Trauma: 2023 CCEF National Conference

October 20–22 | Virginia Beach, VA

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20

7:30 am – 9:00 am Conference Registration

9:00 am – 10:30 am General Session 1: When Death Intrudes (Ed Welch)

11:00 am – 12:15 pm General Session 2: The Experience of Trauma (Julie Lowe & Darby Strickland)

12:15 pm – 2:30 pm Lunch Break

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Breakout Session 1 Options:

Parental Pain (Julie Lowe)
Shame in the Aftermath of Trauma (Esther Liu)
“Lord, See My Anguish! My Heart Is Broken”:
Grieving with Faith after a Major Loss (Lauren Whitman)
Cross-Cultural Counseling & Trauma: Embodying
Sensitivity, Awareness & Christ’s Mercy (Jonathan Holmes)
A Biblical Framing of the DSM-5 Criteria for Trauma (Eamon Wilson)

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm Break

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Breakout Session 2 Options:

Trauma, Recovery & the Beauty of God (Todd Stryd)
Impaired or Empowered? Trauma in the Lives of Christian Workers (Michael Gembola)
Can We Forgive Someone after a Traumatic Encounter? (Cecelia Bernhardt)
A Holistic Approach to Helping Families Impacted by Domestic Abuse (Joy Forrest)
Contributive, Not Causative: Trauma-Informed Biblical Care for Those Who Have Abused Others (Chris Moles & Greg Wilson)

5:00 pm – 7:15 pm Dinner Break

7:15 pm – 8:30 pm General Session 3: Vigilance & the Invitation to Vulnerability (Darby Strickland)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21

9:00 – 10:15 am General Session 4: Trauma & the Body (Mike Emlet)

10:45 – 11:45 am Breakout Session 3 Options:

The Weaponization of Trauma (Darby Strickland)
Adoption: The Brokenness of Family & the Mercy of Christ (Jonathan Holmes & Jill Butler)
Coping Strategies: How Christ Fully Accomplishes What Our Flawed Strategies Imperfectly Attempt
(Kristin Silva Linder)
Intergenerational Trauma and the Renewal
of Family (Eamon Wilson)
Betrayal Trauma: Understanding the Impact of Marital Sexual Infidelity (Ellen Dykas)

1:45 – 2:45 pm Breakout Session 4 Options:

Betrayal Trauma II: Marriage Counseling in the Aftermath
of Infidelity (Aaron Sironi)
New Trauma for a New Generation: Giving Hope to
Students Dealing with the Evils of Their Age (John Perritt)
The Importance of "Story" in the Healing of Childhood
Sexual Abuse (Cecelia Bernhardt)
Psalms 129, 130 & 131: A Framework for Considering
Trauma and Caring for the Traumatized (Todd Stryd)
Unique Factors of Military-Related Trauma (Curtis Solomon)

3:15 – 4:30 pm General Session 5: Growing in Hope (Julie Lowe)

7:00 – 8:30 pm Special Event: Stories of Light Shining into Darkness
(Joy Forrest and Julie & Greg Lowe; worship with Brook Hills)

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22