This year's theme is Chaplaincy and Mental Health: It's Healthy to Get Help.

Spiritual Care Week: Oct 22-28 2023

Spirituality and Mental Health are close siblings.  The condition of one’s spiritual worldview has a direct impact on one’s mental wellbeing.  Spiritual Care Week provides the opportunity for chaplains, pastoral counselors, and other spiritual caregivers to focus on the importance of working closely with our mental health colleagues.  It is also an opportunity to review the state of our own spiritual journey.

Spiritual Care Week 2023 offers a venue within our individual settings to emphasize the integral work with our mental health colleagues as we intersect with a multitude of issues to name a few:

• Pandemic fatigue and post-pandemic recovery
• Promoting self-care and whole health
• Family and Couples Counseling
• Grief Groups
• Multicultural spiritual counseling
• Drug addition
• Trauma Recovery
• End of Life

The integration of spiritual care and emotional support with mental health care increases the healing and peace that individuals seek and leads to a fuller and more balanced life.  Spiritual Care Week is a prime time to let others know that chaplains, pastoral counselors, and spiritual caregivers are accessible, present, and willing.  We affirm that “It’s Healthy to Get Help”!

Learn more about Spiritual Care Week at https://www.spiritualcareweek.org/.