According to university counseling centers, anxiety is the most common presenting problem among emerging adult college students, with 60.8% presenting anxiety (AUCCCD Annual Survey, 2021). Self-compassion interventions are known to be effective at reducing anxiety in...
Workshop Tracks
611 | Manifestations of the Supernatural in Session: Discernment and Resources for Assessment and Treatment
Sometimes things happen in a counseling session that cannot be explained in a secular manner. At these times, there is often a powerful sense that what is occurring is not of this world. In this workshop, participants will learn to identify when the supernatural has...
612 | Grounding with Jesus: Practical and Evidence-based Skills with a Gospel Twist
During the COVID-19 pandemic, licensed mental health professionals and ministry leaders realized the general population is truly UN-Grounded. The world witnessed levels of fear and paranoia never seen before, with mental health professionals’ schedules booked and...
613 | Rebuild Their Gospel Identity: The Power of the Attuned Church on the Post-abortion Community
Abortion can be a traumatic experience leading to significant distortions of how men and women view themselves, others, and God. Pastors, pastoral counselors, and lay counselors can play an active role in leading and guiding the post-abortion person in reconstructing...
614 | Combining Faith and Evidence-based Interventions for Christian Survivors of Sexual Abuse
Sexual assault is a pervasive and traumatic experience that affects over half of the female population and at least one-third of the male population at some point in their lives (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2022). Often, regardless of the period in...
615 | Victimology and Restorative Care in Domestic Sex Trafficking
Using the data collected over 10 years from The Samaritan Women, an anti-human trafficking organization, this session offers a victim-centered way of looking at the trauma of domestic sex trafficking. Through statistics, case studies, and anecdotal analysis, this...
501 | Sex Trafficking: Understanding the Wounds and Helping Survivors Heal
Human sex trafficking is currently at epidemic proportions. This illegal activity touches all nations and has long-lasting consequences for survivors, all those involved, and society. Traffickers exploit both genders, all ethnicities, the aged and young, and the...
502 | The Healing Church: What Churches Get Wrong about Pornography and How to Fix it
A hidden cycle traps Christian men and women in a repetitive course of porn use and private confession. The answers most ministry leaders offer fail to free the ensnared. It is not enough to say the local church has a hidden porn problem. Church leaders deserve a...
503 | Growth After Loss: A Positive and Empowering Model to Facilitate Healing and Resilience in Treatment
Loss frequently catapults individuals into a negative space. In this workshop, licensed mental health professionals and ministry leaders will learn to utilize Switch Theory to empower clients to move toward a positive space using therapeutic activities. These...
504 | Dialectical Behavioral Therapy to Treat Adolescents with Suicidal Ideation and Non-suicidal Self Injury
This presentation aims to educate licensed mental health professionals on how Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) can be utilized to treat suicidal ideation and non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents. Current research findings on the use of DBT in treating suicidal...