Spiritual Competency Training in Mental Health Pearce, M., Pargament, K., Currier, J. & Wong, S. (2023). Spiritual Competency Training in Mental Health (SCT-MH). Retrieved 16 July, 2025, from: https://www.spiritualandreligiouscompetenciesproject.com/resources-home/spiritual-competency-training-in-mental-health-sct-mh This Spiritual Competency Training course for students and professionals working in mental healthcare was developed by internationally recognised leaders in the field. It is an online course, with an instructor guidebook available. The course covers guiding principles for spiritually integrated mental health care, spiritual assessment, and approaches to mobilising spiritual resources and addressing spiritual struggles. This is not a specifically Christian course, but rather focuses on assessing and integrating patients’ spirituality in care.
Selected Spiritual History Taking Tools
HOPE questions for spiritual history taking Anandarajah G, Hight E. Spirituality and medical practice: using the HOPE questions as a practical tool for spiritual assessment. Am Fam Physician. 2001 Jan 1;63(1):81-9. PMID: 11195773.
FICA spiritual assessment tool Puchalski, C., Romer, A.L., 2000. Taking a Spiritual History Allows Clinicians to Understand Patients More Fully. J. Palliat. Med. 3 (1) 129-137. 10.1089/jpm.2000.3.129.
Brief RCOPE: a short measure of religious coping Pargament, K., Feuille, M., Burdzy, D., 2011. The Brief RCOPE: Current Psychometric Status of a Short Measure of Religious Coping. Religions 2 (1) 51-76.
Working with Religious and Spiritual Resources and Struggles
