Title
Naming the Spiritual: The Hidden Dimension of Helping
Department/School
Social Work
Date of this version
1998
Document Type
Article
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/15426432.1998.9960243
Abstract
The history of spirituality and the social work profession is marked by ambivalence, even avoidance. This paper expands the definition of social work practice to include a spiritual dimension. The authors suggest that this dimension is not new, but its importance has not been sufficiently articulated. The spiritual dimension of practice includes consciousness of and attention to the client's search for meaning. Both the helping relationship and many of the issues that clients bring are spiritual in nature. A simple framework to help practitioners identify spiritual issues is presented and illustrated by a case example.
Volume
18
Issue
4
Published in
Social Thought
Citation/Other Information
Graham, M. A., Kaiser, T., & Garrett, K. J. (1998). Naming the spiritual: The hidden dimension of helping. Social Thought, 18(4), 49-62. https://doi.org/10.1080/15426432.1998.9960243