2024 National Program_LR

SPECIALIZATION INTENSIVES

Eric Johnson, Ph.D. Christian Psychology Institute

tion-Focused Therapy, and ACT—into a decision-making SPEARS model that facilitates a patient’s understanding of, and incorporates, their Judeo-Christian spiritual belief system into healthy ego-syntonic decisions 8. Describe the positive role of uncomfortable emotions on decision-making so patients can more readily identify, tolerate, and manage their uncomfortable emotions and channel them for transformational gain 9. Understand and translate to patients how Pavlovian, or classical conditioning, distorts what is stored in a patient’s unconscious space, thus causing unhealthy decisions 10. Define neuroplasticity, then teach patients a simple model revealing the integrated relationships between spiri tual beliefs, psychological decision-making processes, and brain circuitry that they can apply to everyday life 060. Christ-centered Narrative Therapy in Treating Trauma Approved for 12 CEs for Licensed Professionals Counselors, Li censed Marriage and Family Therapists, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, and Chemical Dependency Counselors Approved for 12 IBCC CEs for Pastors, Pastoral Counselors, Teach ers, and Coaches Level: Intermediate

Nicolene Joubert, Ph.D. Houston Christian University

Summary: Narrative therapy is a more recent approach that provides a unique therapeutic context for clients to tell their life sto ries and reflect on their experiences. In Christian therapy, one’s story can be recontextualized in a relationship with Christ and His involvement with us. Ganzevoort (cited in Klaasen, 2020) claims that a story not only conveys information but also lends itself to analysis and interpre tation. Life stories are almost universally woven together with identity, social and cultural contexts, personal agency, moral dynamics, and religious traditions. In this workshop, psychologists, licensed mental health professionals, and ministry leaders will learn about Christ-centered narrative therapy and how trauma narratives are analyzed and inter-

COUNSELING | COACHING | RECOVERY | MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

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