Speaking into the Silence PP final - NBACares · 2. Educate yourself 3. Get buy-in from your clergy...
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Speaking into the Silence: Storytelling as a Path to Healing
Angela Whitenhill, M.Div., LCSW
Rev. Dr. Sarah Griffith Lund
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MENTAL HEALTH 101
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What is Mental Health?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArOTqcMH2G0
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What is Mental Illness?
Biological FactorsSocial / Developmental
Traumatic EventMultiple Risk Factors
Challenges adapting or responding to stress / change
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Maladaptive Coping SkillsDuration / Severity
Acute vs. ChronicCurable vs. Healable
What is Mental Illness? (Cont’d)
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Affects: Relationships, Functioning, Behavior, Mood
What is Mental Illness? (Cont’d)
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TESTIFYING TO HEAL
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Blessed Are the Crazy: Trailer
https://youtu.be/anAW2ZqsejE
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“To tell the true story is to heal.”- Sarah Griffith Lund
Insights from the Author…
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“Sharing my testimony is liberation. It sets me free from my prison of fear, shame, and pain, and opens the door
to new hope, healing and love.”- Sarah Griffith Lund
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“Both a narration of events and a confession of belief: we tell what we
have seen and heard, and then confess what we believe about it.”
- Anna Carter Florence
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Power of Vulnerability • Funnel & Trauma• Brene Brown
https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability?language=en
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What would it take for the church to be a safe space to be exposed
and unashamed?
What Does This Have To Do with the Church?
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PICKING UP THE CROSS OF MENTAL HEALTH
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Carrying the Cross:Becoming a safe space for testimony sharing
• Listen • Allow a space for unfiltered, raw expression
• Comfort • Validate, Empower, Encourage
• Refer• If you feel in over your head…you are
Digital Art by: Mary Button, marybutton.com
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Closing & QuestionsRev. Dr. Sarah Griffith Lund
Vice President for Advancement at Christian Theological Seminary
Angela Whitenhill, M.Div., LCSWPsychotherapist, Chaplain, Activist
www.nbacares.org/mental-health
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Hotlines & Faith-Based ResourcesNAMI Faithnet: www.nami.org/FaithNet
Pathways to Promise: www.pathways2promise.orgMental Health Ministries:
www.mentalhealthministries.netInterfaith Network on Mental Illness: www.inmi.us
United Church of Christ Mental Health Network: www.mhn-ucc.blogspot.com
24/7 National Mental Health Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)
National Suicide Prevention Life Line:1-800-273-TALK (8255)
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10 Steps to Developing a Mental Health Ministry
1. Make a commitment2. Educate yourself 3. Get buy-in from your clergy
/board of directors4. Form a task force or ministry team5. Decide with your team what you
want to offer/accomplish
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6. Define strategies for keeping the congregation, board and clergy involved
7. Make an inventory of available resources
8. Join with other organizations9. Communicate10. Be prepared to nurture your
ministry
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Speaking into the Silence: Storytelling as a Path to Healing
Thank you!
www.nbacares.org/mental-health