The ideas and ideals of spirituality—whether connected to a religious institution or not—can provide a social group for shared beliefs and traditions, and a framework of belief that creates access to profound values, a deep sense of identity, and means to determine one's purpose and destiny.

When I use an approach with a client that includes the methods of spirituality, I do so at the request of the client. When spirituality plays a major part in how a person believes, it makes no sense to ignore such a deep dimension of a client's worldview, and potential source of fulfillment for his or her life.

What are the methods of spirituality that I use?

One is to utilize the spiritual beliefs of a person to activate their capacity to learn and change. Another method is to help a person connect their spiritual beliefs with other aspects of their life that might have been at odds with their spirituality. In addition, I've assembled a few methods of healing from some of the spiritual traditions I've studied. I offer them sometimes as a way to deal with certain problems and to help achieve certain goals.

With a person who has definite spiritual beliefs, no approach to counseling or coaching can be complete that leaves spirituality disregarded. So I include the spirituality methods I can, within the limits of what I know or can learn about a client's religious or spiritual beliefs.