SIIMDA Soul Care Offers
Training Options
Are you called to invite others into Jesus’ healing presence?
The Goal
Whether you are seeking to become a Certified SIIMDA Soul Care Minister or attend a one-day continuing education seminar, the goal of all the SIIMDA Soul Care training events is the same: to equip participants with the capacity, ability, and skill to discern God’s invitations for healing in their own lives and in the lives of others. This is achieved by providing a safe presence that facilitates sacred and holy spaces for individuals to experience God’s presence more deeply and in a manner that fosters holistic embodied healing in all areas of life that includes the emotional, psychological, biological, spiritual, social, relational, and communal.
The training options and curriculum are currently in development. Please check back later for details. Below is a sample of future offerings:
Certified SIIMDA Soul Care Minister
Trauma Informed Ministry
SIIMDA Soul Care Spiritual Companion
Training Church Leaders
Continuing Education Credits
Speaking Events/Presentations/Seminars
Tailored to Your Needs
Certified SIIMDA Soul Care Minister
Entering into another person’s pain and suffering is a sacred space and should not be attempted without care, awareness, and ability. Untrained persons often unintentionally exacerbate an individual’s pain or cause further harm by reinforcing trauma. What is more damaging, is an uninformed caregiver can detrimentally pair spiritual language with trauma, which creates harm to one’s relationship with God. Therefore, SIIMDA Soul Care Certification program equips participants with the necessary abilities to work effectively to create safe healing spaces that fosters health and growth through a trauma-informed lens.
SIIMDA Soul Care Spiritual Companion
A SIIMDA Soul Care Spiritual Companion is trauma-informed and acknowledges the complexity of the impact that unaddressed wounds and trauma have on individuals psychologically, emotionally, physically, and spiritually. A SIIMDA Soul Care Spiritual Companion compassionately and empathetically understands and holds space for all aspects of personhood in a safe environment that nurtures an individual to heal as they navigate the path to restoration. This training equips caring persons to be a spiritual companion with the necessary abilities to walk alongside those hurting in a manner that offers hope for a future marked by restoration and wholeness.
Trauma-Informed Ministry
The trauma-informed ministry training goes beyond traditional notions of pastoral care by acknowledging that many individuals, both within and outside of the congregation, have experienced various forms of trauma. This training equips clergy, pastors, elders, lay-leaders, group facilitators and others in ministry leadership positions with the SIIMDA Soul Care approach educating about the causes and effects of trauma, equipping them with the tools to compassionately respond, and integrate trauma-informed practices into all aspects of ministry. By embracing trauma-informed ministry, communities can foster understanding, promote healing, and offer a supportive space where individuals can find solace and restoration on their path towards recovery and deepen one’s experience God.
Who Can Benefit From the Training?
Pastors
Spiritual Directors
Clinicians
Mental Health Providers
Therapists
Psychiatrists
Social Workers
Chaplains
Church Leaders
Caregivers
Psychologists
Physicians
Anyone called to the work of Jesus’ healing ministry.