Summary:
In a world overflowing with choices, whether in ministry or clinical care, psychologists, licensed mental health professionals, medical personnel, and ministry leaders guide others in making decisions every day, yet few ever learn actual decision-making mechanics. In this highly practical workshop, participants will examine and learn to apply the SPEARS Decision-Making model. This model is grounded in a Judeo-Christian worldview, clinical psychiatry, and cutting-edge neuroscience. Participants learn how to guide clients and patients to slow the mind, examine each thought and healthy options for moving forward. Participants will gain a simple, repeatable decision-making tool that aligns with a Christian worldview for willing Christian clients and patients and rewires the brain so decisions become pathways to resilient innovation. Participants will engage in interactive discussion, case studies, and take-home tools to apply immediately with clients or patients.
Learning Objectives:
Outline how to communicate to with patients/clients about the role of decision-making and neuroplasticity in an integrated Spirit, Mind, and Body full person wellness model to maximally align their decision-making with their faith for willing Christian clients.
Define and explain the six stages of the SPEARS Decision-Making Progression Tool: Stimulus, Perception, Emotion, Assessment, Response, and Summary Thought.
Describe steps to aid patients/clients to develop a personal plan using the SPEARS Tool to identify and undo automatic unconscious patterns and replace healthier intentional decisions.