Embedding Critical Reflection in Training for Spiritual Care Supervision and Practice: The Experience of a Specific Student Group

J Pastoral Care Counsel. 2020 Jun;74(2):91-98. doi: 10.1177/1542305020917951.

Abstract

This article explores student experiences of a subject called Supervision in Spiritual Care Using Critical Reflection in postgraduate study in Australia for spiritual carers and ministers of religion. Their online dialogue identified how students used critical reflection in practice, and what they saw as the benefits and challenges in their learning. This affirms the value of a critically reflective approach to spiritual care and how this can be used in supervision and in practice.

Keywords: Spiritual carers; critical reflection; supervision.

MeSH terms

  • Australia
  • Awareness
  • Creativity
  • Curriculum*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Metaphor
  • Pastoral Care / education*
  • Social Theory*
  • Spirituality*
  • Students / psychology*
  • Thinking*