Traumatized adolescents need a therapeutic experience that is physically, emotionally, and spiritually safe with a psychologist or other licensed mental health professional. The therapeutic distance and kinesthetic nature of sandtray therapy help them process...
Licensed Clinical Social Workers
006 | Practical, Evidence-based Interventions to Thrive Against Anxiety and Stress in Challenging Times
Many Americans are overwhelmed by prolonged stress and anxiety that impacts their mental health. Effective practices are needed to mitigate stress and resist anxiety. This workshop will present evidence-based interventions used to address stress and anxiety by...
007 | Zippers and Wallets: Helping Couples Navigate the Power Issues in Marriage
When is the issue, not the issue? When the issue is sex or money. Both hallmark causes of marriage conflict are seen frequently by licensed mental health professionals and ministry leaders, and both are commonly misunderstood as being too specialized (or too awkward)...
008 | Grace for the Children: Post COVID-19 Mental Health Disorders and Interventions
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that one in five children had a mental disorder; however, only about 20% of those children received care from a mental healthcare provider. Home from school and separated...
009 | Creating Stability in the Chaos: D.B.T. for Borderline Personality Disorder and Complex Trauma
Emotional and behavioral instability and chaos are hallmarks of borderline personality disorder. These difficulties may also be seen in those who struggle with complex trauma, especially early attachment trauma. As a result, deep characterological and trauma work is...
010 | Research on Faith-based Therapies: What you Need to Know to Have an Evidence-based Practice or Ministry
The focus of this workshop is on briefly reviewing the research on religion and mental health, discussing why evidence-based treatments in faith-based counseling are important, illustrating evidence-based faith-based therapies now being used, describing how to design,...
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...
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...
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...