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MORNING PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS

024: Father Wounds: Helping Those Hurt by Their Earthly Father Connect and Heal with Their Heavenly Father 3 credit hours Continuing Education Accreditations applicable to this workshop: ASWB, NBCC, IBCC, Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling Level: Beginner Michele Watson Canfield, Ph.D. The Abba Project

025: Worship, Awe, and Dynamic Spiritual Freedom in Christian Mental Health 3 credit hours Continuing Education Accreditations applicable to this workshop: APA, ASWB, NBCC, IBCC, Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling Education Continuing Education Accreditations for those holding a School Counselor Certificate: ACSI Level: Intermediate Joshua Knabb, Psy.D. California Baptist University Summary In the past two decades, psychologists have increasingly explored the emotion of awe, both theoretically (Keltner & Haidt, 2003) and empirically (Jiang et al., 2024). While defi nitions vary, awe is typically characterized by three core elements: the experience of vastness and wonder, the in ability to assimilate this experience into existing schemas, requiring a shift in perspective, and gratitude (Bussing et al., 2018). As an emotion, awe may be evoked in response to three triggers, including cognitive (e.g., thinking about the number of stars in the Milky Way), sensory/physical (e.g., standing in front of the Statue of Liberty), and relational (e.g., witnessing an act of altruism; Keltner & Haidt, 2003). In this workshop, psychologists, licensed mental health professionals, pastors, and coaches will analyze the re search on awe as a psychological construct and how it plays a vital role in mental health, promoting greater meaning, purpose, and well-being by reducing self-preoccupation (Monroy & Keltner, 2023; Upenieks & Krause, 2022). Partici pants will also be able to identify awe’s role in therapy for promoting mental and spiritual health. Learning Objectives 1. Describe the awe literature in psychology, including defi nitions and research support for awe as a distinct psycho logical construct 2. Identify the role that awe can play in counseling and therapy for the promotion of mental and spiritual health, including common awe triggers (i.e., cognitive, physical/ sensory, relational) 3. Recognize how awe, situated within faith-based wor shipfulness and applied to all of life, can be utilized to pro mote psychological and spiritual health when working with faith-based clients in counseling and therapy

Ken Canfield, Ph.D. The National Center for Fathering The National Association of Grandparenting

Summary Both men and women are profoundly affected by the exam ple of their natural fathers or father figures, for good and bad, which influences multiple aspects of their lives, especially the spiritual dimension for faith-based clients. Process ing earthly father wounds—absence, abuse, and abandon ment—is foundational in a Judeo-Christian context since God disclosed Himself as a Father to displace the insidious nature of another father, the “father of lies.” This relentless conflict between a loving Heavenly Father and evil is com plicated by the influence of the earthly father’s impact on the client’s view of God. This presentation will provide proven strategies to identify individual wounds and voids result ing from father injuries. Assessing for these father wounds and experiential interventions will be presented to address the dynamics of unresolved father issues, as well as devel op a clearer understanding of the Heavenly Father’s nature and the power of forgiveness to move forward. Designed for coaches and ministry leaders, this session equips partici pants with effective tools to enhance their ability to facilitate healing, hope, freedom, and flourishing in those they serve. Learning Objectives 1. Identify specific father wounds, voids, losses, and lies ex perienced by clients and develop multiple tools for assess ing fathering impact with pathways for classifying, clarifying, and resolving fathering issues 2. Integrate spiritual principles and biblical foundations to enhance faith-based clients’ understanding of God as their Heavenly Father 3. Apply experiential techniques for equipping clients to ad dress father wounds and move toward healing, hope, free dom, and flourishing

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