Mindfulness in the Christian Tradition: Implications for Practice
One of the most valuable tools in working with clients is the social worker him/herself. Often social workers struggle with large caseloads and complex client situations, leading to increased stress and decreased effectiveness in social workers' practice. Improving coping skills and mechanisms for dealing with stress may help social workers. A Christian mindfulness framework is introduced as one possible strategy for improving the ability of Christians in social work to cope and deal with stress in their practice.
As a result of this training, participants will be able to:
Define the concept of mindfulness and describe its utility in social work practice
Identify 1-2 central aspects of the Christian contemplative traditions and their relationship Christian mindfulness practice
Regina Chow Trammel, MSW, LCSW is an Assistant Professor at Azusa Pacific University. She is also currently enrolled at Baylor University's PhD in Social Work program where she is currently studying Mindfulness and its relevance in clinical social work practice. Prior to teaching, she had spent the past decade in a private practice in the Chicago area where her clinical focus was in depression, postpartum mood disorders and trauma.