Video Recording: Caring For Religiously and Spiritually Traumatized Clients

* This is a video recording of a continuing education session held on February 11, 2022.

Check with your local licensing board to confirm continuing education compliance.

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Description: This training will serve as a resource for counselors who integrate faith and spirituality into their counseling. We will look at religious and spiritual trauma definitions and the detrimental effect it has on the individual. Counselors will gain an understanding of religious/spiritual competencies, appropriate treatment and techniques, and assessment tools that can aid their understanding of clients' needs. Dialogue and break-out opportunities will enrich the experience as we learn from each other how to best care for our clients.

Instructor: Erin Stine MS, LCPC

Erin Stine is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in the State of Maryland and a Board Approved Supervisor. She is a Licensed Counselor and a Clinical Supervisor with Centrepointe Counseling. Erin works at the Parkville office serving adults and couples on a variety of issues including addiction and codependency, relational issues, mood disorders, grief, and faith and spirituality. Erin earned her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Bucknell University and her Masters in Pastoral Counselor from Loyola University Maryland.

Learning Objectives:

1. Define religious and spiritual trauma.

2. Identify symptoms of individuals who have experienced religious and spiritual trauma and the impact on not only their mental health but their physical, social, and spiritual health as well.

3. Understand Religious and Spiritual Competencies.

4. Learn how to administer the Spiritual Abuse Questionnaire and gain insight into other relevant assessment tools.

5. Discuss appropriate treatment approaches for clients who have experienced religious and spiritual trauma that foster safety and limit retraumatization.

Schedule:

9:30-9:45 Introductions and Objectives

9:45-10:30 Religious and Spiritual Trauma Symptoms/Implications/Impact on Individual

10:30-10:50 Vieten’s (2013) Religious and Spiritual Competencies

10:50-11:00 Break

11:00-11:30 Keller’s (2016) Spiritual Abuse Questionnaire and Other Assessment Tools

11:30-12:00 Break Out/Small Group Discussion

12:00-12:30 Treatment Approaches and Techniques

12:30-12:45 Q&A and Evaluations