Location:
Cord of 3
419 Main Street
Blackshear GA 31516
Date: September 27th, 2024 – 9am – 2pm
Cost: $100
Description:
Integrating Christian faith and spirituality into mental health counseling can be a holistic approach to addressing the needs of individuals. Here are three learning objectives that could be considered:
1. Understanding the Intersection of Christian Theology and Psychological Theory: To be able to critically analyze and comprehend the intersections and divergences between Christian theological concepts and psychological theories, enabling the development of an integrative approach to counseling that respects both faith-based principles and evidence-based practices in mental health.
2. Applying Ethical Guidelines in the Integration of Christian Principles into Counseling Practice: To demonstrate the ability to navigate and apply ethical guidelines in the context of integrating Christian faith and spirituality into mental health counseling. This includes understanding the importance of respecting clients’ diverse belief systems, maintaining professional boundaries, and upholding the values of inclusivity, respect, and non-discrimination.
3. Developing Culturally Sensitive Interventions that Incorporate Christian Faith and Spiritual Practices: To design and implement culturally sensitive counseling interventions that incorporate Christian faith and spiritual practices in a way that respects the diverse cultural backgrounds and beliefs of clients. This involves the ability to adapt counseling techniques to meet the specific spiritual and psychological needs of clients, while remaining aware of the broader cultural and social contexts that influence their worldview.
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The Cord of 3 training and discipleship program serves the community by offering educational seminars on various mental health and related topics (parenting subjects, coping with loss, warning signs of addiction) as well as conferences, retreats, and seminars for area churches on matters that pertain to God’s design for the family.
Cord of 3’s Counselor education and supervision program is deigned to support interns who are completing their master’s degree, counselors who are working toward licensure, and professionals who are working to integrate their Chritian faith into their clinical practice.
Cord of 3’s equine therapy program is designed for individuals ages 7 and up as well as women ages 13+ and families. Equine therapy can help individuals and families overcome challenges, cuiltivate healthy relational skills, build trust, improve interpersonal and behavioral functioning, and create positive self-concept and identity in Christ.
A Christ-centered play therapy model to meet teh spiritual, emotional, and mental health needs of children. Through play therapy, children learn to accept responsibility for behavior, engage in healthy coping strategies, acquire problem-solving skills, develop empathy for others, and gain an understanding of identity in mChrist.
Addictions always originate in pain… The question is never ‘why the addiction?,’ but rather ‘why the pain?’” (Dr. Gabor Maté). Counselors can help those struggling with addictions address underlying painful issues and then break the addictive patterns.
Behavioral issues at home or in school often have an underlying cause, such as trauma, depression, anxiety, or other mental health conditions. The experienced staff at Cord of 3 meets each child with love, builds trust, and applies effective treatment that approaches the root cause of the behavior.
Every person will at some point have at least one potentially traumatic experience, but this doesn’t impact everyone in the same ways. When struggling to process and move on from negative life experiences, therapy offers a powerful method of finding support and healing.
Individual counseling can help overcome the sometimes overwhelming fear and hopelessness by helping you better understand the conditions that led to the emotional brokenness you are experiencing, and applying healthy coping skills against them.