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Including spirituality in counsellor education: Issues for consideration, with illustrative reference to a New Zealand example

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The appropriate inclusion of spirituality in professional counsellor education programmes requires a careful definition of spirituality, and clarification of how it affects the programme's content. It also involves determination of how a programme may be structured to address various aspects of spirituality. This article highlights some of the issues involved in these tasks.

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  1. Education Department, University of Auckland, P.B. 92019, Auckland, New Zealand

    Johannes F. Everts & Margaret Nelson Agee

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Everts, J.F., Agee, M.N. Including spirituality in counsellor education: Issues for consideration, with illustrative reference to a New Zealand example. Int J Adv Counselling 17, 291–302 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01407745

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