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Abstract
A primary mission of social work is to assist clients who may be experiencing spiritual distress due to financial, social, emotional, or psychological crises. As a result, it is essential that social workers be able to competently address the spiritual needs of religious and nonreligious clients. Jungian and archetypal theorists have professed that there is a nexus between the spirit and archetypal energy since the origin of Jung’s collective unconscious theory. However, prior to this study, archetypal energy and spiritual well-being had never been examined to determine if a significant relationship exists between these two ostensibly powerful life forces. The results of this study show that there is a statistically significant relationship between the indicators of spiritual well-being and an individual’s identification with archetypal energy. As a result, this study provides a nonreligious alternative for assessing and addressing spirituality in a therapeutic environment.