Date
8-9-2024
Department
School of Behavioral Sciences
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy in Counselor Education and Supervision (PhD)
Chair
John Thomas
Keywords
Counseling, integration, multicultural, religion, spirituality, supervision
Disciplines
Counseling | Educational Administration and Supervision
Recommended Citation
Celoria, Wendy, "The Effect of Language Training in the Perceived Confidence of Counseling Supervisors' Spiritual Integration in Supervisory Sessions" (2024). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 5837.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/5837
Abstract
The religious and spiritual (R/S) aspects of multicultural counseling are difficult to navigate for counseling educators and supervisors. The supervisors’ responsibility is to equip counselors in training (CIT) to address various issues or topics confidently with clients. Multiculturalism continues to impact the counseling profession due to the diversity and complexity of treating clients. The spiritual component of multiculturalism remains a topic of broaching that can be uncertain for CIT and supervisors. This study describes the dynamics of supervisory relationships with supervisees and how that directly correlates with counselors and their clients. Next, the study evaluates the impact increased training in R/S has on supervisors integrating with confidence in supervision. Finally, the study explored how training can influence supervisors’ attitudes toward integrating, relationships in supervision, and the efficacy of integration. Through an experimental design with multiple linear regression analysis, the study yielded significance in testing supervisees’ R/S identity, supervisees discussing R/S and their clients, and the integrity of the supervisory relationship. This study expounds on the literature reviewing American Counseling Association, Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, codes of ethics, the Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling, and Counsel for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs standards and the implications for addressing R/S in supervision. It will provide an overview of scholarly literature to express the benefits and limitations of discussing spirituality as a multicultural component in supervision. The impact on further research is to create an increased awareness of multicultural language in addressing R/S in supervision as integration influences direct client care.
