First Friday Speaker Series | February 6th

Event Information

"Helping the Helper: Strategies for Christian Counselling"

Presented by Caroline Smith, MA, LPC, CSAT-S, CMAT, CIP and Rev. Bill Rap, MRE, PSAP

About this Workshop: 

Experiencing and expressing love one to another can be challenging at times; even for Christians.  By combining the power of Biblical Truth and effective clinical wisdom, entrenched patterns of destructive reactivity and relationship dissatisfaction can be reversed.  Five core relationship health indicators and corresponding interventions will be presented.  Attachment Theory, Internal Family Systems, and Ego State Integration will be discussed in relation to achieving and sustaining authentic intimacy. Instruction will be both didactic and experiential. Helping the helper is the goal of this presentation.

Target Audience: 

Licensed Professional Counselors, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Social Workers, Interventionists, Pastors and Associate Pastors, and graduate students in these fields.  This lecture is designed for any professional working with Christian clients. 

Learning Objectives: 

1. Describe the major role that self-esteem plays in an individual’s attempt to connect with others in meaningful relationship.

2. Delineate healthy versus unhealthy boundaries, and describe how to develop a sustainable plan for  personal protection and containment.

3. Explain why truth and reality affect everything an individual does and how to realize the goal of truthful living.

4. Outline the difference between needs and wants and explain how an individual can define and meet their needs in an esteeming way.

5. Discuss emotional intelligence as the foundation for intimately knowing self and others, and for living a fully engaged life. 

Event Details:  

Who:    Caroline Smith and Bill Rap

What:   Pine Grove’s First Friday Lecture Series

When:  February 6, 2015

Time:   9:00am till 12:30pm (breakfast included)

Where:  Central Church, 2005 East Winchester Boulevard, Collierville, TN

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Caroline Smith, MA, LPC, CSAT-S, CMAT, CIP, EMDR
Director of Pine Grove's Intensive Workshops

Caroline Smith holds a Master of Arts degree in Professional Counseling from Ottawa University. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Sexual Addiction Therapist-Supervisor, and a Certified Multiple Addiction Therapist. She is EMDR trained and holds clinical expertise in the areas of trauma resolution, relationship attachment patterns, addiction interaction disorder, and the two most primary process addictions, food and sex.

In addition to her role as Director of Pine Grove Intensive Workshops, she frequently speaks at professional conferences through out the United States and Internationally. Recently, she had the honor of providing a plenary session during Ireland's first Neuroscience and Addiction Conference. She is a trainer for European and American professionals seeking Board Registered Interventionist (BRI) credentialing and has authored a chapter in the recently released book, Mending A Shattered Heart: A Guide for Partners of Sex Addicts, 2nd edition.

Smith’s theoretical perspective has been heavily influenced by graduate studies examining the influence early childhood experiences have on adult relationship attachment, cognitive processes, affect regulation, spiritual practice, sexual expression and social functioning throughout the lifespan. She is a passionate force in the support of healing, hope and sustainable recovery. Because of her unique therapeutic approach and natural talents, Smith has attracted a national and international clientele.

Before joining Pine Grove in 2004, Smith worked at The Meadows Treatment Center as a Family Counselor, Primary Counselor, Survivors Workshop Facilitator, Community Relations Representative, and Special Assistant to the Clinical Director. Within this program, she worked with individuals notable in the field, including Patrick Carnes, John Bradshaw, Claudia Black, Terrance Real and Pia Mellody.

Smith then joined the professional clinical staff at Remuda Ranch Treatment Centers for Anorexia and Bulimia in Wickenburg, AZ as a Primary Therapist working exclusively with adolescent females and their families. At Remuda Ranch, Smith specialized in the fields of eating disorders, trauma, and co-morbidity.

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