CCTP: Pastoral Care for Vets & Families/Mental Health Services & Referrals

This free interactive training is co-sponsored by the National VA Chaplain Center and ZWINGLI UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST. _                  Please REGISTER to RESERVE your seat now.  _ Many Veterans and their family members seek help for their problems from clergy because they feel the faith community can provide anonymity, confidentiality and a stigma-free environment. Yet clergy members sometimes have limited knowledge about readjustment difficulties and the unique health issues such as post-traumatic stress, or depression common to returning warriors. This event can help prepare you to support them.  The Community Training Partner Initiative offers critical resource to educate and support the faith community.   TRAINING OBJECTIVES * To identify the relationship between spirituality and “meaning making.” * The importance of Personal Narratives and Past, Present and Future Stories. * To identify pastoral responses and resources for clergy and their congregations * To review national trends in mental health care * To review resources for mental health care available in rural locations. * To provide specific information on making referrals to VA mental health care and community mental health care.   Learn more about this program on the VA Community Clergy Training Program website [https://www.patientcare.va.gov/chaplain/clergytraining] or email shane.russell@va.gov.