The role of religion and spirituality in health and mental health clients’ lives has caught the attention of a variety of helping professionals, including social workers. Research indicates that not only does the inclusion of religion and spirituality have the potential to enhance health and mental health outcomes, but clients prefer such integration in treatment. To this end, and considering that social workers constitute 45 percent of clinically trained helping professionals, it is important for the social work profession and all helping professions to clearly understand what supports or hinders practitioners from considering this sensitive area of clients’ lives.
This conference aims to give social workers, students, and other professionals a space to learn, discuss, and explore how issues of faith impact our practice..