Regret can hinder some clients’ emotional and spiritual growth, impacting their ability to move forward and find fulfillment. This workshop provides social workers and other licensed mental health professionals with biblically grounded, evidence-based tools to help willing Christian clients confront and move beyond regret. Participants will learn how to address common struggles, including guilt, self-doubt, and lost opportunities, by guiding clients through a process of self-reflection, forgiveness, and growth. Through interactive exercises, case studies, and role-playing, attendees will practice techniques to support clients in reframing past mistakes and embracing new possibilities. By blending therapeutic strategies with faith- based principles, this workshop offers a comprehensive toolkit for professionals, equipping them to help clients release the past and pursue a purpose-driven life. Attendees will leave with practical tools for addressing regret in client sessions, applicable to their practice immediately
321 | Overcoming Regret: Biblical Strategies for Helping Clients Move Past Their Mistakes
PRESENTERS
James Long Jr., Th.D., BCPC, LCSW
CE CREDITS
1.25
Approved For CE
ASWB, NBCC, NAADAC, IBCC, Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling, Education CEUs for ACSI
Approved For CME/CEU
LEVEL
Beginner
Summary
Learning Objectives
1 Outline how to guide clients in exploring and reframing past mistakes using evidence-based therapeutic exercises, practiced through role-playing activities.
2 Apply biblical forgiveness principles to help willing Christian clients overcome self-doubt and guilt, evaluated through scenario-based exercises.
3 Integrate therapeutic and biblical tools for addressing regret in client sessions, assessed through peer feedback and case studies