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The Menninger Clinic, Baylor College of Medicine and the Institute for Spirituality and Health invite the following profes-sionals to participate in this year’s timely continuing education program to better assist our communities who have been affected by the pandemic.

® Physicians® Psychologists® Social Workers® Licensed Professional Counselors® Addictions Professionals® Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists® Clergy® Chaplains® Theologians® Spiritual Caregivers® Other professionals from religious communities from all levels of experience

Friday, November 13 | Noon to 1:45 pm CTVirtual professional education event on Zoom platform

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

® Professional Rate $40® Student Rate $20® Sign up online at:

http://themenningerclinic.camp9.org/event-3982809

29th Annual Psychotherapy & Faith

Conference

Tending to the Human Spirit

in the Time of COVID-19

Register

today for the

November 13

virtual event

For assistance with registration, ADA needs or information about continuing education, please contact Michelle A. Jennings at [email protected].

LEARNING PURPOSE STATEMENT

The coronavirus pandemic is causing psychological, emotional, and spiritual issues that individuals have to deal with while shuttered in their homes, often alone, and socially distanced from family, friends and co-workers. These problems compound the burden for those who already suffer from mental illness – anxiety, depression and suicidal ideation escalate. False and misleading medical information abound, creating fear for many otherwise healthy individuals. The magnitude of these problems reveal a gap in the training of psychotherapy and mental health professionals, as well as clergy who are often the first to see a client in distress. Although trained to manage mental illness, few training programs adequately prepare graduates for a natural disaster of the magnitude of the COVID-19 crisis, which shut the doors of businesses, churches, pharmacies and some mental health facilities. Many health care professionals are justly afraid to see patients for fear they might contract the disease yet may find online communication and phone calls to be inadequate care.

This conference will address the gap in knowledge for health care professionals who care for individuals going through an ® CONTINUES ON NEXT PAGE

unprecedented global pandemic crisis. Questions to be addressed are: How do you care for the mentally ill when their support system is no longer available? How are diverse religious and other social groups affected? How can psychological and spiritual resources be disseminated to the public in a crisis? What civic and social systems are available to fill the gap? Is it wise to direct clients to Internet sites and online meetings to supplement the care they receive, and what should therapists tell their clients? How can the mental health community pre-pare ahead for a future crisis of this magnitude?

LEARNING OBJECTIVESAt the conclusion of this event, participants will be able to:® Identify existential and spiritual struggles and describe three ways to foster greater wholeness in the midst of upheaval ® Identify self-care techniques for those experiencing complicated grief

DISTINGUISHED FACULTY & ABSTRACTS

® Kenneth Pargament, PhD

® From Brokenness to Wholeness: Repairing the Human Spirit in an Era of Upheaval

Few people have gone untouched by the upheaval surrounding COVID-19. This modern-day plague has shaken and, in some cases, shattered the health and well-being of all too many. But the effects of the virus are not simply physical, emotional, social, and economic: They are spiritual as well. This talk will focus on the impact of COVID-19 at our deepest levels: our dreams for the future, our most fundamental assumptions and beliefs about ourselves and the world, our network of social connections, and our usual ways of coping with crisis. In this talk we will consider how to repair woundedness of the human spirit. We will discuss ways to help people hold on to and, perhaps transform, their deepest sources of value and meaning. We will consider how to facilitate a sense of sacredness when uncertainty, injustice, and suffering are rampant. And we will consider how healers, with wounded spirits of their own, can keep themselves afloat as they struggle to help others floundering in the turbulent seas of the times.

Kenneth I. Pargament, PhD, is a leading expert in the psychology of spirituality and health. He is a professor emeritus of psychology at Bowling Green State University and former distinguished scholar at the Institute for Spirituality and Health. He was recently cited as “One of 50 Most Influential Living Psychologists in the World.”

® John K. Graham, MD, DMin

® The Psycho-Spiritual Trauma of Complicated Grief

Grief is the human response to loss upon the death of a loved one, loss of relationships, employment, and financial security. The recent coronavirus pandemic caused losses in all the areas mentioned creating psychological, emotional and spiritual issues that individuals have to deal with shuttered in their homes, often alone, distanced socially from family, friends and co-workers. Reports of employees being laid off and businesses filing for bankruptcy create the fear that one’s own employment may be in jeopardy. At the same time, psychotherapy offices have closed and access to mental health care has been curtailed. A source of strength for many during a time of crisis – churches, synagogues, mosques and temples – are closed. These problems add yet another burden for those who suffer from mental illness. Anxiety and depression escalated, including suicidal ideation. What is the role of spirituality and faith in healthcare during a global pandemic? John Graham, MD, DMin, is both a physician and an Episcopal Priest. This presentation will be informed by the experience of having facilitated a grief-recovery group for over eight years at the Institute for Spirituality and Health and will address various tools for the clinical management of grief, including the efficacy of virtual grief support groups.

29th Annual Psychotherapy & Faith Conference

Tending to the Human Spirit

in the Time of COVID-19

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® James I. Lomax, MD

® Reflections and Translations to Clinical Practice

Dr. Lomax will engage the audience to translate concepts presented during the workshop and integrate them into their own clinical actions.

James Lomax, MD, is the Karl Menninger Chair of Psychiatric Education and former associate chairman and director of Educational Programs in the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine. He has chaired the Planning Committee for the Annual Psychotherapy and Faith Conference for ISH for more than 25 years. He received the 2016 Oskar Pfister Award from the American Psychiatric Association for important contributions to humanistic and spiritual aspects of psychiatric issues.

CONTINUING EDUCATION INFORMATION

The Menninger Clinic has designed 1.5 continuing education credits for the following disciplines:

PHYSICIANSThis activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of The Menninger Clinic, Baylor College of Medicine and the Institute for Spirituality and Health. The Menninger Clinic is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Menninger Clinic designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commen-surate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

PSYCHOLOGISTSThe Menninger Clinic is approved by the American Psycho-logical Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Menninger Clinic maintains responsibility

for this program and its content.

SOCIAL WORKERSThe Menninger Clinic, Provider #4586, is approved by the Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners to offer continuing education for Social Workers. This activity is offered for 1.5 continuing education contact hours for social workers. We adhere to the Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners

Continuing Education Guidelines.

LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORSThe Menninger Clinic has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5139. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Menninger Clinic is solely responsible for all

aspects of the programs.

ADDICTIONS PROFESSIONALSMenninger is approved by the TCBAP Standards Committee, Provider No. 1741-06, one and one-half (1.5) hours general. Expires 7/2021. Complaints about provider or workshop content may be directed to the TCBAP Standards Committee, 401 Ranch Road 620 S., Suite 310, Austin,

Texas 78734, fax number 888-506-8123.

LICENSED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTSThis activity is offered for 1.5 continuing education contact hours for marriage and family therapists. We adhere to the Texas State Board of Marriage and Family Therapists continuing education guidelines.

29th Annual Psychotherapy & Faith Conference

Tending to the Human Spirit

in the Time of COVID-19

DISTINGUISHED FACULTY & ABSTRACTS