As a Christian therapist on a mission to help marriages thrive, here are my picks for the best marriage books to read with your spouse. Happy reading!
Source: 5 Best Marriage Books for Christian Couples in 2020 – Live Deeply, Love Deeply
How Healthy Is Your Marriage?
Do you sometimes wonder whether your marriage is on the right track? Joy created The Marriage Fitness Test to help you find out!
Source: How Healthy Is Your Marriage? – Live Deeply, Love Deeply
Four Promises We All Long to Hear
Check out Joy’s new blog post:
Love is built on promises that are proven through action over time. There are many promises that strengthen love. Here are the most essential four.
Read More: Four Promises We All Long to Hear – Live Deeply, Love Deeply
Surviving Spirits Workshop
Surviving Spirits: Healing Trauma & Addiction with the Therapeutic Spiral Model
A Weekend for Personal Growth and/or Professional Development
Are you looking for the strength to overcome wounds from the past? Do you long for a sense of safety to be able to heal?
Joy will be serving on the Action Team of the Surviving Spirits Workshop led by Sylvia Israel, LMFT, RDT/BCT, TEP. The workshop will take place in San Rafael, November 10-12, 2017. You can find out more about the workshop here on the Bay Area Moreno Institute website.
A Tool of Recovery: (BA)HALT
Anthony’s latest blog post explains a practical tool for recovery. Check out the link below!
[Photo Credit: Halt by Maureen Didde. Used via Creative Commons License CC BY 2.0]
Healing Childhood Wounds Group Open for Enrollment
Healing Childhood Wounds is a confidential therapy group for adult survivors of childhood trauma led by Joy Wong Liu, MFT, and Gregory Burns, MFT Intern. We meet once per month on Saturdays for a 6-hour experiential workshop. This Fall, our group is moving to Livermore, and we are accepting new members! The dates of the Fall 2016 group are as follows:
- 9am – 4pm, Saturday, September 17, 2016
- 9am – 4pm, Saturday, October 15, 2016
- 9am – 4pm, Saturday, November 19, 2016
- 9am – 4pm, Saturday, December 17, 2016
This is 4-month closed group. Advance registration is required. Read additional information about the group here on Gregory’s website. Please contact Joy at (510) 999-6380 or Gregory at (925) 223-7228 to register or learn more.
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An Introduction to Internal Family Systems
In June, the Trauma Training Program at Christian Counseling Centers in Hayward will be offering “An Introduction to Internal Family Systems” led by Marilyn Hunt, LMFT. The workshop is for counselors and others who minister to trauma survivors.
- What: An Introduction to Internal Family Systems
- When: 12-2PM, Wednesday, June 8, 2016
- Where: Christian Counseling Centers’ Hayward Office (on the 2nd floor of Messiah Lutheran Church), 25400 Hesperian Blvd, Hayward, CA 94545 (Map)
- Cost: Free to those who minister to trauma survivors. CEUS available for an administrative fee of $20.
- To Register: Advance registration is required as space is limited. Please register here on the CCC website.
- For more information: Contact Joy at 510-999-6380. You can also click here to learn more about the Trauma Training Program.
About the Workshop
Internal Family Systems, an evidence-based practice, is a model of psychotherapy that offers a clear, non-pathologizing and empowering method of understanding human problems, as well as an innovative and enriching philosophy of practice that invites both therapist and client to enter into a transformational relationship in which healing can occur.
Based on the understanding that within each individual there exists a system of parts with a core Self, IFS facilitates healing of parts’ extreme roles, feelings and beliefs with the goal of an integrated system and compassionate Self-leadership. Parts are often exiled in our systems either by other people or inside by other parts. Like Jesus, Self welcomes the exile or outcast, offers truth and grace and brings about deep healing and change.
In this two-hour workshop come learn the basics of IFS and experience a taste of getting to know your own parts.
About the Presenter
Marilyn Hunt, LMFT, graduated from UCSD with a Bachelors in Psychology and from Fuller Seminary with a Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy. Trained in Internal Family Systems, she enjoys helping clients get to the root of symptoms to enable life-long change.
Please spread the word to others who might benefit!
The Trauma Triangle: A Powerful Roadmap to Recovery
In May, the Trauma Training Program at Christian Counseling Centers in Hayward will be offering a workshop on “The Trauma Triangle,” led by Joy Wong Liu, MFT. The workshop is for counselors and others who minister to trauma survivors.
- What: The Trauma Triangle
- When: 12-2PM, Wednesday, May 11, 2016
- Where: Christian Counseling Centers’ Hayward Office (on the 2nd floor of Messiah Lutheran Church), 25400 Hesperian Blvd, Hayward, CA 94545 (Map)
- Cost: Free to those who minister to trauma survivors. CEUS available for an administrative fee of $20.
- To Register: Advance registration is required as space is limited. Please register here on the CCC website.
- For more information: Contact Joy at 510-999-6380. You can also click here to learn more about the Trauma Training Program.
About the Workshop
This experiential workshop will introduce participants to the Trauma Triangle, a simple yet profound way to understand how trauma on the outside impacts survivors on the inside. The Trauma Triangle also empowers trauma survivors with an easy to understand road map to recovery. Adapted from the Karpman Triangle for interpersonal relationships, the Trauma Triangle focuses on the intraspsychic roles and patterns taken on to cope with trauma. It is one of foundational concepts of the Therapeutic Spiral Model, a clinical form of psychodrama developed for the treatment of trauma.
About the Presenter
Joy Wong Liu is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (MFC# 53681) who has been affiliated with Christian Counseling Centers since 2012. Joy currently co-leads a drama therapy group for trauma survivors at CCC Hayward. Joy received her Master’s Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Western Seminary and also holds a Bachelor’s Degree in drama from Stanford University. Joy is trained in EMDR for the treatment of trauma and also is currently pursuing International Certification in Trauma Therapy using the Therapeutic Spiral Model (TSM). Joy has received over 100 hours of post-graduate training in TSM from Sylvia Israel, MFT, TEP, RDT/BCT, and Kate Hudgins, Ph.D., TEP, the founder of TSM.
Please spread the word to others who might benefit! You can download the flyer for the workshop here.
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EMDR Resourcing: Helping Clients Strengthen Their Inner Resources
In April, the Trauma Training Program at Christian Counseling Centers in Hayward will be offering a workshop on “EMDR Resourcing,” led by Janie Sheedy, MFT. The workshop is for counselors and others who minister to trauma survivors.
- What: EMDR Resourcing: Helping Clients Strengthen Their Inner Resources
- When: 12-2PM, Wednesday, April 13, 2016
- Where: Christian Counseling Centers’ Hayward Office (on the 2nd floor of Messiah Lutheran Church), 25400 Hesperian Blvd, Hayward, CA 94545 (Map)
- Cost: Free to those who minister to trauma survivors.
- To Register: Advance registration is required as space is limited. Please register here on the CCC website.
- For more information: Contact Joy at 510-999-6380. You can also click here to learn more about the Trauma Training Program.
About the Workshop
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an effective therapeutic tool for helping individuals process traumatic life events along with negative emotions, cognitions and physical sensations. Prior to processing traumatic material, it is essential to help clients have internal access to a calm state, enhance positive emotions and strengthen positive memories. This 2-hour training will give an overview of various methods of resourcing clients with eye-movements.
About the Presenter
Janie Sheedy is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (MFC# 80846) working in private practice at two locations in both Pleasant Hill and Pleasanton. Janie received her Masters from Western Seminary in 2008 and her B.S. in Psychology through Excelsior College in 2005. She is also board certified with the EMDR International Association (EMDRIA) as an EMDR Clinician. Janie likes working with individuals struggling with grief and loss, depression and anxiety and family-of-origin issues. Janie uses both a relational approach along with her skills, particularly utilizing EMDR. She loves giving people a safe place to tell their stories and find depth and meaning to their suffering, as well as find resolution and reintegrate their stories in a more adaptable manner. Janie has continues to participate in advanced skills for using EMDR, including Dyadic Resourcing and the Feeling State Addiction Protocol.
Please spread the word to others who might benefit! You can download the flyer for the workshop here.
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