Models of Delivering Christian Psychiatric Care

Okamoto, Tom; Mirhom, Mena; Wang, Karen; Fung, Wai Lun Alan

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“…All three counseling centers involved in our study collaborate with churches and faith leaders on a regular basis. Indeed, collaborations between mental health professionals and faith communities in promoting mental health and addressing mental health issues have been strongly recommended, with various models proposed and utilized (Fung, Mirhom, et al, 2021;Okamoto et al, 2021). Examples of the types of collaborations are:…”

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Christian-based spiritually integrated psychotherapy for East Asian Canadians and findings from the CSPEARIT study.

Fung¹,

Yip²,

Stevens³

et al. 2023

Handbook of Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapies.

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I n this chapter, we provide an overview of Christian-based spiritually integrated psychotherapy in Ontario, Canada, focused on East Asian Canadians. Some references are made to findings from the Christian-Based Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy for East Asians Research Initiative of Toronto (CSPEARIT) project conducted as part of the Bridges Consortium for Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy. The study had three recruitment sites, all outpatient centers located in Toronto, Canada: (a) Tyndale University, which includes Tyndale Counselling Services, serving the student population, and Tyndale Family Life Centre, serving clients coming from the surrounding communities; (b) Grace Health Centre; and (c) Living Water Counselling Centre. WHY IS THE APPROACH NEEDED?Toronto is the largest city in Canada and one of the most culturally diverse cities in the world. Immigrants bring their families, culture, language, traditions, and spiritual faith to the city. According to the 2011 Census, the Chinese are the second largest visible minority group in Canada, comprising 21.1% (numbering The first three authors contributed equally to this chapter. We wish to thank those who participated in our research and the site champions who assisted with the study.

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Section: Recommendations For Collaborating With Clergymentioning

confidence: 99%