DeShannon Barnes-Bowens, MS Founder and Director of ILERA Counseling and Education Services By Petra Halbur The reconciliation of sexuality and spiritually – body and soul – is a struggle for many people. Yet DeShannon Barnes-Bowens, a psychotherapist and an orisa priestess … [Read more...] about DeShannon Barnes-Bowens: “Sacred Sexuality” in Psychotherapy and Spiritual Practice
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Working with Clergy to Address Domestic Violence – Faith Leader Spotlight on Anindita Chatterjee Bhaumik
Anindita Chatterjee Bhaumik, Community and External Affairs Coordinator for CONNECT; NYPD clergy liaison for Hindu communities By Petra Halbur Addressing domestic violence in New York City’s faith communities requires effective partnerships between social workers and … [Read more...] about Working with Clergy to Address Domestic Violence – Faith Leader Spotlight on Anindita Chatterjee Bhaumik
Al-Hajji Imam Yusuf F. Hasan: “Walking with People in Places of Fear”
Al-Hajji Imam Yusuf F. Hasan, BCC By Petra Halbur As a staff chaplain at the HealthCare Chaplaincy Network, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and Winthrop University Hospital, Imam Yusuf Hasan encounters the joy and pain of life and death on a daily basis. For 23 years, … [Read more...] about Al-Hajji Imam Yusuf F. Hasan: “Walking with People in Places of Fear”
Maryum Khwaja: Faith as “a Resource that Works”
Maryum Khwaja, LCSW, Nasiha Counselling and the Bleuler Psychotherapy Center By Petra Halbur For many therapists, religion and spirituality are difficult subjects to broach with their clients. But according to clinical social worker Maryum Khwaja (cofounder of Nasiha … [Read more...] about Maryum Khwaja: Faith as “a Resource that Works”
Social Work & Religious Diversity Conference: Spotlight on Rabbi Simkha Weintraub
Wriiten By: Anna Rubin Rabbi Simkha Weintraub, currently the Rabbinic Director for the New York Jewish Healing Center and National Center for Jewish Healing, a sector of the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services (JBFCS), calls himself a “pulpit-free” rabbi. … [Read more...] about Social Work & Religious Diversity Conference: Spotlight on Rabbi Simkha Weintraub
