Search Results for: sexual+abuse
518 – Improving Client Outcomes: Collaboration between Counselor, Church, and Focused Support Groups
Media Format: Audio CD
By ADAM WITTCOP, 5 years ago
501 – Preparing the Church to Help: Training Congregations to Assist Those in Crisis and Trauma Recovery
Media Format: Audio CD
By ADAM WITTCOP, 5 years ago
PRESIDENT'S REPORT
Spring 2019 President’s Update
Dear AACC Member: It is hard to believe spring is almost upon us. From our AACC headquarters in the beautiful mountains of Virginia, we are grateful for the visual reminders of hope and growth that the season will bring. Our small, but dedicated, team has been extremely busy preparing for our 2019 event schedule. There […]
By DJONES, 5 years ago
IBCC Credential Types
IBCC Credential Types BOARD OF CHRISTIAN PROFESSIONAL & PASTORAL COUNSELORS (BCPPC) Board Certified Biblical Counselor (BCBC) Basic Requirements: Identify and practice as a lay Christian counselor – small group facilitators, church-based lay counselors, hospice workers, registered nurses, bachelor level social workers, substance abuse counselors, group home workers, etc., who are engaged in significant counseling/caregiving ministry. […]
By JEVAN FLEENOR, 5 years ago
NEW AACC ARTICLES
Embracing the Pain
Steve Wright, MA, LCPC, RDDP Betty (not her name) is a 25-year old who has been through too much in her life. An uncle raped her when she was 12, and her mom didn’t believe her when she told her. Betty’s life took a very dark turn after that. She stopped believing she was […]
By AACC, 6 years ago
Christian Counseling Today Magazine
A quarterly four-color magazine that focuses on issues facing today’s Christian counselors. Intellectually stimulating, academically sound, psychologically accurate, and biblically solid, the magazine features interviews with Christian counseling leaders and articles on such relevant topics as marriage and family counseling, spirituality, abuse, pastoral care, lay helping, sexual conflicts, the church as a healing community, and […]
By THE AACC, 6 years ago
PRACTICE POINT
The Case for Faith: Celebrating Hope in Mental Health Care
Eric Scalise, Ph.D. & Tim Clinton, Ed.D. Spirituality is mysterious, but real. It has offered countless millions a place of refuge, solace, comfort, hope and a deeper sense of purpose and meaning—especially in times of tragedy or crisis where grief and despair crouch at the doorstep of the soul seeking to rob a person […]
By AACC, 6 years ago
RECENT RESEARCH
She Sits Alone: Helping Survivors of Domestic Violence
Molly-Catherine K. Goodson, M.A., Esq. She sits alone . . . in a dark room, curled up with a blanket, because if the lights are on she will see her bruises. She sits alone . . . crying, wondering if the physical pain will ever be as bad as the heartache and the emotional […]
By DJONES, 6 years ago
RECENT RESEARCH
Counselor and Medical Malpractice: Case Study with Risk Management Strategies
Counselor and Medical Malpractice: Case Study with Risk Management Strategies Presented by HPSO and CNA Case Study: Failure to follow the standard of care; failure to maintain clinical competencies; failure to protect a client’s private and confidential information Medical malpractice claims may be asserted against any healthcare practitioner, including counselors. This case […]
By DJONES, 6 years ago
RECENT RESEARCH
#MeToo: An Interview with Kristin Canan – Part 3
Kristin Canan, LMSW, interviewed by Michaela Williams Michaela: I know you do a lot of crisis intervention work, so within your experiences in that do you see many people coming to you after experiencing sexual abuse? How do you handle experiencing this day after day? Kristin: I experience survivors coming to me for […]