Pastoral Care and Mental Health | Nikki Nucifora | Episode #41

About this episode

Andrew Staggs interviews Nikki Nucifora about the intersection of pastoral care and mental health.

In this episode of The Flourishing Life, Andrew sits down with Nikki Nucifora, pastor and psychologist. They talk about a broad spectrum of insightful topics such as the importance of self-awareness in leadership, understanding the continuum of care, and the implementation of strategic psychological therapies including cognitive behavioral therapy and schema therapy. Nikki emphasises the critical role that churches play in providing pastoral care while maintaining professional and ethical bou...

People in this episode

Host: Andrew Staggs

Guest: Nikki Nucifora

Topics covered

• pastoral care
• mental health
• self-awareness
• leadership
• psychological therapies

Keywords

• pastoral care
• mental health
• self-awareness
• cognitive behavioral therapy
• schema therapy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: churches

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