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CONFERENCE INTENSIVES

090: Comprehensive Biblical-Clinical Theory of Change: Targeted Treatment Strategies Based on Client Issue and Need 6 credit hours Continuing Education Accreditations applicable to this workshop: APA, ASWB, NBCC, IBCC, NAADAC, Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling Level: Intermediate David King, DSW Indiana Wesleyan University

4. Identify and explain key biblical terms (sin, repentance, confession, infirmities) and their importance for effectively integrating Christian faith and counseling practice 5. Summarize and explain key spiritual factors in a compre hensive biblical-clinical theory of change and their relevance to counseling practice 6. Discuss two case examples and apply a comprehensive biblical-clinical theory of change to engaging, assessing, and identifying interventions for clients’ specific issues and needs 091: Relational and Attachment Trauma: Issues, Interventions, and Techniques 6 credit hours Continuing Education Accreditations applicable to this workshop: APA, ASWB, NBCC, IBCC, NAADAC, Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling Continuing Medical Education Accreditations applicable to this workshop: AMA PRA Category 1 Credits, AOA Category 2A Credits, Georgia Nurses Association, AAFP Level: Advanced Summary Individuals exposed to early relational and attachment trau ma often experience a range of maltreatment from primary caregivers, including both acts of omission and commis sion. Acts of omission involve psychological and emotional neglect, such as a lack of warmth, sensitivity, and availability. Acts of commission include physical and sexual abuse (high grade trauma), but also emotional abuse and psychological insults—repeated put-downs, demeaning comments, ma nipulation, and rejection (low-grade trauma). Psychologists, licensed mental health professionals, and medical person nel will analyze how these traumatic experiences have last ing effects, leading to three primary consequences: signifi cant difficulties with emotion regulation, pervasive fear and avoidance in relationships, and developmental failures in mentalization, which is the ability to understand and pre dict one’s own and others’ mental states. This training will assess the latest research on the impact of relational and at tachment trauma. It will also introduce five core, evidence based treatment modules adapted from the Unified Protocol and Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP) to address these debilitating symptoms. Learning Objectives 1. Recognize key findings of the impact of relational and at tachment trauma on brain development, emotional regula tion, interpersonal fear and avoidance, and mentalization 2. Examine a transdiagnostic framework for understanding how relational and attachment trauma can lead to a broad array of psychological disorders, from chronic depression and anxiety to PTSD, dissociative disorders, and various per sonality disorders Gary Sibcy, Ph.D. Liberty University

Ron Hawkins, Ed.D., D.Min. American Association of Christian Counselors

Mercy Connors, Ph.D. American Association of Christian Counselors

Summary All mental health professionals are guided by theories of change and their corresponding assumptions about the source of problems and their solutions to help clients (Faija et al., 2023; McMinn, 2012; Moore et al., 2015). To remain true to their faith, Christian mental health professionals choose to maintain a comprehensive theory of change that allows them to ethically engage all clients while uphold ing their biblical beliefs (King, Connors & Hawkins, 2024). Unfortunately, faith-based mental health professionals fre quently lack formal training in integrating faith, theory, and practice and must instead rely on personal experience and other sources of education (Husain & Sherr, 2015; Moffatt & Oxhandler, 2018). In this workshop, psychologists, licensed mental health professionals, and ministry leaders will learn about a comprehensive biblical theory of change and model for clinical decision-making that will allow them to ethically integrate their faith and practice while effectively helping Christian and non-Christian clients achieve change. Partici pants will also be able to identify key biblical terms and how mental health professionals can utilize them in a clinical set ting. Finally, participants will be given two case examples to apply the biblical theory of change and learn how to target treatment strategies based on clients’ issues and needs. Learning Objectives 1. Describe a biblical-clinical comprehensive theory of change for clinical mental health practice 2. Utilize a comprehensive biblical-clinical theory of change to assess counseling theories and identify interventions in counseling practice 3. Compare a comprehensive biblical-clinical theory of change with non-faith-based theories of change and discuss ethical implications for practice

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