Spiritually Oriented Counseling

Spirituality is one of the important elements of the human experience. Spirituality, structures and behaviors related to spirituality have an undeniable potential in terms of well-being in sub-fields of psychology and especially psychological counseling. Spiritual experience, both positive and negative, cannot be separated from human functionality. In many applied and theoretical studies in the field of psychology, it has been wondered and examined how spirituality functions in human cognition, behavior and emotional processes since the early years of the field's formation. Especially in recent years, spirituality has started to be considered as a potential resource in terms of psychological well-being and functionality in applied psychology research and psychological help fields, and many approaches and methods have been developed that take spirituality into account in the psychological help process. The book is the first of its kind in Turkey with a comprehensive content of spiritual counseling services in institutions, from the spiritual aspects of counseling theories, to the spiritual evaluation of the clients, to the relations of various religious traditions with spiritual counseling. The book, which aims to shed light on the transcendent dimension of human beings for students and employees who receive education in all fields of mental health, especially PDR and Psychology, is enriched with case examples.