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Integrating clients’ religion and spirituality within psychotherapy: A comprehensive meta‐analysis
Abstract
Some religious or spiritual (R/S) clients seek psychotherapy that integrates R/S values, while others may be reticent to disclose R/S‐related aspects of struggles in a presumably secular setting. We meta‐analyzed 97 outcome studies (N = 7,181) examining the efficacy of tailoring treatment to patients’ R/S beliefs and values. We compared the effectiveness of R/S‐tailored psychotherapy with no‐treatment controls, alternate secular treatments, and additive secular treatments. R/S‐adapted psychotherapy resulted in greater improvement in clients’ psychological (g = 0.74, p < 0.000) and spiritual (g = 0.74, p < 0.000) functioning compared with no treatment and non R/S psychotherapies (psychological: g = 0.33, p < 0.001; spiritual: g = 0.43, p < 0.001). In more rigorous additive studies, R/S‐accommodated psychotherapies were equally effective to standard approaches in reducing psychological distress (g = 0.13, p = 0.258), but resulted in greater spiritual well‐being (g = 0.34, p < 0.000). We feature several clinical examples and conclude with evidence‐based therapeutic practices.
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- Authors
- Captari, L. E., Hook, J. N., Hoyt, W., Davis, D. E., McElroy‐Heltzel, S. E., & Worthington, E. L.
- Affiliations
- University of North Texas (US)
- Corresponding author
- Captari, Laura E.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Journal of Clinical Psychology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2018-09-16
- Volume
- 74
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 1938-1951
- ISSN
- 0021-9762 (ISSN-L)
- 1097-4679
- OpenAlex
- W2889699231
- Cited by
- 233
- References
- 22
- Citations by year
- 2026: 29 · 2025: 34 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 73 · 2022: 28 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 20 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 12.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Clinical Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Keywords
- religion and spirituality, spiritually integrated psychotherapy, treatment tailoring, spiritual well-being, psychological distress, treatment efficacy, religious clients
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Anxiety Disorders, Mental Disorders, Black or African American, Buddhism, Christianity, Culture, Depressive Disorder, Female, Humans, Islam, Male, Middle Aged, Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care, Psychotherapy, Religion and Psychology, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Cultural Diversity, Substance-Related Disorders, Spirituality
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