Guest Speaker Series: Spirituality and Mental Health: Helping People Find Meaning (Self-Study)
Self-Study
KEY INFORMATION:
This course is eligible for 1 CEU for Licensed Social Workers, Licensed Mental Health Counselors, Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselors (CASACs), and Psychologists in New York State
For more information about CEU approval, please click here.
Format: Self-Study Online Seminar
Introduction
Spirituality is a dimension often left out of the bio-psycho-social model of mental wellness. Clinicians may be uncomfortable about broaching the subject of spirituality and religion with clients or patients due to worries about lack of expertise, fear of offending someone, or other concerns. Yet even for clients who do not have a religious affiliation, discussion of spirituality can open up exploration of life narratives, supports, and meaning-making that may not be revealed by concentrating only on the mental health symptoms at hand.
Join the SWEET Institute and Dr. Mary Barber, and be able to:
- Understand and be able to apply the basics of taking a spiritual history.
- Identify areas of mental wellness and mental health crises that particularly call for attention to spirituality by the clinician.
- Understand ways that faith leaders and mental health clinicians can work together, and know when to refer a client to a chaplain or clergy person.
Mary Barber, MD is a graduate of the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, NY Presbyterian-Cornell where she completed psychiatry residency, and the Columbia Public Psychiatry Fellowship, where she has also taught. She has worked as a community psychiatrist and psychiatric administrator for twenty years, most recently working for eleven years as clinical director of Rockland Psychiatric Center, the largest state psychiatric hospital in New York. She is co-editor of The LGBT Casebook and Motherhood, Mental Illness, and Recovery: Stories of Hope, as well as numerous journal articles. Dr. Barber is now in her second year of seminary at Union Theological Seminary in New York City, and is preparing to be a priest in the Episcopal Church.
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Your Facilitator and Co-Facilitator
Mardoche Sidor, MD, is a Harvard-trained Quadruple Board Certified Psychiatrist, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University, School of Physicians and Surgeons, trained in and taught all major psychotherapeutic modalities, including and not limited to CBT, DBT, Family Systems, and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. He is also the author of 11 books including Journey to Empowerment, Discovering Your Worth, The Power of Faith. and, The Art of Living. Dr. Sidor has worked both as a primary care physician and Medical Director in three different settings, including a Chief Medical Officer of the Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services (CASES). He is a main facilitator for the SWEET Institute. His 11th book, entitled, NLP for Clinicians is now available to the public.
Karen Dubin, PhD, LCSW, is a Columbia-trained Social Worker with wide clinical, teaching, and supervision experience. She also has a background in management, mentorship, and leadership that spans more than 20 years. Her added passion is in advocacy and coaching. She has previously held Executive level positions, and two other directorships in different organizations. She is currently Adjunct Faculty at Columbia University School of Social Work and Adelphi University School of Social Work. She also maintains a private practice, provides supervision, and clinical and management training. She is also a personal and executive-level coach. She is a main facilitator for the SWEET Institute.