Even the most connected and caring family systems often discover themselves stuck within maladaptive patterns of relating, which interfere with their feelings of attunement, safety, and satisfaction in their closest relationships. This workshop will examine how...
Social Work: Current Developments, Trends, and Best Practices
621 | Equine Assisted Therapy: Horses Inspiring Hope and Healing through Stories
The Arenas for Change (ARCH) framework is an intervention method based on and adapted from therapies and theories tested and supported by research, primarily social construction therapeutic approaches including narrative, collaborative, and solution-focused therapies....
521 | Healing the Inner Children: Using E.M.B.R.A.C.E. Parenting Strategies Within the Internal Family Systems Framework
Many people recognize that relationships are impacted by how a person was parented. What an individual received and did not receive from their parents affects their most important relationships: client relationships, family relationships, intimate relationships,...
421 | Social Services and the Church: Collaborating for the Safety of Children
This presentation will give ministry leaders and licensed mental health professionals specific and creative methods to bridge the gap between local social services and churches. When churches and social services work together for the common good of protecting...
321 | Addicted to You: The Role of Boundaries and 12-step Recovery in Treating Codependency
Amid the most devastating drug epidemic in history, a comprehensive strategy for treating families and loved ones of those suffering from substance use disorders is often neglected. Failing to treat the family and social systems of those battling substance abuse risks...
221 | Working Ethically with Clients and Agencies When You Have Ideological or Moral Differences
This workshop will explore strategies for Christian mental health professionals when engaging with clients, organizations, and stakeholders around difficult issues where orthodox Christian beliefs and values of the therapist conflict with client values. Use of the...
121 | The Body Bears the Burden: The Physical Consequences of Narcissistic and Emotional Abuse in Marriage
Our clients’ minds and bodies are connected. Too many mental health clinicians focus on treating the mind, forgetting to ask questions about the body. Thus, they are in danger of enabling a very destructive process instead of participating in powerful interventions....