SERVICES & PROGRAMS
Stats
20% of individuals with acute mental illness agree their mental illness made/makes it difficult to understand salvation
Most pastors indicate they personally know one or more people who have been diagnosed with clinical depression (74%), bipolar disorder (76%), and schizophrenia (45%)
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Solutions
Systemic Mental Health Consultation in the church is a social-emotional and strength-based psychological approach to faith-centered clinical mental health care that is simultaneously co-located, collaborative, and integrated within the church. The goal of Systemic Mental Health Consultation in the church is to improve and promote overall mental wellness and reduce stigma of mental health. – Dr. Debbie
Stats
23% of pastors indicate they have personally struggled with mental illness of some kind
22% of pastors agree that they are reluctant to get involved with those with acute mental illness because of strained time and resources
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Conduct research on mental health resources for faith-based organizations and provide a one-hour curriculum on social and emotional health to enhance clergy knowledge and reduce stigma.
Coordinate with willing and collaborative churches to set a training schedule to educate congregation on mental health and stigma prevention.
Stats
59% of pastors have counseled one or more people who were eventually diagnosed with an acute mental illness
66% Protestant senior pastors seldom speak to their congregation about mental illness (Life Way Research, 2014).
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Conduct training of church clergy, leader, and volunteers on the importance of faith and quality mental health care.
Provide reflective coaching calls to church clergy, leader, and volunteers.
Training &
Professional Development
PFG provides trainings to churches, nonprofits, and community agencies on the following topics:
What is Mental Health?
What is Infant Mental Health?
Birth Equity in Family Therapy
Family Therapy Birth Care Strategies
Reproductive Justice in Family Therapy
Ages & Stages Questionnaire 3 & SE
Narrative Therapy & Tuning One's Ear
Reflective Practice/ Supervision
Systemic Thinking
Solution-Focused Brief Family Therapy
Suicide Prevention
Cultural Humility
Cultural Responsiveness
Intergenerational trauma/ epigenetics
Compassion Fatigue & Burnout
Meditation & Mindfulness
Inner work through Mindfulness
Trauma Informed-care
Starting a Mental Health Ministry
Soul Care
Resources
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Services
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Marriage & Family Therapy
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Christian Counseling
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Narrative Therapy
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Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR)
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Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy
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Experiential Therapy
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Gottman Method
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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
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Poetry Therapy
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Person-Centered
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Psychotherapy
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Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
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Somatic
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Trauma Focused
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Motivational Interviewing