Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-2021
Publisher
American Psychological Association
Abstract
While the COVID-19 global pandemic has wrecked havoc for over a year in ways that we have not seen in our lifetimes, many important positive lessons have been learned during these tumultuous and what has felt like apocalyptic times. Upon close reflection, four critical and positive lessons were learned by this author that have implications for how we productively move forward in our efforts to provide spiritually and religiously informed psychotherapy services both now and in the future. These important lessons include the benefits of telehealth and “telespirit” services as well as highlighting the advantages of reflection, discernment, and resetting our life priorities. Although the pandemic took many lives and created economic chaos for countless people across the globe, several positive developments emerged that will provide an opportunity for better spiritually informed clinical practice in the future.
Recommended Citation
Plante, T. G. (2021). Four positive lessons learned during the 2020–2021 COVID-19 global pandemic: Implications for spirituality in clinical practice. Spirituality in Clinical Practice. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/scp0000271 Abstract
Comments
Copyright © 2021 American Psychological Association. This paper is not the copy of record and may not exactly replicate the authoritative document published in the APA journal. Please do not copy or cite without author's permission. The final article is available, upon publication, at: https://doi.org/10.1037/scp0000271