About the Journal

The Journal of Spirituality and Counseling (JSC) is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed open-access journal dedicated to advancing research, theory, and practice at the intersection of spirituality, counseling, education, and human development. It provides a platform for scholars, practitioners, and reflective practitioners worldwide to explore how spiritual dimensions—religious and non-religious—can enrich counseling practices and promote holistic well-being across diverse cultural contexts.

JSC welcomes original research articles, theoretical studies, reflective essays, literature reviews, autoethnographies, and practice-based reports related (but not limited) to the following themes:

  1. Spirituality in counseling practice
  2. Spiritual well-being and mental health
  3. Integrative approaches to counseling and spirituality
  4. Cultural and indigenous perspectives on spirituality
  5. Spirituality in education and life-long learning
  6. Spiritual intelligence and personal growth
  7. Interfaith and inter-spiritual dialogue in therapeutic contexts
  8. Philosophical and ethical dimensions of spirituality in helping professions
  9. Positive psychology and spirituality
  10. Meaning-making and existential counseling
  11. Spirituality, trauma, and resilience