Julie Lowe walks through how to use an information gathering tool that will help you work with children. Counselors who expect those they counsel to be able to talk about what they are going through can unwittingly misfire with children. “Seeing Relationships through the Eyes of a Child” seeks to remedy a common failure.
Julie Lowe reviews a book on how to identify sex offenders and set up effective barriers against predatory behavior. The subject matter is daunting. But the need for understanding and action is real. Sexual predation frequently occurs in churches and other 'safe' places, as this book discusses and as current events make plain.
Counselors must be aware of how adopted children interpret their worlds. When adults understand these interpretations, they can respond more appropriately. Allowing the adopted child to ask questions about the natural parents without feeling hurt or anger is only part of the answer. The Redemptive view of adoption points out that we are all adopted children. Human adoption redeems broken lives of children; godly adoption redeems our brokenness and sinfulness.
Is a spouse’s personal growth and satisfaction contingent upon the condition of the marriage? We will take a look at how a spouse can personally thrive, love and live in a godly manner, despite a marriage that is under duress.
How do you contribute to the change process? How is love conversational-relational? Right at the center of God’s purpose, is our becoming constructively helpful.
Fear can paralyze children and impede their ability to function. Gain knowledge on how we teach children to turn to Christ and find peace in the midst of a frightening world.
Everyone is bombarded with the message that physical beauty is paramount. The price for flawlessness is often steep - eating disorders, body dysmorphia, self-hatred, and the like. Learn how to stop listening to other voices and turn instead to our Creator to define your value and identity.
Parents often hesitate when it comes to this question. Our tendency is to ignore, minimize, teach anatomy or change the topic. How can parents be proactive in teaching children a redemptive view of sex before the world teaches them otherwise? What does a redemptive view look like? We'll discuss what it would look like to foster honest conversations with children and how to encourage on-going dialog in regard to sex and relationships.
People have always struggled with identity. We tend to evaluate ourselves by distorted standards, misreading value and stigma. In a culture that glamorizes physical appearance and ‘image’, that struggle often centers on what you look like, on your fitness, youthfulness and sexual attractiveness. Body image distortions and obsessions used to be seen as a “women’s problem,” but men are increasingly affected. This workshop will look at ‘body dysmorphia’, and at the anxiety, depression and envy that perpetuate such destruction in lives and relationships.
