Date - 11/07/2025
Time - 10am to 1:00pm PST
Location - Remote via Zoom
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Many people seeking recovery are helped significantly by deepening their spirituality. However, like anything, even spiritual practice can become unhealthy, maladaptive, or some would say addictive. Another possibility is that people who experienced spiritual abuse or religious trauma may have difficulty approaching any kind of spiritual practice, which can include being around people in recovery meetings who are working a spiritual program. In this session, we will explore what it means to embrace a path of “healthy” (or adaptive/helpful if those works better for you) spirituality. Appropriate for all people wherever they may be in their recovery journey, or for professionals who seeking to help the people they serve.

After this session, participants will be able to:

• Identify what qualities of spiritual practice might be considered unhealthy, maladaptive, or unhelpful.
• Define spiritual abuse and religious trauma in a general way and describe how unhealed wounds in this area might be a barrier to embracing more helpful spirituality.
• create a personalized list of qualities of healthy/adaptive/helpful spirituality for one’s individualized program; can also be adapted as a skill for working with others.

3 CE for mental health professionals
NBCC ACEP# 6912