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CONFERENCE 2027

Start Date:  Tuesday 14 June 2027.    End date: Thursday 17 June 2027.

Venue: York St John University, York, UK  

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  • SMHWSIG: Spiritual Crisis, Emergency and Peer Support with Dr Mike Rush

    • 05/10/2026
    • 5:30 PM - 6:45 PM
    • Zoom
    • 83
    • 17 registrants
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    INSS Spirituality, Mental Health and Wellbeing SIG

    Online meeting

    Spiritual Crisis, Emergency and Peer Support

    Presentation by Dr Mike Rush

    Monday 5th October 2026: 5.30pm - 6.45pm   

    (Please note the later than usual time)

                  

    Dr Mike Rush is a long-standing volunteer and former director of the UK Spiritual Crisis network (SCN) and has facilitated peer-support for people affected by spiritual crisis for over ten years.  His research focuses on spiritual crisis and spiritual/religious experiences and he offers one-to-one and peer support, workshops and courses on spiritual crisis and related topics. 

    This presentation discusses the phenomenon of spiritual crisis and spiritual emergency and describes and the work of the UK Spiritual Crisis Network. It summarises key PhD research findings exploring assessments of peer-support in this context, and 'grounding'  as a key component of integration work following spiritual crisis.

    The presentation will be followed by questions and a group discussion.


    Welcoming all INSS members to this SIG focussing upon spirituality, mental health and wellbeing across diverse contexts, including in relation to study, research and practice.

    The group emphasises co-creating a safe yet focussed space to reflect, explore and share skills and inspiration together.



    The SIG Chairs: Dr Katja Milner, Dr Jill Buckeldee


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  • The Conversational: Spiritual Capital with Dr Michael O'Sullivan

    • 14/10/2026
    • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
    • Zoom
    • 73
    • 26 registrants
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     INSS The Conversational: A time to reflect, a space to share

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Past events

02/09/2026 SEDSIG- The Inner Work of Growing Up: Can spirituality and spiritual practices foster adult developmental capacities?
20/07/2026 The Conversational: Spirit and Becoming: Insights from Evelyn Underhill concerning the Christian journey of spiritual formation with Associate Professor Robyn Wrigley-Carr
06/07/2026 International Symposium: The Spiritual Dimensions of Care
29/06/2026 SMHWSIG: A Non-Human Turn for Extraordinary Experience and Spirituality Research with Dr Jack Hunter
10/06/2026 SEDSIG- A spiritual lens on transformative learning for third level students
25/05/2026 SASIG: The Great Mommy: Artist Talk with Caroline McManus
29/04/2026 SEDSIG- The Trilogos Method: personality formation & consciousness development
27/04/2026 SMHWSIG: The Importance of Lived Experience in Mental Health Research and Practice with Dr Emma Watson
11/03/2026 SEDSIG- navigating Spirituality and Religion in our Pedagogy
28/01/2026 SEDSIG- National Schools' Spiritual Wellbeing Project
26/01/2026 SMHWSIG: Supervision as Spiritual Practice: What's love got to do with it? By Robin Shohet
22/01/2026 The Conversational: Professor Peter Kevern presents 'Touching God: understanding the spiritual journey of people living with advanced dementia'
17/12/2025 SEDSIG- exploring consciousness informed education with Barry Spivack
08/12/2025 SMHWSIG: Mindfulness, Self-care and Spirituality by Tim Stead
03/12/2025 SASIG: Dr Lila Moore Presents the Infinite Self Pavillion of the Wrong Biennale
05/11/2025 SEDSIG- a person-centred approach to spiritual wellbeing.
28/10/2025 SASIG: Open Members Discussion - Is Spirituality Expensive?
13/10/2025 SMHWSIG: Psychosis, Psychiatry and Psychospiritual Considerations by Dr Brian Spittles
02/10/2025 The Conversational: Dr Clare Lesley Hughes presents 'Spiritual Ecology and the Epistemic Struggles of the Contemporary British Herbal Practitioner'
30/09/2025 SASIG: Natalie Zangari Explores Emerging Forms of Spirituality Within the Contemporary Digital Landscape, Through the Lens of Techno-Spirituality.
24/09/2025 SEDSIG- Guest Speakers
13/08/2025 SEDSIG- looking forward
07/07/2025 SMHWSIG: Illness or salvation - the visionary experience in contemporary structures of mental health by Reverend Professor June Boyce-Tillman
02/07/2025 SEDSIG- sharing and pausing
17/06/2025 INSS Conference 2025: Spirituality, Consciousness, Technology and Wellbeing
28/05/2025 The Conversational: Ellis Linders presents 'Power dynamics and self-agency on the contemporary spiritual path'
21/05/2025 SEDSIG- sharing and pausing
28/04/2025 SMHWSIG: "Speak my Language" - Findings from WELLHEAD Speech and Language Toolkit for Spiritual and Mental Health Contexts - Presentation by Dr Katharyn Mumby
11/04/2025 SASIG: Paula Staunton Presents Belly Dance: Embodying the Sacred, Bridging Worlds
09/04/2025 SEDSIG- Practice Orientation
26/02/2025 SASIG: Open Discussion
26/02/2025 SEDSIG- Foundational understanding Part 2
10/02/2025 SMHWSIG: Spirituality in Caring for the Dying - Presentation by Dr Carl Becker
15/01/2025 SASIG: Dr Petra Jerling explains how transcendental spiritual experiences with music and imagery led to post-traumatic growth: An autoethnographic perspective
15/01/2025 SEDSIG- Foundational understanding
09/12/2024 INSS Symposium
04/12/2024 SASIG: Dr Amira Ehrlich presents Reconstructing Sound Agency Within a Soundscape of War
02/12/2024 SMHWSIG: Spiritual Self Care - Presentation by Dr Andrew Tresidder
26/11/2024 The Conversational: Elmor Van Staten presents CONTEMPLATIVE LEADERSHIP: LEADING WITH PRESENCE, PURPOSE, AND INNER WISDOM
20/11/2024 SEDSIG- Engagement and discovery
05/11/2024 The Conversational: Dr Paul Dieppe presents Spirituality and Healing in Modern Medicine
29/10/2024 SASIG: Open Discussion
16/10/2024 SEDSIG: Engagement and discovery
07/10/2024 SMHWSIG: Creative Repair – A Spiritual Discipline? Presentation by Revd Dr Anne Holmes
20/09/2024 SASIG: Prof. Fay Brauer presents Composing “Symmorphies”: Annie Besant’s Theosophies, František Kupka’s Chromatic Music, and Their Astral Visions.
20/06/2024 SASIG: Prof. June Boyce-Tillman presents Hildegard of Bingen
20/05/2024 SASIG: Can therapeutic songwriting be a form of subtle activism? Singer-song writer Siân Brown
16/04/2024 SASIG: Dr Lila Moore presents Gaia Mysterious Rhythms, Screen-Dance as a Novel Art Form and Rite of Passage
20/03/2024 SASIG: Open discussion
01/03/2024 SASIG: A special talk with Prof. Rina Arya - Locating Religion in Contemporary Art
28/11/2023 The Conversational with Noel Keating exploring Children's Spirituality, meditation and personal experiences
22/11/2023 SASIG: Provocation 7 - Reconciling Humanistic vs Pan-psychic Spirituality, a conversation between Annalisa Burello and Degard
25/10/2023 SASIG: Provocation 6 - The Arts as Spirituality
12/09/2023 SASIG: Annalisa Burello MSc presents Marina Abramović, the Artist-Shaman
11/07/2023 SASIG: Dr Karel James Bouse presents Expressive Arts as Therapy
13/06/2023 SASIG: Provocation 5 - The Arts as Spirituality
23/05/2023 SASIG: Provocation 4 - The Arts as Spirituality
16/05/2023 INSS Conference 2023 (Waterford, IE)
14/03/2023 SASIG: Water as a Spiritual Signifier - Water Artist Alison Churchill
20/02/2023 SASIG: A special talk with Prof. Louis Lagana' - Was Malta a Place for the Veneration of a Mother Goddess?
17/01/2023 SASIG: Provocation 3 - Open discussion
01/12/2022 SASIG: Sound as a Spiritual Signifier - Contemplative Listening
14/09/2022 SASIG: Light as a Spiritual Signifier - Light Painting Photography
13/07/2022 SASIG: A Special Talk with Dr Thomas Daffern
11/05/2022 SASIG: Provocations 2 - Artist DeGard, Dr Paul Dieppe, Nick Shore and Maya Apolonia Rodé
16/03/2022 SASIG: Provocation 1 - Inaugural meeting
31/07/2021 Annual General Meeting
01/04/2021 Spring Gala
04/07/2020 Conference 2020
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