Integrating spiritual interventions into clinical therapy remains a complex and often debated area in mental health practice. Many clinicians feel constrained by ethical and professional guidelines, uncertain about how to incorporate faith-based interventions without...
Workshop Tracks
621 | Salt and Light in Public Education: Ethical Integration of Faith in Practice for School Counselors
When Christian mental health professionals work in or partner with the public school system, values conflicts are inevitable. Although these professionals may hold personal religious beliefs, counselor ethical codes and standards require them to honor students’...
701 | SAFELY GROW: Using a Transtheoretical, Trauma-informed approach to Counseling Highly Distressed Couples and Stopping Patterns of IPV and Coercive Control
Couples often enter therapy after enduring years of getting caught in rigid patterns of conflict. Over time, this breaks down the couple’s capacity to feel emotionally safe in the relationship (Johnson, 2004). This is exacerbated in couples who present with embodied...
703 | Basics of Psychodrama: Integrating Experiential Techniques to Enhance Group Therapy Dynamics and Client Healing from Grief
This workshop explores the integration of psychodrama into group therapy, emphasizing its potential to enhance traditional therapeutic methods (Abeditehrani et al., 2023). In this workshop, licensed mental health professionals and ministry leaders will explore the...
704 | Forgotten No More: Recognizing, Aiding, and Supporting Caregivers of Those in Suicide and Mental Health Crisis
The primary caregiver of individuals experiencing suicidality and mental health crises is often overlooked, with professional care typically focused on keeping the person in crisis alive and stable. However, these caregivers, often family members or close friends,...
705 | The Relationship between Shame, Faith, and Compulsive Sexual Behaviors: Recommendations for Assessment and Treatment
This workshop provides an in-depth exploration of the role of shame in the development and maintenance of compulsive sexual behaviors and addiction. Participants will examine key psychological and relational factors—including experiences of invasion, abandonment,...
623 | Bridging the Gap: Cultural Sensitiveity in Christian Sex Therapy
Licensed mental health providers and ministry leaders are called to help individuals from diverse backgrounds. When working with sexual relationships, it is important to understanding how culture shapes sexual behavior, relationships, and values. In sex therapy, this...
521 | Understanding and Preventing Veteran Suicide
The 2024 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report provides critical insight into trends, risk factors, and effective prevention strategies that can enhance faith-based mental health care for Veterans. By examining key findings from the report, faith-based...
523 | Trauma, Resiliency & Theodicy: Implications for global workers, treatment providers, and the faith community
This presentation is tailored for psychologists, licensed mental health professionals, and ministry leaders who provide therapeutic services to global workers and related personnel. It offers an in-depth exploration of the unique stressors and trauma that this...
603 | Hope and Healing Beyond the Diagnosis: Compassionate, Evidence-based, Trauma-informed Care for Infertility and Reproductive Trauma
Reproductive trauma, which includes experiencing miscarriages, infertility, recurrent losses, traumatic childbirth, and postpartum mental health challenges, is a deeply complex and often, overlooked area in the field of mental health (Brigance et al., 2023; Jaffe,...