Mar 29, 2024  
2015-2016 SGPP Catalog and Handbook 
    
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PYD876 Religious and Spiritual Diversity in Counseling (2 cr.)

Prerequisite(s): Completion of first year coursework (24 credits)
This course provides an overview of the role of the psychologist in working with clients from diverse religious/spiritual backgrounds. The course explores historical and current approaches to issues of spirituality and faith in psychology and mental health, considerations for utilizing a client’s spirituality in treatment, and related ethical issues.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Demonstrate an understanding of current best practices regarding the inclusion of religion and spirituality in the delivery of mental health services.
2. Evaluate the history, research, and theory of spirituality/faith-based approaches to mental health.
3. Evaluate clinical issues and applications for addressing and evaluating spirituality/faith beliefs among individuals and families seeking mental health services, including the use of professional literature and research in clinical settings and assessments appropriate for people from diverse spiritual communities.
4. Examine ethical issues in clinical work with clients with a spiritual/religious identity.
5. Demonstrate sensitivity and responsiveness in clinical work of individuals with spiritual/faith traditions and their families
 



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