TeleSpiritual health provides a virtual face-to-face encounter to connect
with professional chaplains about your spiritual needs. This encounter
provides a sacred space to connect with care and compassion across distances.
How do I know if TeleSpiritual Health is right for me?
As wonderfully unique persons, we all need connection, meaning and purpose
in our lives. This can be understood as a person’s spirituality,
and it may be viewed through the lens of a particular religion, faith
tradition or practice, or a connection outside of established spiritualities.
Common spiritual health concerns include desiring peace, pursuing better
balance in life, and seeking to make meaning out of life events, to name
a few examples.
Who will I talk to when I have a TeleSpiritual Health appointment?
TeleSpiritual Health caregivers are professional chaplains who serve within
the Providence family of organizations. They are skilled and trained to
care for the whole person (mind, body, and spirit) from any spiritual
and faith backgrounds or practices.
What happens during a TeleSpiritual Health consultation?
A TeleSpiritual Health chaplain will meet with you at the scheduled time
on a Teams video call. They will take some time to get to know you and
your spiritual health concerns. They will listen, offer any resources
that might be helpful, and seek to meet your spiritual health concerns
in the best ways possible.
Is TeleSpiritual Health confidential?
TeleSpiritual Health is a confidential way to speak to a professional chaplain
about spiritual health concerns. To maintain privacy and limit interruptions,
it is recommended that you join the appointment from a private, quiet
location. To ensure safety, confidentiality is maintained except in emergency
circumstances where self-harm, abuse, or threats of harm to others are
discussed.
How can I access TeleSpiritual Health?
A TeleSpiritual Health chaplain will confirm your appointment by sending
an Outlook appointment with a Teams video conference link.You may call into the appointments through a phone or access Teams through
a mobile device.
Appointments are available Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 7 a.m.
to 7 p.m. (Pacific).
You initiate by sending an email expressing your interest in a TeleSpiritual
Health appointment. A TeleSpiritual Health chaplain will respond with
available appointment times. You will then respond with your chosen day
and time. A TeleSpiritual Health chaplain will confirm your appointment
by sending an Outlook appointment with a Teams video conference link.You may call into the appointments through a phone or access Teams through
a mobile device.
Appointments are available Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 7 a.m.
to 7 p.m. (Pacific).
Appointments are scheduled as 45-minute sessions.
There is already a chaplain who regularly speaks to me where I work. Why
would I need TeleSpiritual Health?
TeleSpiritual Health is available for all caregivers to help meet spiritual
needs that arise. If you are familiar with your local chaplains, you are
encouraged to reach out to them directly. TeleSpiritual Health may also
provide you with a referral to local chaplains and resources.
Is TeleSpiritual Health available for patients?
Not currently. For now, the focus for TeleSpiritual Health is on caregivers,
with hopes to expand to other populations in the future.
I have a prayer request, but do not want a TeleSpiritual Health appointment.
What do I do?
Prayer requests can be submitted on the Choose Well site. These requests
are received by the sisters of our founding congregations – the
Sisters of Providence and Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange – who
will pray for your intentions.
Prayer requests can be submitted on the Choose Well site via the email
link. These requests are received by the sisters of our founding congregations
– the Sisters of Providence and Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange
– who will pray for your intentions.
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