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View the full brochure for our upcoming certificate program: Spirituality in Clinical Practice
Spirituality in Clinical Practice
A New Continuing Education Certificate Program
November 2009 to April 2010
The Center for Spirituality and Social Work, NCSSS, The Catholic University of America
30 CE Credits* for Social Workers, in a concentrated area of expertise * To receive the CE Certificate, participate in all workshops and the application seminar series.
Nurturing our inner spiritual selves as therapists expands our capacity to serve clients. Building on the Center’s past offerings, a team of trusted experts teaches and guides this new six-month continuing education program designed to help you incorporate spiritual perspectives in your clinical practice - respectfully and ethically.
Spirituality in Clinical Practice: Why It’s Important and How to Bring It into the Room
Kenneth I. Pargament, PhD
Saturday, November 7
Workshop 6 CE Credits
- Registration begins at 8:30 am; workshop: 9 am - 4 pm
- Lunch will be provided (only) to those who have pre-registered.
- This workshop will be held in the May Gallery of the John K. Mullen of Denver Library. If you click the the campus map, you will find the library at coordinates E 15. The entrance is on the west side (left on the map), across from Shahan and McGivney Halls. Parking is available in front of these buildings. Should you wish to take Metro, the library is a short walk from the Brookland/Catholic University station on the Red Line, which is shown on the map at coordinates J 15.
Understanding the theory behind spirituality’s impact on psychotherapy provides a firm intellectual foundation for the powerful work of integration. Presenter Kenneth Pargament is an internationally renowned, award-winning scholar who brings a balanced view of religious life to scientists and health professionals. A professor of clinical psychology at Bowling Green State University, his books include Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy: Understanding and Addressing the Sacred and The Psychology of Religion and Coping.
Practicing Transformation: Insights from Meditation and Psychotherapy
Sharon Salzberg & Mark Epstein, MD
January 29, 7:30 to 9 pm and January 30, 10 am to 4 pm
Two-part Lecture/ Workshop* 6 CE Credits *Partial registration available
Meditation and psychotherapy are twin healing paths that together can lead to greater wisdom, compassion and wholeness. Explore their interface with two seasoned guides. Sharon Salzberg is one of America’s leading meditation teachers, guiding meditation retreats worldwide since 1974. She is cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Mass., and author of The Kindness Handbook, Faith and Lovingkindness. Mark Epstein, MD, is a psychiatrist in private practice in New York City who has explored and written extensively about the interface of Buddhism and psychotherapy. Among his works are Thoughts without a Thinker, Open to Desire, Going on Being and Psychotherapy without the Self. He teaches at New York University. Presented in collaboration with Grace Productions.
Spirituality and Ethics
Michael Sheridan, PhD & Cathleen Gray, PhD
April 17, 9 am to 4 pm
Workshop 6 CE Credits
Take advantage of a session on ethics tailored to this special realm of therapeutic engagement. Michael Sheridan is research associate professor at the Center for Spirituality and Social Work, Catholic University. Her wide experience includes clinical practice and administration in health, mental health, juvenile and criminal justice and family service settings. Cathleen Gray is director of the Center for Spirituality and Social Work. Recently named a "top therapist" by Washingtonian Magazine, she has been in direct clinical practice since 1968 and teaching clinical practice since 1975.
Application in Practice Seminar Series
Facilitated by Kathie Hart, LCSW-C
12 CE Credits
Six Fridays 3:30 to 5:30 pm November 13, December 4, January 8, February 19, March 12, April 23
This seminar series provides important time and space to process with colleagues the information gained from the workshops and translate it into specific, client-based ways of working. Kathie Hart, MSW, LCSW-C, has 20 years of clinical social work experience and an active, lifelong interest in how spiritual traditions inform the art of living.
Cost: Full CEU Program including application seminars $700 Individual workshops open to all $140 - $185* *See website for student discounts and scholarships. Saturday lunches included.
For more information and to register:
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