2024 National Program_LR

PLENARIES

Friday, October 11th | 4:00 – 6:00 PM 085. Healing the Person Underneath the Symptom Approved for 0.50 IBCC CE Credits

Saturday, October 12th | 10:00 – 11:45 AM 087. The Road Forward: Religious Liberty in Mental

Healthcare and Education Approved for 0.50 IBCC CE Credits

John Townsend, Ph.D., engages with lead ers, organizations, and individuals around the globe, offering life-changing solutions to their challenges. He and his organizations pro vide team and executive coaching, corporate consulting, and conference presentations. Dr. Townsend also coaches leaders, families, and family businesses and has a limited concierge coaching practice. He founded the fully ac credited Townsend Institute for Leadership and Counseling at Concordia University Irvine, offering master’s degrees and certificates in Organizational Leadership, Executive Coach ing, and Counseling, as well as a Ph.D. program in Counseling Supervision and Education. Dr. Townsend founded the Townsend Leadership Program, a team-based holistic entity that de velops leaders in the U.S. and Canada. He has personally trained the TLP Directors, who fo cus on the leaders’ necessary tasks and people skills. Dr. Townsend and his team have created the Townsend Personal and Relational Assess ment Tool, a 10-minute online, research-prov en, and validated instrument that measures an individual’s internal character capacities. He co-hosted the nationally syndicated talk show “New Life Live” with three million listeners for more than 20 years. Dr. Townsend is active with several service organizations and boards. He, his wife, Barbi, and their grown family live in California and Texas. One of his hobbies is playing in his and his sons’ band, “The Ban dits,” for parties and venues! Daniel Amen, M.D., aims to end mental ill ness by creating a revolution in brain health. He is a physician, child and adult psychiatrist, award-winning researcher, and brain imag ing pioneer. Dr. Amen is the founder of Amen Clinics, which has the world’s largest database of brain scans for psychiatry, totaling more than 250,000 SPECT scans of patients from 155 countries. He is the author of 20 national best-selling books, including Change Your Brain, Change Your Life , The Daniel Plan , and his latest, Raising Mentally Strong Kids.

Kelly J. Shackelford, Esq., is President and Chief Executive Officer of First Liberty Institute. Mr. Shackelford is a constitutional scholar who has argued before the United States Supreme Court, testified before the U.S. House and Senate, and has won numer ous landmark First Amendment and reli gious liberty cases, including three landmark religious liberty victories in the U.S. Supreme Court—Kennedy v. Bremerton, Carson v. Makin, and American Legion v. America Humanist Association. He was named one of the 25 Greatest Texas Lawyers of the past quarter century by Texas Lawyer and the recipient of the prestigious William Bentley Ball Award for Life and Religious Freedom Defense for his leadership and pioneer ing work protecting religious freedom. Mr. Shackelford is on the Board of Trustees of the United States Supreme Court Historical Society. He has been featured in the National Law Journal , Associated Press, The New York Times , The Washington Times , the Los Angeles Times , and many others. He was an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Texas Law School and graduated cum laude from Baylor University (1985) and Baylor Law School (1988) with the highest unadjusted GPA in his graduating class. Darryl Strawberry is described as a legend by many who have been dazzled by the dynam ics of his game, the power he possessed at the plate, and the story of redemption that con tinues to bring hope to so many lives. He has earned legendary nicknames and phrases as one of the most feared home run hitters in the game of baseball—Straw’s Sweet Swing, Strawberry’s Field Forever, and The Leg endary Straw Man! Today, Darryl’s purpose and passion is serving the Lord Jesus Christ by speaking a message of hope and help ing others transform their lives through the power of the Gospel.

088. Walk by Faith Approved for 0.50 IBCC CE Credits

086. Lessons from 250,000 Brain Scans Approved for 0.50 IBCC CE Credits

2024 AACC

MEGA NATIONAL CHRISTIAN COUNSELING CONFERENCE

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