Loyola University Chicago

School of Social Work

Graduate Courses

SOWK 618: The Role of Religion and Spirituality in Psychotherapy

Description

This course examines the predominant practice theories regarding religion and spirituality for the "person-in-the-situation". Included in the course material are relevant neurological, psychological, philosophical, theological, and sociocultural understandings of the interface between social work practice and religion and spirituality.

This course is also designed to assist social workers in their development as critically reflective of and respectfully responsive to the diversity of religious and spiritual values, ethics, and principles that contribute to the worldviews of practitioners and the people with whom they work.

SOWK 618 Syllabus