Cultivating Compassion in Counselors: The Impact of Spiritual Transcendence
Counseling and Values June 30, 2026 Anna Lee Brown, Cyrus Williams, J. Ripley et al.
Compassion and empathy are essential dispositions in effective counseling, however, empirical research has not sufficiently examined how counselors’ spiritual experiences relate to these qualities.1 This study examined whether spiritual transcendence predicts compassion and empathy among professional counselors. Participants ( N = 95) reported engagement in spiritually transcendent experiences...