritual beliefs
C) Religious or spiritual people live about 7 years longer than non-religious people
D) Religious people are less likely to abuse substances

Question 19

Which psychological figure did not believe that religion and spirituality were was a sign of pathology?

A) Watson
B) Ellis
C) Skinner
D) Adler

Question 20

________of people believe in God and _______ attend religious services.

A) 80%; 30%
B) 50%; 20%
C) 95%; 40%
D) 60%; 50%

Question 21

How is bibliotherapy used to explore spirituality?

Question 22

Fowler's (1981) theory consists of six stages of faith development in which individuals move toward increased maturity and personalization of their spiritual "identity." List these stages.

Question 23

Discuss Freud's view of spirituality.

Question 24

Therapists should participate in religious/spiritual rituals if requested to by their clients even if they do not believe in them.

Question 25

What is a spiritual autobiography?

Question 26

What types of questions could you ask on your intake form to explore client's spirituality?

Question 27

The American Psychological Association's Ethics code states that therapists must take religious issues into consideration.

Question 28

What is a spiritual life map?

Question 29

Young, Dowdle, and Flowers (2009) have indicated that therapists should do five activities to forge a relationship with their clients. Name two of these.

Question 30

Increasingly, clinicians are reporting that clients are bringing spiritual issues to the therapeutic relationship.

Question 31

Briefly describe Pargament and Krumrei's three-stage process of spiritual assessment.

Question 32

What aspect does training play in the divide between therapists and clients in their spiritual/religious views?

Question 33

What is a daily gratitude journal?

Question 34

A spiritual map is a pictorial representation of the spiritual milestones clients have experiences in their lives.

Question 35

It is only important to denote what religion a family member is on a spiritual genogram since relationship issues are not considered to be as important for this technique.

Question 36

What are some of the problematic attitudes that Pargament stated therapists can bring when they integrate religious/spiritual issues into therapy?

Question 37

Name two spirituality assessment instruments.

Question 38

What is an exceptional human experience?

Question 39

Compare and contrast intrinsic and extrinsic spirituality.

Question 40

Clinebell (1995) has indicated that there are seven areas of spiritual needs. Name 4 of these.