Psychologists, LCSWs, LEPs, LPCCs, MFTs, pastors, pastoral counselors, chaplains, healthcare providers, nurses, EMTs, and paramedics will learn to identify the mental health and spiritual needs of members of their respective communities as well as learn to work collaboratively to provide sensitive and effective care. Designed for working professionals, the Certificate in Mental Health and Spirituality builds greater spiritual awareness that helps you connect with people of all faiths. Five online, synchronous, interactive, and immersive seminars taken over six months first ground you in the connection between spirit and health, and then go deeper into chronic illness, bereavement, bipolar faith, healing, and clinical practice.
The Certificate in Mental Health and Spirituality prepares you for important conversations with people in tough situations, at critical moments in their lives. Valuable time is gained when you can immediately relate to people from their spiritual point of view, break down barriers and connect with them. Each seminar comes with valuable continuing education units (CEs) that can satisfy skill acquisition requirements for certain practicing professionals.
Courses Include:
Paradigms of Healing and Wholeness - Explores a range of paradigms for human healing and wholeness inspired by diverse spiritual traditions (e.g., Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Buddhist, Native American, Sufi) and clinical frameworks (e.g., meaning-based therapy, Jungian depth psychology, inner cultivation of compassion and mindfulness). Emphasis is on the experiential application of concepts and practices. as it relates to psycho-spiritual development.
Integrating Spirituality in Clinical Practice - Students learn to utilize spiritually informed strategies and techniques to assess spiritual distress, guide treatment planning, implement appropriate evidence-based interventions, and evaluate therapeutic outcomes. The course is Practitioner focused and designed to develop clinical skills integrating spiritual issues in therapy, social justice, and advocacy in clinical practice.
Spirituality in Bereavement - Learn concepts and strategies for understanding and integrating spirituality in mental health services for mental health professionals, clinical chaplains, community leaders, and others. Topics include understanding of cultural frameworks, multi-faith and interfaith frameworks, implicit biases, and working with instead of solving for diverse communities.
Spirituality in Mental Health - Gain academic training to supplement the practical experience of providing clinical, palliative, and hospice care to those who are dying and those who survive the dying, shifting from best intention to best practices. Topics include types of grief, possible psychological and spiritual complications in grieving and rituals in grieving.
Spiritual Journeys in Chronic Illness - Learn, practice, and develop best practices for palliative caregivers, medical practitioners, interfaith chaplains, and more, in dealing with issues of chronic illness, spirituality, and survival. Topics include understanding how age, degrees of function, and grief interplay in well-being.
Continuing Education Credits
18-24 CEs available per seminar. CE credits for psychologists are provided by the Spiritual Competency Resource Center (SCRC) which is co-sponsoring this program. The Spiritual Competency Resource Center is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Spiritual Competency Resource Center maintains responsibility for this program and its content. The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE credits for LCSW, LPCC, LEP, and LMFT license renewal for programs offered by approved sponsors of CE by the American Psychological Association. LCSWs, MFTs, and other mental health professionals from states other than California need to check with their state licensing board for approval. SCRC is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN Provider CEP16887) for licensed nurses in California.
For questions about receiving your Certificate of Attendance, contact Amy Moff Hudec, Ph.D. at amy_moffhudec@redlands.edu.
For questions about CE, visit www.spiritualcompetency.com or contact David Lukoff, Ph.D. at CE@spiritualcompetency.com.
How To Register
Scroll to the bottom of the page and find the course you are interested in attending. Please note that there are multiple starts for each course. Pay particular attention to the year. Then, click add to cart. You can then purchase the course. Once you've purchased the course, you will receive an email regarding the next steps. If you have any questions, please email amy_moffhudec@redlands.edu.
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All online live class sessions are in the Pacific Standard Time zone.
Learn concepts and strategies for understanding and integrating spirituality in mental health services for mental health professionals, clinical chaplains, community leaders, and others. Topics include understanding of cultural frameworks, multi-faith and interfaith frameworks, implicit biases, and working with instead of solving for diverse communities.
Explores a range of paradigms for human healing and wholeness, inspired by diverse spiritual traditions (e.g., Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Buddhist, Native American, Sufi) and clinical frameworks (e.g., meaning-based therapy, Jungian depth psychology, inner cultivation of compassion and mindfulness). Emphasis is on experiential application of concepts and practice.
Students learn to utilize spirituality informed strategies and techniques to assess spiritual distress, guide treatment planning, implement appropriate evidenced-based interventions and evaluate therapeutic outcomes. Course is practitioner focused and designed to develop clinical skills integrating spiritual issues in therapy.
Gain academic training to supplement the practical experience of providing clinical, palliative, and hospice care to those who are dying and those who survive the dying, shifting from best intention to best practices. Topics include types of grief, possible psychological and spiritual complications in grieving, and rituals in grieving.
Learn, practice, and develop best practices for palliative caregivers, medical practitioners, interfaith chaplains, and more in dealing with issues of chronic illness, spirituality, and survival. Topics include understanding how age, degrees of function, and grief interplay in well-being.
This program of study is offered in partnership with the University of Redlands Applied Wisdom Institute. Interested in seeing more AWI programs?EXPLORE HERE |
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You may enroll in any of the upcoming courses below. There are no application requirements.
The Early Bird discount applies to students who register and pay for their classes 14 days before the start of the class using the online shopping cart. Additional discounts and SCS Scholarships are available, contact us for more information.
For assistance with registration, please email info-scs@redlands.edu.
Please note that all courses are listed in Pacific Standard Time.
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