Shame is finally receiving the attention it deserves. Those who have been shamed are escaping wordless silence and giving voice to their experience. The next challenge is for their spoken fragments to be drawn together and reframed by God’s words. As an expression of...
Preconference Workshops
012 | Pornography, Compulsivity, and Bondage: Helping Individuals and Couples Get Set Free from the Sexual Strongholds
Pornography and sexual compulsivity can be devastating to individuals, couples, and families. In fact, with the dramatic increase in pornography usage during the COVID-19 pandemic, our nation is facing a virtual “porndemic.” Discovering and disclosing sexual...
013 | “I’ve Survived, but Now What?”: Grief Coaching to Navigate Beyond Trauma and Loss
Once the shock and numbness wear off after trauma or a difficult loss, clients often wonder, “What can I do to stop hurting? How can I move on?” Grief coaching is a highly effective option for those not paralyzed by complicated grief but who want the support and...
014 | Christ-centered Internal Family Systems Therapy: How to Develop Healthy Boundaries for Your Soul
Painful burdens can hold clients back from building the lives they want to live. This experiential workshop teaches licensed mental health professionals how to apply key principles for helping willing Christian clients (henceforth clients) befriend parts of their soul...
015 | “KISS” – Keeping Intimacy Sweet and Simple: Coaching Couples to Marital Bliss
Great marriages happen intentionally, not automatically. Drift happens in Christian couples, but coaches and ministry leaders can help couples gain the marital bliss for which they are searching. Kissing is the bridge leaving the land of loneliness and crossing into...
016 | Rethinking Depression and Neurobiology: The Serotonin Debate and Drug-free Treatments
Depression is a complex disease state with alterations in brain circuits, impacting the immune system and elevating inflammatory factors resulting in cellular damage to brain cells and alteration in neuronal DNA expression. Serotonin has been implicated in both the...
017 | Lifeline for Families Dealing with Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s disease is a thief. In this workshop, the presenter will speak through the lens of a gerontologist and from personal experience of how Alzheimer’s affected her husband and family. This workshop will educate psychologists, other licensed mental health...
018 | Unable to Stop: When Food Addiction and Trauma Collide
This workshop will explore the relationship between trauma and compulsive and addictive eating, which can lead to obesity and other medical issues. Participants will discuss the role of excess food in the experience of trauma and the challenges and setbacks faced in...
019 | Understanding Implicit Bias and Applying Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Improve Multicultural Competence in Mental Health Care
Racism, prejudice, and discrimination are well documented in the literature as disparities experienced by marginalized groups. These disparities contribute to the lack of access to quality healthcare and mental healthcare services; housing; education, and employment...
020 | The Fentanyl and Opioid Crises: Trends, Issues, and New Horizons in Treatment and Recovery
Psychologists and other mental health and medical professionals must be equipped to confront the most devastating addiction crisis in history. Opioids, including fentanyl, heroin, and emerging synthetic opioids, are fueling a deadly drug crisis in the United...