Shalem Mental Health Network
Our Counselling Assistance Plan (CAP) is an affordable program that enables churches, schools, and non-profits to make short-term professional Christian counselling, workshops, and resources available to your members and staff. Through our faith-informing practices,...
Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought, 2020 Rick Csiernik, M.S.W, Ph.D., R.S.W., David Knezevic, BSW, MSW, RSW, Marg Smit-Vandezande, M.S.W., R.S.W, and Mark Vander Vennen, MA, M.Ed, R.S.Wc ABSTRACT A Congregational Assistance Plan...
Social Work & Christianity, Vol. 44, No. 4 (2017), 23–3, Journal of the North American Association of Christians in Social Work Rick Csiernik, Kristi Darnell, & Mary Lynn Trotter A Congregational Assistance Plan (CAP) using an affiliate counselor model to...
Workplace Wellness: Issues and Responses. Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press 2014 Rick Csiernik, M.S.W, Ph.D., R.S.W., INTRODUCTION Spirituality is a theme that has been intertwined with the origins of Occupational Assistance, as the pioneers of Alcoholics Anonymous...
Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health, 2013 Marg Smit-Vandezande, Mark Vander Vennen, Ken Van Wyk, Rick Csiernik ABSTRACT Drawing upon the principles of employee assistance programs, a congregational assistance program was piloted in two churches: one urban and one...
Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health, 2013 Mark Vander Vennen MA, MEd, RSW, Marg Smit-Vandezande MSW, RSW, Ken Van Wyk MPhil, MBA & Rick Csiernik MSW, PhD, RSW ABSTRACT Inspired by employee assistance programming, this article reviews the evolution of a parallel...