This presentation is for licensed mental health professionals and ministry leaders helping caretakers navigate the ins and outs of managing either anticipatory or current grief due to the loss of loved ones while simultaneously facing the challenges of supporting and...
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516 | Jesus as Therapist: The Immanuel Approach for Resolving Psychological Trauma
The Immanuel Approach helps licensed mental health professionals and ministry leaders apply several simple brain science principles to help their willing Christian clients establish an interactive, contingent connection with the living, tangible presence of Jesus and...
520 | Transforming Triggers of Self-Shame into Reminders of Irrevocable Acceptance
“I know Jesus has forgiven me, but I can’t get past what I’ve done.” How many times have clinicians heard this? Christian clients unable to move beyond allowing their sin to define them can remain stuck in past failures, despite Christ’s complete forgiveness. Focusing...
406 | True Enjoyment: Married Women and Sexual Satisfaction through the Life Cycle
When it comes to sexual intimacy, unexpected factors often get in the way of a healthy and fulfilling marital sex life. Many of those factors have to do with things outside of the act of sex. It is essential for licensed mental health practitioners to have a thorough...
407 | The Dream Home: Essential Techniques for Helping Couples Increase Marital Intimacy
The divorce rate in the U.S. continues to be high (Perry, 2018; Stepler, 2017). Life coaches, pastors, pastoral counselors, or lay counselors can play a significant role in helping couples increase marital intimacy, strengthen their marriages, and avoid divorce...
408 | Post-traumatic Growth: Becoming Better, Not Bitter, from Betrayal Trauma
Many licensed mental health professionals often talk about post-traumatic stress symptoms following traumatic life events, but few think about the possibility of post-traumatic growth (PTG)—the positive ways our clients can be transformed by trauma. Yet this is...
409 | Life Mapping: A Powerful Biblical Tool for Moving Families and Youth from Stuck to a Special Future
There is so much chaos and confusion in today’s world today. So many families and young people are stuck in unhealthy loops and despairing of any kind of positive future. So many are asking, “Where do I go from here?” LifeMapping® is a biblically based tool to use...
411 | Put Down Your Sword: Disarming Angry People
Many of the best minds in Christian counseling are attending to the critical issues of abuse and trauma. While that research flourishes, ministry leaders do not want to neglect the age-old human struggles, especially the problem of anger, which is a prominent...
412 | Practical Tools to Help Clients Have a Healing Encounter with God
Moving the client from talking about God to experiencing God is difficult for many ministry leaders. In this workshop, participants will explore practical tools that shift the focus from talking about God in session to facilitating encounters with God in session. As...
413 | Flourishing in Ministry: Research and Practices that Cultivate Well-being in Christian Leadership
The Flourishing in Ministry study is a research project focused on the well-being of clergy and their families. For over a decade, the presenter has done research with more than 15,000 clergies from a broad spectrum of Christian traditions, examining what motivates...