This workshop will highlight the practice of Visio Divina as a means of self-care.  Images (whether engaged with in person, within a photograph, or a work of art) can provide the space for reflection, contemplation, dialogue, and life application when processed as a metaphor.  Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about and engage in Visio Divina, a practice utilized within spiritual direction, and discuss ways in which this practice can be utilized as a tool for wellness.

Dr. Awa Jangha is the Loise Henderson Wessendorf Associate Professor of Spiritual Integration in Counseling at Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, TX. She earned her PhD from Loyola University Maryland in Pastoral Counseling (a Counselor Education and Supervision Program). Awa's dissertation research focused on experiences of power in the pastoral counseling identity development of African-American female pastoral counselors in training and utilized art as the means of exploration. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor (LPC-S) in the state of Texas and a Board Certified Art Therapist (ATR-BC). Her training in pastoral counseling reflects her passion for spiritual integration in counseling and in counselor education. As a member of both the Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling (ASERVIC) and the American Art Therapy Association (AATA), she infuses creativity into her teaching of spiritually integrated practices within the classes she has taught (such as Clinical Practicum, Professional Orientation and Counselor Identity, Addictions Counseling, Assessment and Testing).

BA, Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee
MEd, Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts
MA, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PhD, Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland