Value Conflicts in Counseling Muslim LGBT Clients: Muslim Counselors' Experiences
The counselling profession has an affirmative stance towards LGBT clients. It is contradicting to the religious beliefs upheld by majority counsellors in the Muslim society. The difference between the stance of the counselling profession and religious beliefs create value conflicts among Muslim...
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Atlantis Press
2020
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/83932/1/isgc%20paper.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/83932/ https://www.atlantis-press.com/proceedings/isgc-19/125943329 https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200814.032 |
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| Summary: | The counselling profession has an affirmative
stance towards LGBT clients. It is contradicting to the religious
beliefs upheld by majority counsellors in the Muslim society.
The difference between the stance of the counselling profession
and religious beliefs create value conflicts among Muslim
counsellors from the mainstream group. A grounded theory
approach was used to explain how Muslim counsellors
experience value conflicts in counselling Muslim LGBT clients.
In-depth interviews were conducted with six counsellors at
Public Institutions of Higher Education (PIHE) in Peninsular
Malaysia. The findings revealed that the Muslim counsellors
experienced three types of value conflicts; conflicting goals,
conflicting roles, and conflicting interests. In overcoming the
conflicts, they used three strategies; seeking information,
prioritizing religious over professional values, and balancing
between personal and professional interests. |
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