Presenters: Ann Marie Yamada, PhD and Adrienne Cedro Hament, MSW 

Course meets the qualifications for 2 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.  Registrants must attend the full 2 hours to receive CEs..

Guests: $20

IECAMFT MEMBERS: Free

Descriptive Narrative:

Over a decade of work has supported the development of promising practices to meet the spiritual beliefs, needs, and practices of clients and their families, and enhance the capacity for clinicians to use their own practices of meditation, prayer and other forms of spiritual engagement to support therapy. This presentation will highlight the value of integrating a broadly conceptualized notion of spirituality in clinical practice. Participants will be introduced to assessment tools to elicit clients’ religious and spiritual beliefs and practices. Presenters will encourage participants to challenge their ethical and legal misconceptions that limit their recognition of the value of spiritual practices such as mindfulness meditation for working with persons from diverse multicultural communities. 

Objectives:

At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:

1. Describe a working definition of spirituality in a mental health context.

2. Identify one tool to access spirituality in clinical practice.

3. Describe two spirtuality-infused practices.

4. Describe the value of mindfulness mediation in addressing and responding to the mental health needs of immigrants, underrepresented ethnic group members, the poor, limited English proficient speakers, and those in rural areas.

About The presenters:

Ann Marie Yamada is associate dean of organizational culture and well-being and associate professor at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. She has participated as an academic collaborator/evaluator for the LA County Department of Mental Health’s Spiritual Care Program and the Faith-Based Advocacy Council. She is a member of the Society for Spirituality and Social Work. Her research has involved collaboration with public-sector mental health centers and faith-based organizations to evaluate, develop or adapt services to serve as sources of culturally appropriate mental health support. 

Adrienne Cedro Hament, received her Master’s Degree from the University of Southern California and practiced for decades as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker,. As a former employee of the La County Department of Mental Health, she coordinated the Annual Clergy Conference and formed the Clergy Academy as part of the Department’s outreach to faith communities. She has volunteered as a member of the Clergy Misconduct Oversight Board of the Los Angeles Catholic Archdiocese. As a community advocate, she champions issues of underserved communities and leads major county initiatives to enhance the capacity for faith-based organizations to support individuals at risk or living with mental illness. She currently runs the La Naval de Manila Ministry - a Fellowship that provides free food after each of the Sunday Masses at St. Vincent de Paul.

Inland Empire Chapter of CAMFT is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCS, AND/or LEPs. IE-CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. CE Provider # 62278