2024 National Program_LR

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS

019. Implicit Bias and Cultural Competency in Mental Healthcare Approved for 3 CEs for Psychologists, Licensed Professional Coun selors, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, and Chemical Dependency Counselors Approved for 3 CMEs for Medical Doctors, Osteopathic Physicians, and Physician Assistants Approved for 3 CEUs for Nurses and Nurse Practitioners Approved for 3 IBCC CEs for Pastors, Pastoral Counselors, Lay Counselors, and Coaches Level: Intermediate

020. Best Practices for Mental and Emotional Health Coaching Approved for 3 IBCC CEs for Pastors, Pastoral Counselors, Lay Counselors, and Coaches Level: Intermediate

Sylvia Hart Frejd, D.Min. Thrive in Life Counseling & Coaching

Catherine Hart Weber, Ph.D. Flourish Center for Wellbeing

Mark Crear, Ph.D. AACC

Summary: The mental and emotional health coaching field is an emerging niche aiming to boost holistic well-being and relationships to thrive and flourish in a more rewarding life, even in challenging times. Due to increasing challenges that range from technology, uncertainty, social concerns, loneliness, stress, anxiety, depression, and more, many people express feeling stuck, disoriented, and overwhelmed with their thoughts, feelings, and emotions. In this pre conference workshop, participants will explore how mental and emotional health affects how clients think, feel, and act, determining how they handle stress, relate to others, and make healthy lifestyle choices. Participants will discover how to partner with clients to learn effective skills, strategies, and techniques to assist them in reaching mental health goals that help them identify, control, and manage negative thought patterns and cultivate healthy habits of the mind, which is essential to build mental and emotional resilience. Participants will also discover how to increase emotional health by developing a healthy theology of emotions, greater mindfulness, self-awareness, insight, and self-regulation. Participants will explore practical tools to better manage difficult emotions, process grief and loss, and cultivate positive spirit emotions. 1. Examine ways to aid clients in building mental and emotional resilience by developing the inner strength, self-awareness, and mindfulness necessary to be equipped to manage and overcome life’s challenges and process grief and loss 2. Utilize skills and techniques necessary for clients to understand and overcome negative thought patterns, get unstuck, and improve and maintain healthy habits of the mind 3. Develop within the client a positive, proactive mindset focusing on taking action and achieving goals for a flour Learning Objectives Participants will:

Elias Moithino, Ph.D. Liberty University

Summary: The U.S. continues to grow as an ethnic and culturally diverse nation. While this growing ethnic and cultural diversity enriches our country, it has also created many challenges, particularly for psychologists, licensed mental health professionals, ministry leaders, and coaches. From a faith-based perspective in Monotheistic religions, due to their sinful nature, all people are prone to hold inaccurate views of others. These potential biases influence how men tal health caregivers of any level of training interact with and provide services to their clients. Therefore, developing multicultural competencies has become essential for deliv ering effective mental health services to a multiethnic and culturally diverse society. Thus, this workshop will iden tify sociocultural challenges and opportunities in mental healthcare in the U.S., help participants become aware of implicit bias, and describe multicultural competen cies required by professional ethics codes within a biblical worldview. 1. Identify current sociocultural challenges and opportuni ties in mental healthcare given the U.S. changing demo graphics 2. Examine implicit bias and its effects on mental health care 3. Describe multicultural competencies in mental health care as described by professional ethics codes within a biblical worldview Learning Objectives Participants will:

COUNSELING | COACHING | RECOVERY | MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

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