Does the study of spirituality have scientific value?

Most definitely, “YES!” Working with those motivations that make religion and spirituality so important to us (what we call the Numinous), science is able to understand those unique human forces that enable us to create our ultimate sense of meaning and self-worth. The Numinous represents the core of our self-hood. Understanding it enables science to understand our essential nature. Read more about this important motivation on this web site.

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The Center for Professional Studies

Is spirituality important?

At The Center For Professional Studies we strive to understand the importance of spirituality and its role in what makes us fundamentally human. We believe that it has a valuable role to play in both creating our sense of self and understanding our place in our communities, on both a small and large scale. In studying the psychology of human spirituality, we are able to gain vital insights into how best to grapple with the universal questions: who are we, why are we here, and what does it all mean?

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The Center for Professional Studies (CFPS) is dedicated to supporting the development of innovative technologies for clinical work and actively seeks to disseminate new knowledge surrounding the social science’s efforts at understanding people and effectively intervening in their lives. To accomplish this, the Center is active in supporting cutting edge research in clinical assessment and related applications. It leverages this interest by conducting clinical training seminars, consultative support to organizations through its program evaluation efforts, and offering clinical professionals access to the latest assessment tools in the field. The Center’s goal is to advance the scientific agenda of the social sciences by offering comprehensive conceptual and empirical models of human psychological functioning that promotes insight, supports effective assessment, and provides a foundation for the development in clinical techniques that can not only resolve clients’ issues surrounding psychosocial adaptation, but also encourage personal transformation and ultimate flourishing.
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WHAT’S NEW AT THE CENTER?

January, 2022: The Center has been invited to submit a grant to the Templeton Foundation for a study to examine the value of a clinical training program for therapists on the numinous and how to use it in treatment on the quality of their services. The study’s title is, “Validating a model of the numinous for developing therapist competencies in religious and spiritual issues and for enhancing treatment outcomes.” The value of this study is that it conceptualizes spirituality as a strictly psychological construct that has relevance to all people. Further, the training component is focused on secular therapists who have not explicitly addressed such issues in treatment. It is hoped that such a program will help facilitate a greater interest in and utilization of numinous dynamics in treatment by a wider circle of clinicians. More on this as it develops!
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