Faith, Mental Health & Spiritual Care
This course is designed to demonstrate the importance and interplay of Faith and Mental Health in holistic well-being. Students will be supported to develop their understanding of faith and mental health and the ministry of spiritual care. The integrative bio-psychosocial-spiritual perspective of care and counsel will be viewed with a growing awareness of key issues in the fields of mental health and faith. Students will review the therapeutic significance of spirituality to both caregivers and those needing care. Students will develop a pastoral, relational approach to understanding, assessing, and caring for and referring for care individuals in their circle of ministry.
CHP 550 is a required course in the MA in Chaplaincy & Spiritual Care degree and the Post-Masters Certificate in Spiritual Care. This course can be used as a general elective for the MA in Transformational Leadership and the Master of Divinity degrees.
This course is offered through the following delivery mode:
* Learning with a cohort of students is a key value of the online learning experience at MB Seminary. A minimum of three students is required for an online course to be offered.
Gloria Woodland
Director of Chaplaincy Program, Associate Professor of Chaplaincy Studies and Spiritual Care
Gloria has a passion for the ministry of spiritual care. She believes that the ministry of Christian chaplains is to reveal that God is present in the varied circumstances of life, yet even more to share that God is not just present, but that he is active.
