Join faith leaders to learn about the “Christian’s Mental Health Survival Guide.” Three learning tracts are available.
The Faith Leader’s Survival Guide to Mental Health
Tract 1 – Hot Topics in Mental Health
- Brain and Behavior – Why do what we do and feel what we feel?
- Anxiety/Depression – Is it spiritual, circumstantial, or chemical?
- The Traumatized brain – What happens in the brain when there is trauma?
- The Addicted brain – How addictions begin, what the cycle is, and how to prevent relapse?
Tract 2 – The Nuts and Bolts of Counseling
- The Difference between pastoral care and counseling
- Empowering Lay Leaders to Make a Difference
- Types of Counseling – (EMDR/brainspotting/sandtray/experiential work)
- The Counseling Process from beginning to end
Tract 3 – All About Relationships
- Becoming the best version of you
- Communication – How to understand and be understood
- Conflict Resolution – Why do react in hurtful ways
- Care Cycle – How address the buttons and heal from them
Resources, Lunch and Guest Speaker Matthew Hoskinson, from New York City
