#49 Self-Care: Body and Soul

In this Master Class, Chris Moles and Tabitha Westbrook discuss the importance of caring for our bodies and souls, signs of nearing burnout, actually engaging in self-care, and how to establish healthy boundaries.

#48 Self-Aware in Self-Care

In this Master Class, Chris Moles and Jonathan Holmes discuss how people helpers can practice self-awareness as they practice self-care.

#47 How are you?: Assessing the Impact of Working with Survivors of Trauma

In this Master Class, Chris Moles and Esther Smith discuss how people helpers might self-assess and respond to symptoms of compassion fatigue, burnout, secondary trauma, and vicarious traumatization.

#46 Conversations with Eliza Huie

This Month we are sharing a series of conversations filmed for Mclean Bible Church featuring Pastor Chris and Counselor Eliza Huie.

#45 Theology of Domestic Abuse

In this Master Class, Greg Wilson shares with us a theology of domestic abuse. This material was originally taught at PeaceWorks Live 2020.

#44 Self-Care

In this Master Class, Chris Moles discusses self-care with the authors of the book “The Whole Life.” Eliza Huie and Esther Smith are both licensed clinical and biblical counselors.

#43 Sex and Mutuality in Marriage

In this Master Class, Chris Moles discusses sex and mutuality in marriage with pastor and biblical counselor David Dunham.

#42 Understanding Police Interventions

In this Master Class, Chris Moles sits down with counselor and advocate Kathy Haecker to learn from her experience in caring for victims as a law enforcement advocate.

#41 Understanding Trauma

In this Master Class Chris Moles discusses trauma with counselor Eliza Huie. Eliza is the director of counseling at McLean Bible Church located in the Washington D.C. metro area. She is the Dean of Biblical Counseling for Metro Baltimore Seminary.

#40 Caring for Victims of Domestic Abuse

In this Master Class, Chris Mole sits down with counselor and advocate Kathy Haecker to learn how to care for victims.

#39 Personality Disorders and Domestic Abuse Counseling

In this Master Class, Chris Moles and Greg Wilson discuss personality disorder diagnoses and the impact of such a diagnosis on clients, care, and domestic abuse intervention.

#38 Marriage Counseling and Domestic Abuse Screening

In this Master Class, Chris Moles and Jonathon Holmes from Fieldstone Counseling discuss screening for and responses to domestic abuse in marriage counseling.

#37 Help Her Advocacy in Cases of Abuse

In this Master Class, Chris Moles and Ann Maree Goudzwaard discuss the role of advocacy in church-based responses to abuse.

#36 “Nunya”

In this Master Class, Chris Moles talks with counselor and advocate Sydney Millage.

#35 Help Her Advocacy Ministry

In this Master Class Pastor Chris and Ann Maree Goudzwaard discuss the role advocacy in Church based responses to crisis, and how women can be empowered and trained to lead in this area.

#34 Trauma Informed Abuser Interverntion

In this Master Class Pastor Chris and Greg Wilson discuss the role in understanding Trauma when working with an abuser. Can people helpers address past trauma and still hold someone accountable?

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#33 Post Abuse Care with the Fieldstone Counseling Team

In this Master Class counselors Jonathan Holmes and Melissa Affolter walk us through the basics of care after abuse, in particular in the role of a counselor.

#32 Understanding Temptation with Mark Shaw

In this Master Class pastor Mark Shaw walks us through a familiar passage, helping us understand the make up and response to temptation. Mark is the director of counseling at Grace Fellowship Church  in northern Kentucky and founder of The Addiction Connection, a national network of servant leaders in biblical addictions counseling.

#31 Building Trust with Counselor Darby Strickland

Darby is a Christian Counselor who works with individuals, families, couples and groups facing a variety of issues.  She teaches Counseling Abusive Marriages,through CCEF's School of Biblical Counseling and speaks at churches educating them on how they can care for those affected by domestic abuse. 

#30 A Look at ReStoried: A support group for victims from Fieldstone Counseling.

In this Master Class, Counselor Melissa Affolter walks us through the objectives, themes, and structure of the ReStoried victim support groups from Fieldstone Counseling.

#29 Forgiveness, Don’t Rush It with Sidney Millage.

In this Master Class Pastor Chris talks with counselor and advocate Sidney Millage about forgiveness and domestic abuse.

#28 The Wisdom of using advocates with Joy Forrest.

In this Master Class Pastor Chris talks with Joy Forrest about the value of advocates.

#27 Untwisting Scriptures with Chris Moles, Darby Strickland, and Joy Forrest.

In this Master Class Pastor Chris talks with Joy Forrest, and Darby Strickland about some of the most commonly misused Scripture in cases of abuse.

#26 The Lived Experience of Abuse with Pastor Brad Hambrick

In this Master Class Pastor Chris talks with Pastor Brad Hambrick, counseling pastor at the Summit Church. Brad helps us think beyond the ‘desired’ definition of abuse to consider the experience of abuse.

#25 Church Based Responses with Pastor Ben Marshal

In this Master Class Pastor Chris talks with Pastor Ben Marshal about his church’s journey to responding to domestic abuse.

#24 A Theology of Abuse with Prof. Jeremy Pierre

In this Master Class Pastor Chris talks with Dr. Jeremy Pierre about viewing domestic abuse through the lens of a theological construct.

In this Master Class Pastor Chris walks through the basics of a Church based response to domestic abuse.

In this Master Class Darby Strickland helps us understand the impact of domestic violence on children.

In this Master Class Summer Vinson-Berger walks Pastor Chris through the stages of healing for victims/survivors.

After 10 years of working in professional counseling, Summer joined the staff at The Village as director of care.

In this Master Class Leslie Vernick talks with Pastor Chris about why marriage counseling is not recommended in cases of abuse.

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In this Master Class Pastor Chris walks through an example of homework he uses in Men of Peace on evidenced repentance.

Sydney Millage is a certified Biblical counselor (ACBC) and a certified victim’s advocate with the state of Iowa. She is also the author of “Sanctuary: Hope and Healing for Victims of Domestic Violence.”

John Henderson serves as the Associate Pastor at Del Ray Baptist Church in Alexandria, VA. He also serves as a board member of both the Biblical Counseling Coalition and the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors. John and his wife Ruth have been blessed with five children.

Evelyn Colon is a Illinois Certified Domestic Violence Professional, since 2011 and Abuser Intervention Facilitator since 2012. Evelyn joined FOCUS ministries in 2007 as a leader and facilitator for FOCUS Support Group Ministry. She is also a trainer at Partners in the Journey seminar, training for Faith Base Domestic Violence.

In this Master Class Pastor Chris speaks with Megan Cox, founder and executive director of Give Her Wings about safety planning.

Give Her Wings is a non profit (501c3) organization that helps and serves single mothers who have left abusive relationships and have little to no recourse.

In this Master Class Pastor Chris talks with Greg Wilson about developing Church-based domestic abuse policies.

In this Master Class Pastor Chris walks through some basic material on conducting an intervention and distinguishing godly sorrow from worldly sorrow. Special thank you to Rev. Mark Shaw for the initial work on Biblical interventions.

Sydney Millage is a certified Biblical counselor (ACBC) and a certified victim’s advocate with the state of Iowa. She is also the author of “Sanctuary: Hope and Healing for Victims of Domestic Violence.”

Jason Meyer is the pastor for preaching and vision at Bethlehem Baptist Church and associate professor of preaching at Bethlehem College & Seminary.

Lilly Park is assistant professor of biblical counseling at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. She serves as a council board member with the Biblical Counseling Coalition and a certified member of the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC).

Julie Ganschow has been involved in biblical counseling and discipleship for more than 25 years. She is passionate about the critical need for heart change in a person who desires change in their life. She is the founder and director of Reigning Grace Counseling Center (ACBC & IABC Certified Training Center) and Biblical Counseling for Women. She sits down with Pastor Chris to talk about her new book "Road-Map to Reconciliation." 
 

Jim Upchurch is the Senior Pastor of Christ Church Rolesville, NC. He is a graduate of Campbell University and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. A board member at "Called to Peace" Jim helps us think through how to talk about abuse with your pastor. 

Darby is a Christian Counselor who works with individuals, families, couples and groups facing a variety of issues.  Darby was trained at Westminster Theological Seminary where she obtained a Masters of Divinity specialized in Counseling. She has worked as a counselor at the Christian Counseling and Education

Greg Wilson (MA, LPC-S) is currently completing his Doctor of educational ministry at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. 

Greg has a full-time clinical practice, which includes work with male perpetrators of abuse/domestic violence, sexual addictions,