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Believe it or Not! Developing Religious Competency in Mental Health Treatment

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.

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Believe it or Not! Developing Religious Competency in Mental Health Treatment

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$59.99 Erik Hadden, MA, LCPC

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.

About the Presenter

Erik Hadden, LCPC is the owner of Synergia LLC and adjunct faculty at Hood College in the graduate Counseling program. He has worked doing emergency psychiatric evaluations, as a counselor and sychotherapist seeing individuals, couples and families, as a behaviorist at a weight management clinic, and as a college counselor in the Middle East. Erik enjoys cross-cultural experiences and dialogue. He has visited aproximately 21 countries around the globe and lived for 6 years in the United Arab Emirates. Being in a cross-cultural marriage, helping people bridge cultural gaps is a passion Erik and his wife share. He is also an actor in his spare time, specializing in improv. Erik has been a CE You! presenter since 2016.

This workshop Offers 3 Continuing Education Credits
This webinar is recorded and will not grant live credits.

Learning Objectives:

Agenda:

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
 -Case examples of how religious/spiritual issues
arise in treatment

3. Overview of major religions, common issues in treatment
and helpful interventions (80 minutes)

4. General Spiritual Issues in Treatment

 -Working with spiritual leaders, identifying spiritual
abuse, distinguishing OCD from religiosity (15 minutes)

5. How to conduct a religious/spiritual assessment (15 minutes)
6. Case examples (30 minutes)
 -Participants will discuss case examples in groups
and share their decided interventions

7. Review and Summarize (10 minutes)

This presentation is open to:
  • Social Workers
  • Professional Counselors
  • Therapists
  • Psychologists
  • Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
  • Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
  • Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
Course Level: introductory
Level of Clinician: beginner
  • New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
  • Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
  • Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
  • Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives

Participants will receive their certificate electronically upon completion of the webinar and course evaluation form.

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There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.
  • CE You! is an approved sponsor of the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners for continuing education credits for licensed social workers in Maryland.
    CE You! maintains responsibility for this program.
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