Özet:

The positive interest in the spiritual counselling and care services in Turkey is increasing day by day in the context of both institutional practices and academic researches. The leading public institution in institutional services, regarding the mentioned field is the Presidency of Religious Affairs, which is a public authority in the field of religion. Within the scope of the service cooperation protocol concluded with the Ministry of Health, the training of spiritual counsellors has become an action item on the agenda since the Presidency of Religious Affairs started to provide spiritual counselling and care services in the hospitals. In the article, first, the limitations of spiritual counselling and care services of the Presidency of Religious Affairs in the hospitals are emphasized. Thereafter, a certificated and comprehensive training program was suggested, based on a modular system from the perspective of the psychology of religion and clinical psychology in order to increase basic and specific qualifications of the spiritual counsellor who will work for the spiritual counselling and care services, which have been recently provided in hospitals in Turkey.

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