{"id":3647,"date":"2021-12-16T16:57:27","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T16:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=3647"},"modified":"2025-02-11T13:04:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T18:04:42","slug":"taking-spiritually-integrated-services-to-the-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2021\/12\/16\/taking-spiritually-integrated-services-to-the-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking Spiritually Integrated Services to the Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column3647_0efeed-85 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column3647_0efeed-85 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column3647_0efeed-85 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column3647_0efeed-85 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column3647_0efeed-85 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column3647_0efeed-85 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column3647_0efeed-85 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column3647_0efeed-85{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column3647_0efeed-85 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column3647_0efeed-85 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column3647_0efeed-85 dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p>Dr. Melissa Lemons is expanding approaches to behavioral health in the community, helping to lead continuing education for spiritually integrated psychotherapy (SIP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Lemons, an assistant professor in WilmU\u2019s College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC) Program, was one of three course leaders in the 30-hour training, presented in a hybrid live-and-virtual format at Unity Lutheran Church in Wilmington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Elizabeth Adair, chair of the CMHC program, says Dr. Lemons has quickly become a valued member of the faculty. \u201cShe has wonderful ideas and is always introducing us to new concepts in the community,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SIP training is designed for licensed and pre-licensed mental health professionals, counselors, marriage and family therapists, pastoral counselors, psychologists and psychiatrists, social workers, psychiatric nurses, and addiction specialists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking a multicultural, multidisciplinary approach, SIP draws upon diverse spiritual traditions and teaches mental health professionals to draw out clients\u2019 beliefs so they can benefit from their spiritual perspectives. 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