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Counselling and Spiritual Accompaniment

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Therapy, Culture and Spirituality

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In this chapter, the differences and similarities between spiritual accompaniment and counselling will be explored to ascertain what each discipline might learn from the other. The terms ‘spiritual accompaniment’ and ‘spiritual direction’ are used interchangeably, as are the terms ‘counselling’ and ‘psychotherapy’. Although this chapter is written from a Christian perspective, the principles are applicable to other faith and mainstream counselling contexts.

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  1. University of Leeds, UK

    Greg Nolan

  2. University of Manchester, UK

    William West

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Gubi, P.M. (2015). Counselling and Spiritual Accompaniment. In: Nolan, G., West, W. (eds) Therapy, Culture and Spirituality. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137370433_13

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