The Center provides educational services to metal health providers and agencies that increase the awareness of spiritual and religious concerns that arise in clinical settings within the broader context of cultural competence.

• Countertransference issues related to spirituality and religion

• Faith traditions and views of mental illness and treatment

• African American church culture and views of mental illness

• Clergy involvement in mental health care

• Collaborating with the faith community to address mental health disparities

• The Biopsychospiritual Model

• The salience of spirituality and religion in lives of patients

• Incorporating spirituality in mental health services

• Approaches to the assessment of spirituality and religious involvement

• Distinguishing culturally appropriate from pathological spiritual/religious ideation and involvement

• Addressing spiritual and religious issues in treatment

Available Formats

• Focus groups

• Workshops

• Seminars

• Conferences

• Consultation services to assist with the incorporation of clinical assessment and treatment approaches that address spiritual and religious issues

Partial Client List

• The Core Service Agency of Harford County, Inc.

• The University of Maryland Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, Office of Residency Training

• Fairview University Medical Center

• Morgan State University, School of Education and Urban Studies and the Department of Social Work

• Baltimore County Health Department, Bureau of Mental Health and Department of Social Services

• The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Departments of Psychiatry and Community Health