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What do you do when a devoutly spiritual client comes to you, wants to include their spirituality in their treatment and you are not very familiar with their religion? Have you ever felt confused as to whether or not a client’s religion or spirituality was hurting them or helping them? Multicultural competency in the mental health professions includes knowledge of religious diversity. “Spirituality continues to be a salient aspect of human psychological functioning…” (Peidmont, 2004). Learning the basics of many religions and some foundational cross-cultural concepts and principles can equip you toward a more thorough religious competency.
This interactive training will help participants understand the basic teachings and practices of major world religions. Participants will learn how to address a client’s religion and spirituality, if and when to incorporate it into treatment, and some common issues pertinent to treating clients from different religions.
https://webinars.tallirosenbaum.com/workshops/believeito2/viewDeveloping Religious Competency in Mental Health Treatment
Wednesday, January 10, 2024, 10:00 AM EST - 1:00 PM EST
Presenter: Erik Hadden, MA, LCPC, LPC
Course Length: 3 Hours
This workshop Offers 3 Live Interactive Continuing Education Credits
What do you do when a devoutly spiritual client comes to you, wants to include their spirituality in their treatment and you are not very familiar with their religion? Have you ever felt confused as to whether or not a client’s religion or spirituality was hurting them or helping them? Multicultural competency in the mental health professions includes knowledge of religious diversity. “Spirituality continues to be a salient aspect of human psychological functioning…” (Peidmont, 2004). Learning the basics of many religions and some foundational cross-cultural concepts and principles can equip you toward a more thorough religious competency.
This interactive training will help participants understand the basic teachings and practices of major world religions. Participants will learn how to address a client’s religion and spirituality, if and when to incorporate it into treatment, and some common issues pertinent to treating clients from different religions.
1. Introduction
(10 minutes)
2. Why Religious Competency in Mental Health Treatment is
Important (20 minutes)
-The ethical guidelines around religious competency
as cultural competency (ACA, AAMFT, APA, NASW).
-Definitions based on literature
3. Overview of
religious terms, major religions, common issues in treatment for people from
various religious and spiritual backgrounds,
and helpful interventions (105 minutes)
4. General Spiritual Issues in Treatment
-Working
with spiritual leaders, identifying spiritual
abuse, distinguishing OCD from religiosity (20 minutes)
5. How to conduct a religious/spiritual assessment (15 minutes)
7. Review and Summarize, Q&A (10 minutes)