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**If you are a member of the Spirituality in Counselling Chapter, please contact Andreea Andrei at memberservices@ccpa-accp.ca to get your member discount!

Time: 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EST
# of CECs: 1

Webinar Description:

This webinar will focus on the exploration of practical ways that counsellors and psychotherapists can help clients to explore, discover, and access individual spiritual values, principles, strengths, and resources within the treatment. The webinar will also explore practical ways that counsellors and psychotherapists respectfully explore and integrate the client’s beliefs and values system within therapy, and how to conduct assessments, both formally and informally, to explore when spiritual struggles may be impacting therapeutic outcomes. As spirituality can be expressed through various religious, cultural, and personal practices, the presenters will share how they have been able to meaningfully explore and enhance the client’s spirituality while respecting the individual and cultural diversity.

Presenters: 

Cathy Underhill, B.A., M.Ed., Ph.D., CCC - Cathy holds the position of Executive Director and Counsellor at a non-profit counselling agency in Northern Alberta. She has co-facilitated a number of groups, including anxiety management, grief and loss, and Mindfulness for Wellbeing. Cathy regularly delivers workshops on a wide variety of wellness topics. She has training in Mindfulness from the Ottawa Mindfulness Clinic and runs the Mindfulness for Wellbeing program at Borealis Counselling Services: http//www.borealiscounselling.com/cathy 


Gerard Vardy, RP, D.Min, MA at Changes First www.changesfirst.ca


Lorraine Smith-MacDonald, MDiv, MA, Doctoral Candidate, CCC - Lorraine is a doctoral candidate in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Calgary. She has a Masters of Divinity (Hons) and a Master of Arts in Psychotherapy and Spiritual Care. Her research focuses on the intersection between spirituality and mental health and has specialized in military and veteran trauma. Her doctoral work is interested in the lived experience of veterans who have become psychologically injured in the military service and the role of Moral Injury in the
development of PTSD.

Brandon McElhaney, MA, RP, CCC, CCAC, NCC - Brandon currently works as a private psychotherapist at Deep Waters Counselling in Kenora, Ontario. His previous employment experiences include 15 years in the ministry as an evangelist overseeing family and youth ministry. Upon graduating with his Masters in Mental Health Counselling he worked at Gateway Rehabilitation Counselling running groups and individuals in Inpatient/Outpatient residential services for addictions and then joined Neil Kennedy Recovery Clinic where he helped oversee the Adolescent Program, the Adolescent Drug Court program, and the Suboxone program. He then joined CMHA Kenora where he worked as part of the Counseling and treatment team and the Assertive Community Treatment Team. He enjoys speaking and presenting on issues related to counselling, spiritual development, and personal development.

Integrating Spirituality In Counselling

  • April 26, 2019
  • Online