The purpose of this research was to understand the process of integrating Christian spirituality into counseling in terms of case conceptualization, counseling intention, and counseling intervention skills. One Catholic counseling psychologist and one Catholic couple with parent-child maltreatment issues participated in this study. Qualitative research method was adopted and in-depth, semi-constructed interviews of significant events were constructed. The major findings were: (1) Types of case conceptualization: evaluation on religious belief, and dynamics between human-God relations and psychological issues. (2) Types of counseling intention: intention on deepening the experiencing levels of divine love, and changing the images of God. (3) Types of counseling intervention skills: Reframing the images of God, and discerning the signs of God’s presence. Suggestions were offered for counseling psychologists, educators and further research.
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