Ethical Issues in Regard to Religion and Spirituality in Mental Health Treatment (Ethics)
3 Hours, 0 Minutes
Wednesday, February 5th, 2025 10:00 AM EST -1:00 PM EST Erik Hadden, MA, LCPC
Wednesday, February 5th, 2025 10:00 AM EST -1:00 PM EST Erik Hadden, MA, LCPC
3 CEs
Price
Paid
$59.99
Yahoo!
Webinar Description
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 spirituality? What ethical issues are raised by treating people from diverse religious and spiritual backgrounds? What ethical issues arise when you, as a provider, have strong religious or spiritual beliefs?
This interactive training will help participants understand the ethical issues that may arise in treating client from different religious backgrounds and how religious competency is an ethical issue. Participants will learn how to address a client’s religion and spirituality in an ethical way, if and when it is ethical to incorporate it into treatment, and some common issues pertinent to treating clients from different religions. (Trainer, Erik Hadden, MA, LCPC, Vital Sources Psychological Services)
About the Presenter:
Erik Hadden is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in the State of Maryland and Virginia he was Director of Clinical Services at Vital Sources Psychological Services (a group private practice) and now runs his own private practice called Synergia. He was an adjunct professor in Hood College's graduate counseling program (teaching Drug and Alcohol Counseling). Erik is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Theological Studies.He teaches CE You! classes on religion and spirituality in mental health treatment, addiction, and psychodynamic theory and practice. He has lived in the Middle East and travelled widely. He loves reading, his wife, and animals (not in that order). He is also an actor, specializing in improv.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify prevalent ethical challenges that emerge when integrating religious and spiritual aspects into mental health treatment.
- Articulate the significance of religious competency within the mental health field, emphasizing its importance as a crucial aspect of ethical practice.
- Enhance the ability to establish a therapeutic environment that respects religious clients beliefs and cultivates safety and affirming for religious clients
Agenda:
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- Introductions and Ice Breaker (5 minutes)
- Why Religious Competency in Mental Health Treatment is Important (30 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
- Growing in understanding our own biases and worldview to avoid coercion (Know Your Worldview exercise) (15 minutes)
- Religious Literacy as an Ethical issue and overview of major world religions. (75 minutes)
- How to conduct a religious/spiritual assessment (15 minutes)
- Ethical issues around self-disclosure of a religious or spiritual nature (15 minutes)
- How to define and identify spiritual abuse (15 minutes)
- Review and Summarize (10 minutes)
- Introductions and Ice Breaker (5 minutes)
Accreditation - This Webinar Offers 3 Live Interactive Continuing Education Credits
- Therapist Express is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0129.
- Therapist Express is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0325.
- Therapist Express is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0774.
- NEFESH International, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0116.
- 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.
This presentation is open to:
- Behavior Analysts
- 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
This online class is offered at an intermediate level, and is beneficial for intermediate level clinician:
- 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
Additional information
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