Cathi Douglas: San Diego faith leaders say mental health counseling is now an important part of their ministry
Five years ago, Pati Stives had no one to turn to after her husband Ray’s suicide. She felt miserable and desolate, alone in her pain.
“I understand the importance of finding comfort in our church and the gift it brings to so many people within our parishes and families,” Bishop Dolan wrote. Kornbergsaid that in his former work as chaplain at Robert Wood Hospital in New Jersey, faith leaders were considered just as important to a patient’s care as doctors and nurses.
“They will receive calls from the congregation, a committee of caring members, and faith leaders, and have access to group meetings,” he said.Mental health and well-being is a big umbrella, notes Bill Trok, pastor of Ridgeview Church in Valley Center, with both biological and chemical issues as well as life circumstances, trauma and difficulties face as they age or cope with loss.
“Mental health is better understood and getting help is not only the right but healthy thing to do,” he adds. “In some ways, it’s the noble thing to do.”As a Muslim chaplain at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility, Mohammed Lawal ministers to many inmates who cling to faith as their only hope when living in a terrible environment rife with drugs and violence.
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