Background: In attention of increasing prevalence psychological problems, complications and consequences of hemodialies and important role of nurses in psychological support of patients, application of complementary therapies such as spirituality counseling is very important. Aim: This study investigates the effect of spirituality counseling on anxiety and depression in hemodialysis patient. Me...

background & aim: recent studies show that spirituality and spiritual intelligence in pregnant women is associated with their mental reactions. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of the spiritual counseling on pregnant women's spiritual intelligence and common mental reactions during pregnancy. methods: in this quasi-experimental study 80 pregnant women were selected via...

The authors present a narrative case study of an urban American Indian male college student who integrated Indigenous and professional therapies during an acute period of stress, loss, and depression. As the first published case of an American Indian in an urban context, this article expands on previous clinical cases by focusing on the client’s perspective relative to his own conceptions of he...

the  main purpose of the present study­ is to compile pre- marriage  counseling content according to ethical and spiritual factors and skills predicting a successful marriage. the statistical population included all the couples  who referred to tabriz health centers in the year 2010, from among whom 40 couples were chosen by using systematic sampling. semi-structured interview was used to colle...

The REACH Forgiveness intervention has been used in psychoeducational groups, couple and individual counseling and psychotherapy, and workbooks. It has been investigated in over 20 randomized clinical trials (RCTs) worldwide. It has been accommodated to treat Christians and shown to be effective in RCTs. But most research has established it to be effective when not accommodating it to religious...

AIM This study contributes to the development of a valid and reliable instrument, the spiritual care competence scale, as an instrument to assess nurses' competencies in providing spiritual care. BACKGROUND Measuring these competencies and their development is important and the construction of a reliable and valid instrument is recommended in the literature. DESIGN Survey. METHOD The part...