Psychologists, licensed mental health professionals, medical professionals, and ministry leaders serve crucial roles in the mental health of willing children, adolescents, and their families. From the perspective of the “World of the Child,” this session explores a...
Licensed Professional Counselors
617 | Are ADHD and Dementia Connected? The Research and Therapeutic Implications
Very few studies have explored the similarities between ADHD and Neurocognitive Disorders (Dementia). If current research findings show a comorbid connection, the ramifications could alter how participants view these two diagnoses in a therapeutic setting. This...
618 | Trauma-based Dissociation and Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) Dysregulation in Eating-disordered Populations
Trauma is associated with greater comorbidity in eating-disordered populations. A significant percentage of eating-disordered clients manifest extreme dissociative and personality-disordered symptoms related to sex abuse. These symptoms impede therapeutic gain and...
619 | Bounce: Faith-based Tools to Build Resilience in a Stressed, Anxious, and Traumatized World
Resilience is the goal of many clients who desire to thrive amid the circumstances and challenges that keep them stuck; however, psychologists, licensed mental health and medical professionals, and ministry leaders do not often think about their own resilience. The...
620 | Using Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) to Access the Spiritual Core of BIPOC Clients and Facilitate Recovery from Racial Trauma
For licensed mental health professionals, accessing the spiritual core of the self is underutilized in psychotherapeutic practice (Captari et al., 2018). In this workshop, the presenter will present spirituality from a Christian worldview highlighting cultural...
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....
622 | What Do I Do Now? Counseling Ethically When You Are Sexually Attracted to a Client
Approximately 70% of mental health professionals have experienced sexual attraction toward a client, and around 3% have had a sexual relationship with a client. Given the nature of counseling, perhaps it is surprising that sexual relationships do not occur even more...
623 | Engaging the Latino Population: Culturally Sensitive Counseling for Couples and Families
In 2022, 62.6 million of the U.S. population identified as Latino, and it is expected to climb to 119 million by 2060. Many licensed mental health professionals, medical professionals, and ministry leaders will likely provide services to this population during their...
701 | Intimate Partner Violence and Coercive Control: Assessment and Treatment Using an Embodied Approach
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is consistently defined as any form of physically, sexually, or psychologically abusive behavior as part of a systematic pattern of power and control perpetuated by one romantic partner against another (NCADV, 2022). Coercive control is...
702 | Reclaiming Sexual Wholeness: An Integrative Christian Approach to Sexual Addiction Treatment
The indelible impact of the pandemic can be seen quite visibly in many facets of the mental health world, such as increased anxiety levels, depressive disorders, and even deaths of despair. The deconstruction of the Christian faith in the West became more prominent,...