Speaker Schedule & Topics
("Hybrid" Room 3 will be Streamed)
Friday, October 11, 2024
- Welcome from Lynett Glass and Keynote: 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Emory Amphitheatre Hybrid: Deborah Haskins “Finding Grace and Beauty in Brokenness: Healing Psychological and Spiritual Wounds from Adversity, Trauma and Loss for Practitioners, Clients, and Community Members”
- Workshop Series I: 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Room 1 (Hickory): Melissa Lemons “Tapping: For the Client and Counselor's Well-being”
Room 2 (Basswood): Special Happenings
Room 3 (Mountain Laurel) Hybrid: David S Thornton “Global Forgiveness”
- Lunch: 12:30 - 1:30 PM
- Workshop Series II: 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
Room 1 (Hickory): John A. King and Kristy Ford “Christian Worldview in Counselor Education”
Room 2 (Basswood): Special happenings
Room 3 (Mountain Laurel) Hybrid: Dr. Melody A. Thompson “Living Fully: The Complexities of Authenticity in Christian Leaders and Their Families”
- Workshop Series III: 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM
Room 1 (Hickory): John A. King “Death, Life, and Ministry: Christian Theology and Practitioner Identity”
Room 2 (Basswood): Rosalind Caldwell Stanley “Healing of the Soul Ministry - Rejection (HOSM - Rejection)”
Room 3 (Mountain Laurel) Hybrid: Bridget Piggue “Respecting Our Body Knowledge as a Healing and Liberative Practice”
- Community Reception: 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: Hickory
- Evening Keynote Continued: 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Emory Amphitheatre Hybrid: Deborah Haskins “Finding Grace and Beauty in Brokenness: Healing Psychological and Spiritual Wounds from Adversity, Trauma and Loss for Practitioners, Clients, and Community Members”
Saturday, October 12, 2024
- Workshop Series IV: 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room 1 (Hickory): John A. King “Help Me, I’m Stuck: Using the Conceptual Mapping Task as a Dynamic Counseling and Supervision Tool for Trainees and Seasoned Counselors”
Room 3 (Mountain Laurel) Hybrid: Douglas M. Thorpe “Rebuilding the Sound Relationship House: Helping Couples Heal and Forgive After An Affair”
- Workshop Series V: 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Room 1 (Hickory): Elaina Taze Smith "Can You Walk With Me Some?": Offerings from Pastoral Care and Chaplaincy for Liberation-Based Care for People Experiencing Homelessness
Room 3 (Mountain Laurel) Hybrid: Rebeca Brau Martinez “Epistemic Justice in Clinical Therapy”
- Lunch: 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
- Workshop Series VI: 12:45 PM - 3:00 PM
Room 1 (Hickory): Ryan Fraser & Brady W. Wilkes “Collaborating with Clients to Facilitate Psycho-Spiritual Liberation from Porn Addiction (Ethics)”
Room 2 (Basswood): Natolie Gray Warren “Breathing Like It Matters: Unlocking the Power of Breath for Holistic Well-being”
Room 3 (Mountain Laurel) Hybrid: David Harris “Working with clients on Zoom: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful-Ugly”
- Workshop Series VII: 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM
Room 1 (Hickory): Anita A. Neuer Colburn “Spiritual Integration in Clinical Supervision”
Room 2 (Basswood): Bruce Rogers-Vaughn “Psychotherapy Has Become a Weapon of the Neoliberal State”
Room 3 (Mountain Laurel) Hybrid: Maureen Jenci Shelton “Drinking As You Pour: Utilizing CBCT* to Support the Wellbeing and Spirituality of the Practitioner through the Cultivation of Compassion”
- Toast & Jam: 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Room: Hickory
Sunday, October 13, 2024
- Breakfast & Workshop 9:00 AM - Noon
Room 3 (Mountain Laurel) Hybrid: Natolie Gray Warren “Harnessing Intuition in Clinical Practice: A Path to Psycho-Spiritual Liberation”