Module Writer: Jaap Westerbos

This module focuses on ‘How to deal with issues of spirituality and religion when working with sexual diversity’.

The aims of this module are:

  • To increase awareness of internalised negativity caused by religion and spirituality ('There is something wrong with the essence of my being')
  • To integrate faith and spirituality as pathways into healing
  • To support students in exploring individual expressions of spirituality, including the use of drugs and extreme sex 
  • To develop awareness about “spiritual bypassing” as a way of avoiding real meaning
  • To increase knowledge and understanding about a wide range of expressions of queer spirituality