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In this article, the experience of conversion, which is usually delegated to the realm of spiritual studies, is applied to the counseling experience. It is posited that a person who goes through a successful counseling process will experience a “turning around,” will cease leading life in a dysfunctional way, and will move forward in a manner by which the person experiences life in a new perspective. This new perspective brings the person wholeness and balance.
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Wendel, V.S. Counseling: A conversion experience. Pastoral Psychol 38, 39–46 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01040946
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