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Please note that this is a working schedule with new seminars added and schedules occasionally changing
Seminars are typically three weeks offering 12 contact hours of continuing education credit
The Oates Institute is an approved provider by the National Board of Certified Counselors
If there are seminars you would like us to offer, email Chris Hammon
January 7–25, 2013
- Breaking the Myth: Spirituality and Palliative Care
- Falling Upward: Spirituality for the Second Half of Life
- Grief and the Healing Arts
- Hope as a Dynamic for Healing
- Human Values and Health Care -- rescheduled for fall
- Nurturing Silence and Sabbath (A Care of Self Seminar)
February 4-22, 2013
- The Caregiver's Mental Health (A Care of Self Seminar)
- Finding a Common Language
- Holding the Boundaries: Professional Ethics in Practice
- Hope and Wholeness -- Cancelled
- New Seeds for Contemplation (Merton) Spirituality of Imperfection
March 4–22, 2013
- Fiction as a Pathway to the Spirit
- Finding Hope When There Is No Cure
- Healing Power of Forgiveness
- Grieving: Helping People Invite God into their Pain
- Leadership for the Quick Fix Age
- Narrative Research for Spiritual Care
April 8-26, 2013
- Anxiety in Christian Experience (An Oates Book Study)
- Exploring Family Systems in Friedman's Fables -- Part One
- Helping Children Grieve
- Spiritual Care for Suicidal Persons
- The Power to Bless
- Where Good Ideas Come From
May 6–24, 2013
- Breaking the Myth: Spirituality and Palliative Care
- Exploring Family Systems in Friedman's Fables -- Part Two
- Pastoral Care and Suicide
- Reading as a Pathway to the Spirit
- Spiritual but Not Religious: Leaving Church
July 8–26, 2013
- Care of Troublesome People
- Open Heart by Elie Weisel (A Book Study)
- Pastoral and Spiritual Care for a Society Living Longer
- The Practice of Saying No: Nurturing Silence and Sabbath
- The Struggle to be Free: Exploring Our Stories
September 9–27, 2013
- Fiction, Spirituality, and Holistic Care at End of Life
- Holding the Boundaries: Professional Ethics in Practice
- Pastoral Care for Bereaved Parents
- Pastoral Care with Workaholics
- Salve to the Soul: Storytelling, Identity, and Healing
October 7–25, 2013
- Finding Balance in the Digital Age
- Spiritual Care for the Unemployed
- Spirituality and Ghost Stories
- When Religion Gets Sick
November 6–15, 2013: Fall Online Conference
- Envisioning the Future of Spiritual Care
- Pre-Conference How-to Workshop, November 4-5