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Clergy Evaluation Bundle - discounted 20%

Total Credits: 4 APA Credit, 4 NBCC Credit

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Speaker:
Anthony Isacco Ph.D.
Course Levels:
Intermediate
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Description

The following collection of programs are now presented together as a bundle and offered at a discounted rate.  See more about each individual program on the Course tab.
 
Enhancing the Clinical Utility of Psychological Evaluations of Clergy Candidates
 
This workshop focuses on defining clinical utility in the context of psychological evaluations of clergy candidates. In addition, the workshop provides an overview of an IRB approved research study involving 32 participants (11 mental health professionals; 11 seminarians; 10 Church representatives - rectors, vocation directors) that were asked about their perceptions and experiences with evaluations. Data from three participant groups provided a rare 360 degree perspective and was analyzed using grounded theory methodology. Results will be presented, including key themes about data-driven strategies to enhance the clinical utility of psychological evaluations of clergy candidates.
 
Psychological Evaluations of Clergy Candidates: A Cost-Benefit Analysis
 
Clinical utility is defined as the relevance and usefulness of a psychological practice for the unique stakeholder(s). Clinical utility is a multi-faceted construct, with a cost-benefit analysis being one facet. This workshop provides an overview of an IRB approved research study involving 32 participants (11 mental health professionals; 11 seminarians; 10 Church representatives - rectors, vocation directors) that were asked about the costs and benefits of psychological evaluations of clergy candidates. Data from three participant groups provided a rare 360 degree perspective and was analyzed using grounded theory methodology. Results will present key themes about a cost-benefit analysis conceptualization.  
 
Psychological Evaluations of Clergy Candidates: The Feedback Session
 
This workshop focuses on defining clinical utility in the context of psychological evaluations of clergy candidates. In addition, the workshop provides Clinical utility is defined as the relevance and usefulness of a psychological practice for unique stakeholders. Psychological evaluations of clergy candidates have various stakeholders, including the candidates. There is wide variability on what information is available to candidates and how the information is useful. This workshop provides results from an IRB approved research study involving 32 participants (11 mental health professionals; 11 seminarians; 10 Church representatives - rectors, vocation directors). Data from three participant groups provided a 360 degree perspective and was analyzed using grounded theory methodology. Results included key themes about the necessity and utility of a feedback session for candidates.
 
A Tool for Growth: Data-Driven Strategies to Maximize Psychological Evaluations of Clergy Candidates during Admissions and Beyond
 
The USCCB (2015) provided guidelines on the use of psychological assessments in seminary admissions.  Little research has examined how those guidelines have been implemented and to what effect to various stakeholders. This workshop will present data from an IRB-approved research study that collected data from 32 participants (11 seminarians; 11 mental health professionals; 10 church representatives). Data was analyzed using grounded theory methodology.  The workshop will focus on a key theme that participants wanted the evaluation to be used as a "tool for growth" with admission and formation implications. Data-driven strategies to implement that theme will be presented.
 
 

Handouts

Enhancing the Clinical Utility of Psychological Evaluations of Clergy Candidates Slides (13 MB) Available after Purchase
Psychological Evaluations of Clergy Candidates: A Cost-Benefit Analysis Slides (20.5 MB) Available after Purchase
CPA CE Workshop 3 11.20.24 (2 MB) Available after Purchase
A Tool for Growth (3.8 MB) Available after Purchase

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Anthony Isacco Ph.D.'s Profile

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Program Director, Professor, Head of Clinical Research

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | NEW online MS in Clinical Psychology | Program Director, Professor, Head of Clinical Research | aisacco@smumn.edu

The new Master of Science in Clinical Psychology at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota is truly one of a kind — the only program in the U.S. that fully integrates Catholic faith and ethics into clinical psychology training. Rooted in the Lasallian Catholic tradition, this program blends rigorous clinical training with a faith-based perspective, emphasizing ethics, spirituality, and holistic well-being. Designed to prepare compassionate, evidence-based mental health professionals, this program helps you align your values with your practice — and better serve your clients.

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Anthony Isacco, PhD is program director, professor, and head of clinical research in the new Catholic faith-integrated MS in Clinical Psychology program at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. He is a licensed psychologist and is the principal of Puritan Psychological Services, a small private practice focused on helping clergy, seminarians, and women religious live healthy, holy, and happy lives in their vocations. Dr. Isacco is a generalist, with areas of expertise in the psychology of men and masculinity, fatherhood, psychological assessment, and religious/spiritual integration in psychology. He is a Fellow of the St. John Paul II Foundation. He sits on the Advisory Board of Saint Paul Seminary, Diocese of Pittsburgh and the Formation Team of Saint Cyril and Methodius Byzantine Seminary, Eparchy of Pittsburgh. He is a graduate of Franciscan University of Steubenville (BA), Boston College (MA), and Loyola University of Chicago (PhD). Dr. Isacco lives in Pittsburgh, PA with his wife and four daughters

Availability Module Title Speaker Credits Course Type Duration Course Details
At the time of purchase Enhancing the Clinical Utility of Psychological Evaluations of Clergy Candidates
Total Credits: 1 APA Credit , 1 NBCC Credit On Demand 1 Hour 01 Minutes More info »
At the time of purchase Psychological Evaluations of Clergy Candidates: A Cost-Benefit Analysis
Total Credits: 1 APA Credit , 1 NBCC Credit On Demand 1 Hour More info »
At the time of purchase Psychological Evaluations of Clergy Candidates: The Feedback Session
Total Credits: 1 APA Credit , 1 NBCC Credit On Demand 1 Hour More info »
At the time of purchase A Tool for Growth: Data-Driven Strategies to Maximize Psychological Evaluations of Clergy Candidates during Admissions and Beyond
Total Credits: 1 APA Credit , 1 NBCC Credit On Demand 1 Hour More info »
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