Spiritual Abuse
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$125 Professionals
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$65 Students
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Carl Jung tells us, in Modern Man in Search of a Soul, that the beginning of the cure for the patient (or client) occurs when he encounters something strange arising from his own psyche to face him, something which cannot be understood as his ego or his identity and, therefore, cannot be controlled (p. 248). This will prove to be his first encounter with the Self.
Untreated, even unnoticed by many, and only recently discovered as a real therapeutic issue, spiritual abuse is evidenced in the deep wounds which our clients bring to us for help and healing. But since they don’t often know the source of this woundedness, they might have a hard time finding words for it and may even feel that spirituality is not a subject to be discussed in therapy. Yet, this wound is often the central premise of all of their dysfunctional patterns. This workshop is meant to help us recognize and treat spiritual woundedness that results from spiritual abuse.
OBJECTIVES
Upon successful completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
OBJECTIVES
Upon successful completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Define spiritual abuse in its various forms.
- Define spiritual woundedness as a focus of the therapeutic relationship.
- Define some of the typical ways our clients try to compensate for spiritual woundedness.
- Understand and be able to utilize several interventions to facilitate healing for spiritual woundedness.
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Andrea Mathews, LPC, NCC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6031. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Andrea Mathews, LPC, NCC, is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.
Andrea Mathews, LPC, NCC is also an approved provider for the Alabama Board of Examiners in Social Work, #0528. |
Refund Policy: Notifications requiring refunds which arrive before 10 days prior to the workshop or event will be honored.