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SPIRITUALITY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY SPECIALIZATIONAbout the ProgramThe Spirituality and Psychotherapy specialization is an interdisciplinary program designed to provide students a more focused exposure to theory, research, and supervised clinical experience in this burgeoning area of interest in clinical psychology. Clinical students will take courses with graduate students in social service, and eventually with licensed psychotherapists (clinical and counseling psychologists and social workers) who are seeking an academic and applied training in the integration of spirituality and psychotherapy. Drawing upon the strengths and expertise of Fordham faculty in the Graduate Schools of Arts & Sciences, Social Service, and Education (Counseling Psychology), this specialization aims to expose students to multidisciplinary perspectives on psychotherapy practice and on the integration of spirituality in assessment and treatment. The program is administered under the auspices of the Fordham Center for Spirituality and Mental Health, which was created in 2002 to foster an interdisciplinary approach to the research and application of spirituality to mental health and human development. The specialization is coordinated within the Clinical Program by Drs. John Cecero and Mary Procidano. RequirementsThe requirements to fulfill the Spirituality and Psychotherapy specialization are the following:
Program FacultyThe faculty will be full-time members of the Schools of Arts & Sciences (Psychology Department), Social Service, and Education (Counseling Psychology). The Clinical Psychology faculty members are: Dr. John Cecero, S.J is the Director of the Fordham Center for Spirituality and Mental Health and Associate Professor of Psychology. A Jesuit priest and clinical psychologist, his research interests and publications focus on psychotherapy process and outcome, personality assessment –specifically with substance abuse populations-, global personality assessment, specifically of the constructs of dependency and psychological mindedness, and spirituality and mental health. Dr. Cecero maintains a part-time psychotherapy practice, with a focus on Schema Therapy, and his recent book, Praying through our lifetraps: A Psycho-spiritual Path to Freedom (2002) is a guide to integrating spiritual practices in recovering from the effects of early maladaptive schemas. Dr. Mary Procidano is Associate Professor of Psychology and Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies. Dr. Procidano’s research interests include cross-cultural similarities and differences in the nature of perceived social support; relationships of support and nonsupport to appraisal and coping, well-being, and symptoms (especially eating disorders, alcohol use, and depression); and the origins, nature, and effects of spiritual support and nonsupport in the context of various life tasks, such as pursuing important goal strivings and coping with stress. She is especially interested in the extent to which perceived spiritual support and nonsupport parallels interpersonal support and nonsupport, especially in influencing the processes of giving meaning to life events and coping through emotional self-regulation. Dr. Procidano specialized in Interpersonal Psychotherapy, with a special focus on treating the elderly. Dr. Kathleen Schiaffino is Associate Professor of Psychology, whose research has been in health psychology applications, in particular in the area of adjustment to chronic illness. She has numerous publications in journals such as Health Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, and Social Science and Medicine. Specific areas of attention include illness appraisals as the relate to coping with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis, impact of juvenile arthritis on sibling pairs, and on adolescents, treatment compliance and independence in adolescents with diabetes, and the impact of illness intrusiveness on identity and quality of life in multiple sclerosis patients. She has been actively involved in patient education for the National Arthritis Foundation. She is on the board of the Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals, a division of the American College of Rheumatology. Externship Placements for Specialization in Spirituality & Psychotherapy(list is not exhaustive)
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