Shari B. Kaplan, LCSWIntegrative Mental Health

How Spiritual Belief Can Support Healing #mentalhealthawareness

27 May 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief segment, licensed clinical social worker Shari B. Kaplan explains that individuals who may lack many personal strengths can still draw significant resilience from spiritual beliefs. She highlights that belief in a power greater than oneself—expressed through prayer, meditation, or a sense of connection to nature—helps people cope with feelings of isolation and adversity. Kaplan emphasizes that even simple acknowledgments of natural cycles, like seeds growing into trees and bearing fruit, can foster an interconnected feeling that functions as a spiritual belief and a therapeutic resource.

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But in actuality, I have had people who don't have a lot of strengths, but they believe in a power greater than themselves. And when they feel isolated and alone, they use that, whether it's prayer, whether it's meditation, and they've been able to get through things that maybe other people haven't. So I ask people, do you believe in nature? Can you connect to the fact that seeds turn into trees, turn into apples? Anything that makes you feel interconnected is a spiritual belief in my book.