Clinical Training Groups for Spirituality and Religion

One aspect of culturally competent/humble clinical practice involves working with spiritual, religious, and existential issues. Recently, David Rupert, Sarah Moon, and Steven Sandage published a paper in the Journal of Spirituality and Mental Health outlining a relational approach to spiritual/religious issues in clinical practice, and describing a key relational training component, the SERT (spiritual, existential, religious, and theological) group. In this conceptual, practice-focused paper they provide the following regarding SERT groups: an overview of the model, structure and format, training goals and methods, group facilitation, anticipated outcomes, and suggestions for tailoring groups for varying contexts. These groups have become an integral part of training, growth, and development of trainees and supervisors alike at the Danielsen Institute.

To cite this article:

Rupert, D., Moon, Sarah, H., & Sandage, S. J. (2018). Clinical training groups for spirituality and religion in psychotherapy. Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health. doi:10.1080/19349637.2018.1465879