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CURRENT PRESENTATIONS & SEMINARS LISTED BELOW
1. 1. Living with an emotionally unavailable mate 2. Integrating Faith Based Principles with Clinical Mental Health Issues: A Christian Approach for Improving Treatment Outcomes 3. Developing healthy relationships 4. Finding the Joy of Christ in a Hurting World
Ideal for: Therapists, marriage and family counselors, psychologists, clergy, general public, mental health clinics, church groups Cost: To be arranged Availability: Advance scheduling Length of presentation: Hour, half day, or day long seminars (Pending topic)
Scan down to learn more about each presentation topic:
1. Living with an emotionally unavailable mate
Program Description: When one partner in a marriage is emotionally unavailable or distant, their mate exists in a world of loneliness and disappointment, desperately looking to therapists to fix the problem. Traditional therapy based on talking about feelings is an ineffective intervention for emotionally-suppressed clients who are unable to identify or disclose emotions during the therapy session. Treating emotionally distant marriages typically results in an unsuccessful therapeutic outcome with the unemotional mate dropping out of treatment. This can leave the therapist in the frustrating position of coping with the spouse who feels helpless and believes therapy has failed. Treating marriages where one partner is emotionally distant can be one of the most challenging hurdles therapists face -- until now. Craig A. Miller, MSW, CSW, ACSW, therapist and author, shares his systematic approach and the latest medicinal remedies to successfully treat couples in emotionally distant relationships by making drastic changes in how each mate emotionally and physically relate to restore the love, respect, and fulfillment for both partners. Seminar participants will learn how to:
Learning Objectives: Participants completing this course will be able to:
a. Understand the mind and behaviors of their unemotional mate b. Change how they respond emotionally and physically to their unemotional mate c. Learn how NOT to live with their mate’s stubborn and selfish attitudes d. Learn how to change their emotionally distant mate, without losing their own heart and mind in the process e. Recognize warning signs for escalation of mind games and abuse f. Cope effective with mind games, defensiveness, and blaming g. Make radical changes when the unemotional mate is unwilling to change
a. Quickly develop rapport that encourages clients to willingly engage in treatment b. Creating motivation to change c. Getting the emotionally unavailable mate to emotionally relate d. Getting an unwilling and stubborn, emotionally distant mate to change
a. Obstacles to emotional closeness b. Communicating without arguing and defensiveness c. Redefining healthy relationships for the emotionally distant couple
2. Integrating Faith Based Principles with Clinical Mental Health Issues: A Christian Approach for Improving Treatment Outcomes
Learning Objectives:
Faith in Clinical Practice How faith impacts clinical practice Importance of faith and the healing process Origins and impact of our belief system Stages of faith development
• Faith Principles for professional growth Faith as a foundation for personal growth Strengthening professional life When faith is discouraged where you work Making a difference in your work setting
• Interweaving Faith in Christian and non-Christian settings Professional practice standards regarding religion and spirituality in the work place Learn about your client’s faith respectfully How to open the door to a client’s faith Using faith/prayer as a mode of treatment Case examples provided
• Clinical Effectiveness of Prayer Research regarding prayer Using prayer respectively How to open the door to use prayer Using prayer to improve outcomes Reasons why prayers are hindered How to hear God’s “small voice” Prayer support for the clinician Case examples provided
• Clinical Effectiveness of Forgiveness Research regarding forgiveness How unforgiveness impedes healing Turn around an unforgiving heart Techniques to forgive self, God, and others
• When Religion Becomes Hurtful Characteristics of toxic faith Characteristics of abusive churches Origin of toxic faith and religious shame Distorting God and God’s Word Damage to your heart, mind, and faith Interventions for healing Case examples provided · Integrate Faith in Treatment Struggling with expressing emotions How suppressed emotions cause emotional and physical illness Releasing unhealthy emotions Learning to express healthy emotions Techniques to improve communication Case examples provided Uncover past emotional issues Steps to healing damaged emotions Using healing prayers Case examples provided
• Building Positive Attitudes and Self-worth Creating strong relationships with clients Reframe self perception Motivating client to stay in treatment
• Spiritual Battles Identifying spiritual battles How to deal with spiritual battles Difference between clinical depression and spiritual oppression Case examples provided
• Dealing with Faith Misconceptions How faith misconceptions impede counseling Earthly/Heavenly parent principles Origin of misconceptions Working with misconceptions: I am not acceptable or not good enough God is someone to fear If I use my feelings I am not relying on my faith.
3. Developing healthy relationships
In this seminar you will learn: 1. How does a man and woman communicate his and her feelings differently? 2. How to communicate feelings when you are hurt and angry. 3. How much do my feelings affect the ability to find and maintain healthy relationships. (Why do I have a hard time getting close to people and to God?) 4. How to express your feelings in a relationship that discourages your feelings. 6. What is disrespect and how do you handle disrespect from others. 7. How to encourage your spouse to communicate their feelings. 8. Maintaining healthy relationships – spouse, friends, children, and God. 9. Other selected topics of your choice.
4. Finding the Joy of Christ in a Hurting World Overcoming the struggle to feel good about life by discovering the love, peace, and joy that Christ offers!
Ideal for: Church pulpit supply for AM or PM worship services This multimedia presentation gives a message of hope and spiritual healing through scripture, music, congregation participation, visual props, and helpful techniques. Learn to overcome the fear to say what you want, let go of emotional hurts, find satisfaction in relationships (even with God), find the joy of Christ, and feel good about yourself! Hear valuable insights, powerful case testimonies, inspiring scriptures, and helpful techniques to overcome the fear to say what you want, let go of emotional hurts, find satisfaction in relationships, find the joy of Christ, and feel good about yourself! This inspirational message based on God’s Word is for teens through older adults who desire to find victory from the daily struggles of life to experience the love, peace, and joy that God has to offer.
In this seminar you will learn: Learning how to feel good about life and experience the inner joy that Jesus has to offer? 1. Why our God given emotions are so important. 2. What would happen if I don’t express my feelings? 3. Or can holding in feelings over time be harmful to my emotional/physical health? 4. If God gave us our emotions, what stops us from feeling them? 5. How does our past influence us with our reactions? (Reactions of anger, fear, anxiety, or depression) 6. As a Christian, are we suppose to have anger, fear, or anxiety? (Some people believe you are not depending on God if you experience those feelings.) 7. How can we change to find and maintain the inner joy that God really wants us to experience?
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