Abstract
This paper presents a sample dialogue which has been used effectively in psychotherapy with Latter-day Saint (LDS) clients who suffer from the belief that their worth as individuals is based on their preformance (i.e., "conditional self-worth"). The dialogue makes use of LDS theology and strategic questioning in order to dispute and ultimately replace the client's paradigm of conditional self-worth with beliefs in unconditional human worth. The dialogue is considered as one component of a larger religio-psychotherapeutic approach which has as its goal increasing flexible, rational thinking, including the belief that all human beings have unconditional worth.
Recommended Citation
Rector, John M.
(2007)
"A Brief LDS Faith-Based Dialogue for the Treatment of Conditional Self-Worth,"
Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy: Vol. 31:
No.
1, Article 3.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/irp/vol31/iss1/3