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To be a helping professional in the 21st century is to serve a pluralistic, spiritually diverse population. The old dichotomy—science versus faith, secular versus sacred—has collapsed under the weight of client realities. Whether a client finds transcendence in a mosque, a meditation cushion, a forest trail, or a memory of a grandmother’s prayers, that source of meaning is not an adjunct to treatment; it is often the treatment’s foundation. The properly trained helper does not need to be spiritual themselves, but they must be spiritually literate. In learning to honor the sacred in others, we become not just technicians of behavior change, but companions on the journey toward wholeness.

Park, C. L., & Slattery, J. M. (2021). Religion, spirituality, and meaning in life. In R. F. Paloutzian & C. L. Park (Eds.), Handbook of the psychology of religion and spirituality (3rd ed., pp. 245–264). Guilford Press. spirituality and the helping professions pdf

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