Advancing Your Health With Emory Healthcare

Spiritual Health at Emory Healthcare embraces the traditional religious care provided by professional health care chaplains. It also expands beyond to include spiritual and cultural qualities associated with whole person health. Rituals and prayers from particular faith traditions and active listening continue to be important functions in responding to distress.Spiritual Health also incorporates evidence-based interventions derived from a wide circle of spiritual practices such as mindfulness and Cognitively Based Compassion Training (CBCT), relaxation response, chronic illness group work and various music and art therapies.Joining the show to discuss why spiritual care may be an important part of cancer care is Caroline Peacock, LCSW, MDiv, ACPE. She is the Manager of Spiritual Health and Community Care at Emory Healthcare.