Investigators from University of Chester Release New Data on Guidance and Counselling (Responding Well To Spiritual Abuse: Practice Implications for Counselling and Psychotherapy).

A recent study conducted by researchers from the University of Chester in the United Kingdom explores people's experiences of Spiritual Abuse (SA) in a Christian faith context. The study, which surveyed 1591 individuals from the UK, found that 1002 of them identified as having experienced SA. The research suggests the need for discussions of religion and faith in training and continuing professional development for counsellors and psychotherapists, as well as the establishment of a network of counsellors with training and knowledge about SA. The study has been published in the British Journal of Guidance and Counselling. [Extracted from the article]