A Guide for Assessing Clients’ Attachment to the Sacred: The Spiritual Attachment History

被引：6
作者：
Dansby R.A. [1 ]
Hayes N.D. [1 ]
Schleiden C. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Marriage and Family Therapy Programs, Department of Community, Family, & Addiction Sciences, Texas Tech University, 2500 Broadway Avenue, Lubbock, 79409, TX
来源：
Contemporary Family Therapy | 2017年 / 39卷 / 1期
关键词：
Attachment theory; Culture/diversity; Faith; Qualitative assessment; Spirituality;
D O I：
10.1007/s10591-017-9402-5
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摘要：
Current research supports that many people relate to God or a higher power in ways consistent with attachment theory, yet nothing exists assisting therapists in gathering attachment-focused background information regarding their clients’ spiritual lives. This paper fills that gap with the Spiritual Attachment History (SAH), a semi-structured interview guide adapted from an ICEEFT Training in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy attachment history handout, to help the authors meet their clients’ spiritual and relational clinical concerns. We describe how we developed the SAH and provide a case study of its incorporation into two treatment plans. We also discuss implications for training, for use by marriage and family therapists, for cross-cultural research, and the ethics of addressing spirituality as a cultural issue. © 2017, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
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