The following resources have been developed to promote understanding among diverse people and improve therapeutic processes.  All resources are copyright Shawn V. MacDonald, unless otherwise indicated.  Please do not reproduce these resources without permission from the copyright holder.

Religion and Spirituality

Religious or Spiritual.pdf -- A diagram of the ways that religious and spiritual dimensions intersect in western religious conceptions.

Spectrum of Religious Belief.pdf -- A continuum of religious belief found in most western religions.

Types of Religious and Spiritual Counseling.pdf -- A handout that describes various approaches to religion and spirituality in contemporary counseling.

Racism

DARW.pdf -- Development of Awareness of Racism by Whites -- The model developed in the dissertation, Struggling with Race.

Responses to Threat.pdf -- A diagram of the responses to threat that were evidenced by persons in the Surviving against Threat stance of the DARW

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Resources

LGBT Religious Stances.pdf -- A series of six stances to describe the various ways that LGBT people orient themselves toward religion and spirituality.  Typically people will include several of these stances in their personal orientation to religion and spirituality.

Heart and Soul in Conflict.pdf -- A powerpoint presentation from the American Psychological Association meeting in August 2006.  This presents the research that the following model is based in.

Model for Reconciliation.pdf -- Model for Reconciliation of Minority Sexual Orientation and Christian Identity.  The model is described in the above powerpoint presentation.