Listening to our Stillness: Giving Voice to Our Spirituality (Spirituality & Clinical Practice)

This paper explores the integration of spirituality in clinical social work practice. Social Work’s history with respect to spirituality and practice, and the tensions that have existed, are reviewed. Further, the paper outlines a rationale for the importance of this integration, while also looking at obstacles to including spirituality in practice that some social workers encounter. Interventions are posed as a possible means to facilitate the integration of spirituality and clinical social work practice