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This paper reviews the contemporary literature as it pertains to the importance of hope as a therapeutic target; how it is variously conceptualized and how it may be effectively built in therapy. Implications for clinical practice include: (1) specific hope interventions amongst a broader treatment plan; (2) therapists’ awareness of their own level of hopefulness; (3) focusing on attachments, goals and making meaning from suffering. Each of these aspects is discussed for clients in general, and for Christian clients, with whom hope typically has a distinct theological narrative.
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Edwards, T.M., Jovanovski, A. Hope as a Therapeutic Target in Counselling – In General and in Relation to Christian Clients. Int J Adv Counselling 38, 77–88 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10447-016-9257-8
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