About Us
ABOUT SHCN
The Spirituality in Health Care Network (SHCN) is a network of Professionals Dedicated to Integrating Spirituality in Health Care. SHCN was founded December 2000, in Toronto, Canada, by Yvonne Kason MD and John Thornton MD together with a group of over 50 founding members. It was unanimously agreed that SHCN would be a bridging network, a forum for spiritually oriented health-care professionals of diverse specialty and training and spiritual leaders of all affiliations to explore the integration of spiritual traditions and practices into health-care.
Our Goals
- To promote supportive dialogue and networking between health-care professionals, therapists, academics, researchers, and clergy of all affliations interested in integrating Spirituality with Psychotherapy and Health Care.
- To provide educational opportunities via informal evening network meetings with speakers from within the network, and with small group discussions.
- To facilitate communications between network members regarding conferences and events of mutual interest via an email newsgroup.
- To honour the network's broad-based spiritual focus by opening and closing meetings with a sacred ritual from diverse spiritual traditions.
Steering Committee Members
SHCN CHAIR: LARRY NUSBAUM MD
SHCN STEERING COMMITTEE:
JOHN THORNTON MD
HELOISA PORTO PSYCHOTHERAPIST
BRANDON L.D. KLAYMAN