Provider #PCE 4019 for CA licensed Marriage and Family Therapists and Clinical Social Workers.

 

 

 

 

 

* Course Descriptions *

 

 

Psychospiritual Treatment of PTSD

 

Psychotherapists, Social Workers, and Nurses are all part of a growing paradigm shift. For decades the field of mental health ignored spirituality, deeming it inappropriate in the scientific setting. In the last few decades, thanks to new technologies such as biofeedback and other forms of monitoring change, spiritual processes have been validated in the eyes of the scientific community. This course offers both Psychospiritual theory and application. It supports the growing movement of Positive Psychology.

 

 

 

An introductory course to spiritually focused psychotherapy for persons suffering from post traumatic stress disorder.

 

 

 

Section I: Introduction to Psychospiritual Treatment of PTSD 

 

Section II: Assessment for Spiritual Treatment of PTSD 

 

Section III: Approaching Trauma Survivors from a Spiritual Perspective 

 

Section IV: Cause and Results of Trauma 

 

Section V: Gifts from Within

 

Section VI: Sacred Wounding: Traumatic Openings to the Larger Self

 

Section VII: Abstracts

 

Section VIII: Quiz

 

Section VIV: Course Assessment, and Certificate of Completion

 

Fee for this 6 Continuing Education Unit Course is $79.00

 

 

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Theory of Psychospiritual Treatment

 

Psychotherapists, Social Workers, and Nurses are all part of a growing paradigm shift. For decades the field of mental health ignored spirituality, deeming it inappropriate in the scientific setting. In the last few decades, thanks to new technologies such as biofeedback and other forms of monitoring change, spiritual processes have been validated in the eyes of the scientific community. This course offers both Psychospiritual theory and application. It supports the growing movement of Positive Psychology.

 

 

 

An introductory course to developing a spiritual approach in the practice of psychotherapy.

 

 

 

Section I: Introduction to Psycho-Spiritual Theory

 

Section II: Assessment for Psychospiritual Treatment

 

Section III: Theory of Psychospiritual Treatment

 

Section IV: A Multi-Cultural Review of Psychospiritual Theory and Practice 

from the World’s Religious Traditions

 

Section V: Religion and spirituality in the treatment room

 

Section VI: Brain Scans

 

Section VII: Quiz

 

Section VIII: Course Assessment, Certificate of Completion

 

Fee for this 6 Continuing Education Unit Course is $79.00

 

 

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Women, Psychology and Spirituality

 

This course addresses this need. It examines the role of history, religious and cultural influences while providing a psychospiritual feminist perspective and methods for healing a women’s relationship with her body and soul.

 

An overview of women’s spirituality and healing.

 

Section I: Introduction to Women and the Politics of Self-Emergence

 

Section II: Women: The Politics of Self-Emergence

 

Section III: Women’s Spirituality, Stories and Meaning

 

Section IV: Contributions of Feminist Therapy

 

Section V: Biobehavioral Responses to Stress in Females: Tend-and-Befriend, Not Fight-or-Flight

 

Section VI: Quiz

 

Section VII: Quiz Results

 

Section VIII: Course Assessment, Certificate of Completion

 

Fee for this 6 Continuing Education Unit Course is $79.00

 

 

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All three courses may be purchased for $225.00 (a savings of $12 for 18 CEUs).