Conference Schedule

Embodiment & Counseling: Biblical Care for the Whole Person

  • 9:30 -3:30 Pre-conference:
    Embodied & Embedded in a Technological World 

    • 9:30 Intro & Welcome, Angela Shelton

    • 10:00 – 10:50 Virtual Church? How Embodied Worship Accomplishes God’s Design and Blesses His People, Peter Martin 

    • 11:00 – 11:50 Life in a Digital Age: Impact of Social Media on Relationships, Dr. Brad Hambrick 

    • 12:00 – 12:45 Lunch break 

    • 1:00 – 1:50 AI: Impact on Perception and Ethics of Engagement, Angela Shelton 

    • 2:00 – 2:50 Growing Bodies: Raising Children in an Age of Technology, Julie Lowe 

    • 3:00 – 3:30 Panel Discussion 

  • 4:30-5:30 Check In

    5:30-7:00 Worship/Plenary 1 

    • The Trinity and Embodiment: Your Body Matters, Dr.Lainey Greer

    7:15-8:15 Breakout 1 

    • Counsel the Word from the Text to the Counselee, Dr. Kevin Carson 

    • Overcoming Self-harm: The Mind at War with the Body, Julie Lowe 

    • Taste and See: Multisensory Faith in Biblical Counseling, Bryan Launer

    • Biblical Theological Perspectives For Counselors, John Kim 

    • Biblical Counseling in the Church/The Pastor's Role in Counseling, Kevin Sanders 

  • 8:00-9:00 Doors Open, Visit Exhibit Hall, Partner Booths, and Book Store

    9:00-10:00 Breakout 2 

    • Sufficiency and Counseling: A Theologian’s Perspective, Dr. Kyle Claunch 

    • Anxiety and the Embodied Being, Dr. Lucy Ann Moll 

    • What is Biblical Counseling? Shauna Van Dyke

    • Embodied Emotions: Window of Tolerance, Ginny Jacobson 

    • Personhood and Embodiment, Dr. David Closson

    10:15-11:45 Plenary 2 Christ’s Embodiment: The Incarnate Savior, Dr. Kyle Claunch

    11:45-1:15 Lunch & Visit Sponsors/Partners

    1:15-2:15 Breakout 3 

    • Dissociation: Addressing the Dis-Integration of the Body, Angela Shelton 

    • Embodiment and Music, Trisha Adams 

    • The Church as a Trinitarian Agent of Care for Human Weakness, Peter Martin

    • More Than Producers: Recovering Play as Children of God, Bryan Launer

    • Body Image: Honoring God in Your Body Thoughts, Dr. Lainey Greer 

    2:15-3:00 Break/Networking 

    3:00-4:00 Breakout 4 

    • Embodied Culture and Biblical Counseling, John Kim

    • Physical Touch and Embodied Worship: Taking Our Bodies Seriously, Dr. Kelly Kapic 

    • The Body, Identity, and Gender Dysphoria, Dr. Pamela Cubas 

    • Equipping the Body of Christ to Care for Embodied Souls, Dr. Brad Hambrick

    • Sex Trafficking: Counseling Embodied Victims, Ginny Jacobson 

    4:15-5:45 Plenary 3, You’re Only Human: The Goodness of Our Embodied Limits, Dr. Kelly Kapic

  • 8:00-9:00 Doors Open, Visit Exhibit Hall, Partner Booths, and Book Store

    9:00-10:00 Breakout 5 

    • The Body and OCD, Dr. Jordan Williams 

    • Human Embodiment of Oppression and Freedom: Stories of Oppression and Escape from North Korean Refugees, Dan Chung 

    • The Importance of Sleep: For You and Your Counselee, Kathryn Weber 

    • Your Body Matters: Burnout vs Longevity in Ministry, Dr. Lainey Greer 

    • Adoption and Belonging, Dr. Pamela Cubas

    10:30-12:00 Worship/Plenary 4: Embodiment and Counseling: Hope for Embodied Sufferers , Julie Lowe