The tree ring technique is a “process of examining clients' spiritual conflicts; allowing the client to be the expert and the consultant to adopt a position of non-knowledge” (Ybañez-Llorente & Smelser, 2014, p. 35). The position of not knowing means that the therapist does not assume knowledge of the client's situation and allows the client to say what he or she has to say (Ybañez-Llorente & Smelser, 2014). The therapist learns from the client and not by preselecting what he wants to hear (Ybañez-Llorente & Smelser, 2014). The tree ring technique has six levels to allow for easy assessment and inclusion of clients' spirituality in counseling sessions. The six levels are like