In the U.S., there are nearly 2,000 divorces per day. Furthermore, regardless of the denomination, 24% of married people who are active members of a church report struggling in their marriages, yet these struggles are wide and varying. In this workshop, licensed...
Thursday 9/14 8:45 – 10:00 AM
106 | Effectively Identifying and Treating Unconsummated Marriages: Healing for Those Suffering in Silence
The presenters will bring their almost 48 years of experience to the subject of identifying and treating unconsummated marriages and how they have become a safe resource and effective facilitators for couples who have suffered in silence with unconsummated marriages....
105 | Treating Betrayal Trauma, Sexual Abuse, and Toxic Shame in the New World
Sexual norms continue to change in today’s culture. Like menus aimed at “having it your way,” the Internet, social media, smartphones, and virtual sex at the click of a finger have created fast sexual fixes that are destroying families. Today’s pornography is steeped...
104 | Help! My Teen is Self-injuring: A Crisis Manual to Help Teens and Parents
Despite the increase in children and teenagers seeking mental health treatment, rates of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) are on the rise, with approximately one in seven teenagers having had an NSSI episode in the past 12 months. Though not directly correlated, NSSI...
103 | Stuck in the Pain: Evidence-based Strategies and Interventions in Treatment of Grief and Loss
Over the past several decades, evidence-based research has enabled psychologists, other mental health professionals, and ministry leaders to aim their interventions with the bereaved in a far more effective and knowledgeable manner than in the past. Although popular...
102 | What Works: Evidence-based Treatments for Substance-related Addictive Disorders
Over the past two decades, the addiction field has become increasingly evidence-based in its approach to treating problems on the addiction spectrum. From guided self-change to medical detoxification and medication-assisted treatment, evidence for “what works for whom...