Lauri Lanier has the privilege of coordinating and supporting the ministries of Care Ministries as well as offering administrative support to the Pastors of Care Ministries. She is also honored to lead the Shelter from the Storm group which provides healing and fellowship for women who have been sexually abused.

Chrissy Smith is the Pastoral Leader of Stonebriar Women. She has had the privilege of serving Stonebriar Women by connecting them with others as they grow in their relationship with the Lord in small groups or individual relationships, as well as equipping them for serving in all ways the Lord leads them. Chrissy also serves on the Lead Pastor team to enjoin with all ministries to pursue the vision God has for Stonebriar. 

Sierra Sanchez is an LMSW, before coming on staff at Watermark church, Sierra worked for 7 years in mental health and suicide prevention.

While she never thought she would be on staff at a church, the Lord has been so gracious to open this door for her, now Sierra works in the recovery ministry called re:generation at Watermark church. God has given her a heart to care for those who are hurting and looking for freedom. Sierra now gets to use the same skills and knowledge she learned to help others every Monday night and point them back to the one person that will bring true freedom, JESUS!

Sharon Pereira previous experience as a homeopath and a healthcare worker has allowed sculpting to fit into the counselor she is. Having been a student of science almost all her life, she is increasingly awakening to the knowledge of how science of body functioning and psychology can be efficiently integrated with Biblical values for the better good of all. Holistic health that stresses on the importance of physical, emotional and social well-being while addressing vocational and spiritual needs is her goal.

Jamie K. James LPC is CEO of Open Arms Foster Care & Mental Health Agency. She is a licensed mental health professional with over a decade of clinical expertise in the field. She is also an ordained minister & author. She holds  an undergraduate degree from Oral University & a Masters degree in Psychology from Mid-America Christian University. She resides in Edmond, Oklahoma with her husband Alex, & two children, Hadassah & Liam. 

John Burnett, Executive Director of CRASH. Is a former sports marketing executive turned speaker. coach. and entrepreneur.

Burnett left his corporate job with FOX Sports In February 2012 to launch a Life Coaching business. However, In 2013 his 40-year struggle with unwanted sexual behavior was exposed and it completely changed the course of his life.

After experiencing the freedom of being fully known and loved. John was led to start a non-profit to help guide other men to healthy sexuality. In 2019. he founded CRASH. an organization whose mission is to inspire hope. healing, and freedom in men and the families they lead. He is a certified Pastoral Sex Addiction Professional (PSAP).

John resides in North Texas near two of his three adult sons. a daughter-in-law and three remarkable grandchildren. He is a Jesus follower. father. and has been changed forever by the power of God’s grace.
John’s personal mission is to passionately inspire others to more of what God created them for.

Dr. Jennifer Bauwens serves as Director of the Center for Family Studies at Family Research Council. In her role, she researches and advocates for policies that will best serve the health and well-being of families and communities. She has worked extensively as a clinician providing trauma-focused treatment to children in foster care and behavioral health settings and to adults who’ve experienced interpersonal traumas, such as sexual abuse and assault.

Jill Cione is a Licensed Professional Counselor from Plano, Texas, and is an associate with Aspen Haus Associates, LLC in Richardson, Texas. Having received her BA from Baylor University in Psychology in 1988, Jill worked for 12 years in the pharmaceutical sales industry. Upon staying home with her four children she shares with her husband Dean, Jill returned to graduate school at Dallas Theological Seminary to continue her pursuit of being a therapist. Jill graduated from DTS in May 2012.

Jill worked in the area of trauma and complex sexual trauma at The Turning Point as a Staff Therapist and was trained in EMDR as well. Upon entering into private practice in 2016, Jill began training under Dr. Alan Wolfelt with the Center for Loss and Transition in Fort Collins, CO. For the next 5 years, Jill attended 150+ hours of instruction and afterward received for Certification in Death and Grief Studies from The Center for Loss and Transition.

Jill currently specializes in trauma, anxiety, EMDR and grief and enjoys integrating God’s word into her client’s work and healing. ”

Jill Cione, MA, LPC

jcione@AspenHausAssociates.com

www.AspenHausAssociates.com

Jennifer Nestler is the founder of Esther Company, whose mission is to be a voice of clarity, healing, hope, and life for women in abusive relationships and a resource and place of equipping for the church to recognize, understand and be able to provide tangible support for women in abusive relationships. Jennifer has a passion to see the truth and beauty of God released on the Earth and for freedom and justice for the captives. She is also a “thriver” after years of covert narcissistic abuse and her most treasured role is being a mom to her four amazing children who reside with her in Lancaster, PA.

Larry and Bego Meeker are both Senior Staff with Global Training Network, (GTN). They provide a range of leadership development and ministry training to leaders in many parts of the world, including in Asia, Europe, the USA, and countries in the Spanish-speaking world.

Larry’s doctorate is from Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS), and his education has continued with post-doctoral studies at DTS in Christian Counseling.
Bego is a professional facilitator with over 30 years of experience in facilitation, training, mentoring, and consulting with leadership via the design and application of participative methods and experiential learning.

In 1985, Bego’s business partners in Colombia, who were psychologists and professional facilitators, developed a process called Disaster Intervention Facilitation (DIF). The natural disaster that stimulated this program was the Ruiz volcano eruption and accompanying floods that destroyed the city of Armero and killed 25,000 people. Bego and her partners used the processes following disasters in other parts of the world making them known as Disaster and Crisis Intervention (DCI). Over the years, Bego and Larry collaborated with colleagues to form an NGO with the purpose of providing DCI support following large-scale disasters. Closer to home, they deployed DCI via local churches in Texas following hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Debbie Burrow has been facilitating post-abortion healing classes and retreats for over 25 years.  Coupled with her experience and research within the last few years, she has developed her own program called You Are Treasured.  This ministry program is inclusive to any pregnancy loss which still includes abortion.  She found that women who had miscarriages, experience the same kind of traumatic devastation aftermath as those who have had an abortion. You Are Treasured helps women find healing by helping them find hope and freedom and ultimately their God-given purpose.

As the Executive Director of You Are Treasured, Debbie currently facilitates classes and retreats for the Metroplex Women’s Clinic and her church as well as private appointments.

Dr. Andi Thacker is an assistant professor at Dallas Theological Seminary. Dr. Thacker maintains a small private practice where she works with kids, teens, and families.  Dr. Thacker completed her training with a master’s degree in counseling from Dallas Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. in counselor education and supervision from the University of North Texas.  She is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Board Approved Supervisor in Texas.  She has been married to Chad since 2003 and they have three children, Emerson, Will, and Webb.

Ulrika Ernvik is a social worker and licensed psychotherapist. She has been working as a family therapist in both Sweden and Thailand for altogether 20 years. As she met with many children and teenagers who were stuck in traumatic memories, and as she met with many caregivers who did not know how to best help the children and teenagers in their care, she developed Safetystories© – a method that can be used by caregivers and others who are safe to the child, to bring in safety, movement and play into the traumatic memory, so the trauma can dissolve and the child moves on.

Ulrika will share with us the process of using Safetystories© and the science behind the method, in a way that will make it possible for the listener to start to use it the very same day. Ulrika is a loved speaker that brings hope and joy and empowers her audience. She is the author of four books, one of them in English: Third Culture Kids: A Gift to Care For, which also includes a chapter about Safetystories©. You can read more about Ulrika on her website www.familjegladje.se and about Safetystories at www.safetystories.se. Ulrika can be reached at ulrika.ernvik@gmail.com

For nearly four decades Dr. Troy Caldwell has been a shepherd of souls. From 1981 through August of 2016, he practiced this shepherding in the Dallas and North Texas area as a psychiatrist. While practicing, he learned much through his role as a psychotherapist and medical healer. In addition, he was privileged to study and ultimately teach the ancient traditions of soul work called Spiritual Direction.

Spiritual Direction is a tradition found in the Christian and other faiths which facilitates a person’s growth as they seek and obtain the experience of God in the inner life. Some think of it as mentoring in the mystical life. Others describe it as soul friending. Dr. Caldwell has studied this for many years through the direction of Anglican, Catholic, and independent spiritual leaders. His formal education in spiritual direction is through the Anglican School of Theology in Dallas. Dr. Caldwell has practiced spiritual direction since 1985. A particular interest of Dr. Caldwell’s is the appreciation of ways Jungian and depth psychology shed light on the spiritual path. In 2015, he published a book addressing this topic titled Adventures in Soulmaking: Stories and Principles of Spiritual Formation and Depth Psychology. It is available on Amazon.com, and portions are found on his website at troycaldwell.com.

Healing of serious post-traumatic stress was a significant portion of Dr. Caldwell’s work as a psychiatrist. Though, spiritual formation is not primarily focused on this, working with traumatic memories can be a part of spiritual healing and growth. Dr. Caldwell is willing to guide a person to the healer by using Inner Healing Prayer or other techniques if that is appropriate and of interest. Explore more of Dr. Caldwell’s work and writing at his website at troycaldwell.com. Or, contact him to discuss spiritual direction at 214-417-4386 or troyrpa@yahoo.com.

Tori Olds, Ph.D. is co-founder of Deep Eddy Psychotherapy, a training, and therapy center housed in Austin, TX with over 60 clinicians. She teaches four weekly international training groups focused on the integration of experiential theory and techniques into clinical work. She also has developed four online training courses focused on using mindfulness, somatic tracking, and a therapeutic presence in clinical work, and presents frequently to both therapists and the general public. She has incorporated spirituality into her growth work for twenty years and is a deep lover of the interior world of the human mind and heart. Tori received her Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Texas A&M in 2008.

Summer Krause, LPC, CADC III is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor III, with a clinical practice in Oregon that includes treating adolescents and adults with PTSD and substance abuse. She utilizes evidence-based treatments such as Seeking Safety and EMDR. She has worked with Treatment Innovations since 2011 as a trainer and consultant in the Seeking Safety model and Trauma-Informed Care. After volunteering as a chaplain in juvenile detention centers for many years, starting in 1996, Summer went to Western Seminary’s graduate counseling program to help address some of the underlying issues that contribute to youth entering the juvenile justice system. She co-authored the Christian Faith-Based Guide to Seeking Safety, which allows this evidence-based model for trauma and addiction to be facilitated in churches or other faith-based settings by lay leaders or counselors.

Risa Hobson is a licensed professional counselor with over two decades of experience in social service, education, and counseling settings. She obtained her MA in Counseling from Western Seminary, and her BA in cross-cultural studies and sociology from Calvin University.  

Risa grew up in Germany, and has extensive experience studying and traveling abroad. Together with her husband and kids, she enjoys adventuring, good food, game nights, and time with friends.

As a third-generation pastor, Nick Stumbo started his ministry career at the East Hills Alliance Church in Kelso, Washington. Serving as their lead pastor in his fifteen years of pastoral ministry experience, Nick observed the fallout of sexual brokenness and devastation in the lives of men and women in the church and recognized, like never before, the need for a culture of grace in the Church.

After facing his own addiction to pornography, Nick and his wife, Michelle, found hope and healing through the counseling and group ministries of Pure Desire. It radically changed their lives! His public disclosure to his church body led to a revival of forgiveness and healing, launching Pure Desire groups—of hope and freedom—for men and women.

Today, as the Executive Director for Pure Desire, Nick continues to believe that the Church can become a place of healing and that Pure Desire is leading the way. His passion for the Church and this ministry is evident.

Nick is the author of Setting Us Free and Safe: Creating a Culture of Grace in a Climate of Shame. He is a frequent contributor to PD blogs and podcasts, and documentaries on sexuality and addiction recovery.

Nick and Michelle have four kids, ranging in age from 16 to 8, and live in Gresham, Oregon. Nick is an avid runner, having completed 8 marathons, including the Boston marathon. He is a sports enthusiast and has a deep love of the Minnesota Twins.

Sara Hamilton has been the abortion recovery director at Real Options for seventeen years. She came to Real Options as a volunteer and participated in the Forgiven and Set Free Bible study to receive healing from a past abortion. God used this opportunity to not only heal her from tremendous guilt and shame, but also to instill a passion for helping women to walk in freedom from past abortions. Sara loves spending time with her family, and is also a youth leader at her church where she teaches high school girls.

Joanna Hsin-Chiun Wu, MA, LPC, RPT, CCTP is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Registered Play Therapist, EMDR-trained therapist, and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional serving individuals, children, teenagers, and their families in the North Texas area.

Specializing in trauma therapy, child-centered play therapy, and sand tray therapy, she provides trauma-informed care to help her clients get through depression, anxiety, attachment issues, self-harming, eating disorders, and family issues.  As a mom, wife, and daughter born and raised in Taiwan, Joanna respects the uniqueness of individuals from different cultural backgrounds.  She is compassionate to walk with women in different life stages through pre/post-partum depression/anxiety, child-rearing issues and to develop a healthy self-image.

Dr. Barbara Lowe is a licensed psychologist, founder, and owner of Greenleaf Psychological and Support Services, visionary behind Dr. Barbara Ministries, Somatic Experience practitioner, EMDR practitioner, Board Certified Life Coach, Educator, Ordained Minister, and Author. She is the founder of the Hearts Returning Home Method that thousands of women have used to exchange their deepest hurts, wounds, and fears for real hope, supernatural healing encounters with God, and joyful confidence. Moreover, Dr. Barbara is the visionary behind the Hearts Returning Home Institute. There, she teaches coaches, therapists, and pastors/ministers around the world how to heal the trauma sick through the faith, fire, and psychology tools™ found in her Hearts Returning Home Method of trauma healing.

Dr. Barbara is a frequent speaker for the American Association of Christian Counselors and has been on a plethora of Christian and secular TV programs as a trauma specialist. She and her husband Pastor Tim Sauve are founders of the World Women’s Wholeness Summits (3WSummit.com), international online conferences dedicated to women’s wholeness from a mental health and faith integrated platform.

She is also the host of the popular Live at 5 Show with Dr. Barbara on Facebook and YouTube and of the internationally acclaimed Whole Life Podcast.

Jake Kail was called to ministry in college after a life-changing encounter with God. He is passionate about the presence of God and to see His Kingdom come and will be done “on earth as it is in heaven.”  Jake is the author of multiple books, and he speaks at churches, conferences, retreats, and other events. He preaches and teaches the Word with authority, compassion, and a demonstration of the Holy Spirit’s power. His ministry is often marked by encounters with God, healing, and deliverance from demonic oppression.

After six years as lead pastor, Jake now serves as the apostolic leader of Threshold Church. He lives with his wife and family in Lancaster, PA.

Julie Thomas has a degree in secondary education from Baylor University. She taught and coached for 9 years at the secondary level before serving 26 years for a crisis pregnancy clinic equipping volunteers to talk with women dealing with an unplanned pregnancy.

Julie is married to Marcus for 30 years and they have four children: Rachael, Robin, Sara, and Bryan. In December of 2016, life changed forever as their 16-year-old son, Bryan, passed away. Learning to deal with life after the loss of Bryan lead to beginning a grief ministry, REBUILD: Finding Hope After Loss, and she is currently pursuing a certificate in Mental Health Coaching with an understanding of Grief and Loss.

Dr. P. Andrew Clifford is a licensed psychologist who has graduate degrees in clinical psychology, exercise physiology, and theology. He has worked as a psychologist at Stanford University Medical Center, and as an assistant professor at UT Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. Dr. Clifford has been in private practice in the Dallas area since 1997 and works with medical doctors and their patients in order to shorten their hospital stays while reducing suffering and medications associated with chronic pain and illness. His warm and practical consultations specialize in enhancing the quality of life in patients experiencing acute and chronic medical disabilities.

Dr. Clifford has authored more than twenty professional and research articles exploring the interaction of the mind and body toward the goal of maximizing positive medical health. His practice and publications cover a broad range of issues including, exercise and health, coaching patients to get the most out of rehabilitation while using relaxation training, spiritual disciplines, and individual personality skills to reduce chronic pain and enhance stress management, psychological practice with geriatric populations suffering from dementia, physical disabilities, psychiatric conditions, and chronic pain. His techniques are scientifically validated and are cost-effective.

In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Clifford is also a License Local Pastor serving as Associate Pastor for the Center of Transformative Prayer at First United Methodist Church, McKinney TX.  He is a Certified Spiritual Director, Perkins School of Theology, SMU, TX.

Dr. Clifford co-authored the Geriatric Rehabilitation & Restorative Assessment System (GRRAS), which is published by Psychological Assessment Resources (PAR) in 2008; and the Mind-Body Wellness Geriatric Psychological Assessment and Treatment Handbook, 2009.

He lives with his beloved wife, two daughters in McKinney TX.

Web site: http://www.christlikemindfulness.com

Web site: www.mindbodywellnesspc.com

Dr. Hyun Sook Foley is the Co-Founder and Board Chair of the Voice of the Martyrs Korea. She serves as a charter board member of the Christian Council for Financial Transparency, Korea. Dr. Foley was ordained by KAICAM. She received a master’s degree from Sungkyunkwan University, as well as her master’s in Clinical Counseling from Colorado Christian University and her master of divinity from Torch Trinity Graduate University. She received a doctorate in Strategic Leadership from Regent University.

Dr. Foley is a global voice on both North Korean Christianity and women and persecution at various conferences and seminars, including events in Sri Lanka, Finland, Poland, Belgium, Australia, the Netherlands, and the UK. She has taught and trained persecuted Christians from the most dangerous countries in the world. Her life story is the subject of a 15-part series in Kukmin Ilbo (a prominent newspaper in Korea). She networks with woman ministry leaders in North America, Europe, and Asia, especially in the areas of ministry leadership, discipleship, North Korean Christianity, and trauma recovery.

For more than 15 years she has been a pioneer and leader in North Korean work, and serving North Korean workers in China, Russia, Mongolia, and other countries. Dr. Foley is the author of The Hero’s Journey and translator of numerous Christian books and resources.

Wendy Copeland is a licensed professional counselor, psychotherapist, speaker, and the founder of Hope’s Lantern Counseling and Therapy & Associates, located in McKinney, Texas. She is a trauma resolution & resiliency specialist and relationship specialist. She is a Certified EMDR Therapist and EMDR Approved Consultant, Certified Imago Relationships Therapist, and Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) Practitioner. She also provides IASIS Micro Current Neurofeedback, which is a non-verbal treatment that helps the brain and nervous system regulate. Wendy’s professional background includes clinical work in inpatient and outpatient settings (pediatric, adolescent, and adult); hospice and bereavement; traumatic brain injury; and crisis intervention. Prior to founding Hope’s Lantern, she was the Senior Staff Therapist for a Christian private psychiatric practice, where she served for over 12 years. Wendy specializes in relationship issues, attachment, interpersonal neurobiology, trauma care and trauma resiliency leading to post-traumatic growth.

Wendy also volunteers, ministers and speaks in settings of human overwhelm and suffering. This includes the bereaved, the relationally hurting, the traumatized, and those walking through cancer. Her aim is to partner with God’s heart for the overwhelmed, bringing real solutions for healing, restoration, and wholeness so that individuals, couples, and families are freed to move from overwhelm to resilient, joyful lives. She joins many other helping professionals in the groundbreaking frontline work of helping people shift out of trauma and loss into lives that are present and intentional, and free to fulfill their unique purpose.

Tina Harris is first of all a passionate lover of God and her biggest desire is to help others to see that they are valued and loved individually with a never ending, never wavering, all-knowing kind of love.  Tina’s mission is to teach people to recognize and release trauma and stress that is held in the body so that they can live the life that God intended them to live without fear, anxiety, and self-condemnation. She teaches people to do this through breathing, movement, and meditation. She also helps people learn to take every thought captive, turn off their fight and flight response, and activate their relaxation response.

Tina is the published author of the book “Peace Beyond the Tears” as well as several Trauma Resiliency Trainings and Devotionals. She has been a Ghostwriter for Bible studies for well-known authors and therapists.

Dr. Stephen Stratton is a Professor of Counseling and Pastoral Care and a licensed psychologist (KY).  Before his full-time appointment at Asbury Theological Seminary in 2006, he served as an adjunct professor at Asbury University where he was for 18 years the Director of the Center for Counseling. He also served for three years as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Louisville. He is an Approved Health Service Provider in Kentucky and an Approved Supervisor for the Kentucky Board of Psychology. He is a Fellow with the Sexual and Gender Identity Institute (SGI).

Dr. Stratton holds membership in both counseling and psychology professional guilds, and he regularly presents at the state, national, and international conferences of these organizations. He is an At-Large member of the Board of Directors for the Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS). He currently serves as Vice President for the Kentucky division of the Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling (KY-ASERVIC). He is also a representative for Division 36 (Psychology of Religion and Spirituality) to the Task Force on Sexual and Gender Identity which meets at the American Psychological Association. He is a trainer and seminar director for the Prepare-Enrich Inventory (Life Innovations, Inc.) since 2010, and he is a trained facilitator of Immunity to Change workshops (Minds at Work, Inc.) since 2013.

In 2010, he was named “Psychologist of the Year” by the Kentucky Psychological Association for “his innovative teaching and outstanding scientist-practitioner model[ing]” in the state.  In 2012 and 2020, Dr. Stratton was presented the “Excellence in Teaching and Learning Award” by Asbury Theological Seminary for “consistent excellence in the classroom.”  In 2017, Dr. Stratton received the Distinguished Member Award from the Christian Association for Psychological Studies for his “research, writings, and presentations about the spiritual care of our members.”

He is married to Carol (Lehikoinen) Stratton, and they enjoy connections with their adult daughter and son.

Dr. Shannon Wolf is a Licensed Professional Counselor with supervisory status in Texas. She is the Associate Director of Psychology and Counseling Programs at BH Carroll where she is also a Professor of Psychology and Counseling. In addition to her work at BHC, Shannon has served as the Director of Southcliff Christian Counseling Center since 2003.

Dr. Wolf works with a wide range of client concerns including various types of trauma, depression, anxiety, marriage and family concerns, among other issues. She continues to research and write on issues concerning trauma and recovery and is currently focusing on child sex trafficking issues.

Dr. Wolf has earned a PhD in Psychology and Counseling at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary with a doctoral minor in Foundations of Education. She has a Masters of Marriage and Family Counseling degree, also from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Shannon and her family are active members of their local church. They also served as international missionaries in Eastern Europe. Her love for cultures is reflected in her humanitarian work both nationally and abroad.

Kirstin Dolby is a Registered Clinical Counsellor, Certified Canadian Counsellor, Certified First Responder Counsellor, and Certified EMDR Therapist. She resides in Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada with her husband and four sons where she runs her private practice, Head Strong Counselling Services. Kirstin is experienced working with first responders and complex cases involving ongoing stress and exposure to impact events. She recently completed her Ph.D. in Counseling and Psychological Studies from Regent University where she defended her dissertation on F.R.I.E.S.S. She is the recipient of the Green Cross Academy of Traumatology 2021 Founder’s Award and is the Director of the newly developed non-profit organization, The HeadStrong Project dedicated to providing no-cost mental health services to first responders and their families. She has developed and run workshops on multiple topics related to symptoms of impact events through The Salvation Army and Green Cross, both nationally and internationally. She is a Certified Clinical Traumatologist with Green Cross and deploys throughout the world bringing mental health first response services to both survivors and first responders post-disasters.

Contact information:

Email: headstrongcounselling@gmail.com

Instagram: headstrong.counselling

Facebook: Head Strong Counselling Services & Academy of Traumatology

First Responder Impact Event Support Services (F.R.I.E.S.S.) can be accessed at www.friess.ca

Rev. Julia Pferdehirt is a licensed professional counselor whose clinical training focused on women survivors of trauma, domestic violence, and sexual assault. A Duluth-Model certified Domestic Violence support group facilitator, she has worked both in non-profit and private practice settings. In 2013, she joined Because Justice Matters, a ministry with women and girls in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. BJM is part of Youth with a Mission San Francisco.

After 8 years of building relationships with unhoused and exploited women with BJM, Rev. Pferdehirt focused on healing, recovery, and member care, with ministry and church leaders and women and girls. Since 2020, she has created workbook and support group resources to help individuals understand the effects of trauma, hurt, and harm in their lives and to engage their relationship with Jesus in spiritual, emotional, and soul healing. She has created other resources to equip individuals in honest, self-honoring forgiveness, boundary-setting, Soul Mending, and Immanuel Prayer.

Dr. Grant is a retired mental health physician from Ontario Canada, who writes and teaches internationally along with his wife how medical treatment, deliverance, and the healing of our emotional wounds all work together to break the chains of emotional bondage. He has a special interest in how depression, anxiety, and mood disorders affect Christians. Dr. Mullen started as an anesthesiologist, but God led him into the field of mental and emotional health. Through his own personal crisis, Dr. Mullen experienced the transforming power of God’s love to heal his heart. His passion is to see Christians transformed mentally, spiritually, and emotionally. He is the author of Emotionally Free, over twenty teaching DVDs, and an online personal transformation program Free Your Mind. For more information visit drgrantmullen.com/about

With roots in Detroit and the outskirts of Los Angeles, Joe McCrary has always felt a tug to help people and has had a heart that gravitates towards those who struggle. From small groups to youth groups to addiction groups, he’s led and facilitated for the past 15 years, having had the privilege of guiding hundreds of men to follow Jesus more closely and to be better husbands and fathers. Having more recently received his Master’s Degree in Pastoral Counseling with an emphasis in addiction, he has been working with the Men of Crash for the past two years, first as a 1:1 coach and group facilitator, and more recently, by also providing guidance to all group leaders as the Director of Groups and Guides. There is nothing more fulfilling than seeing someone experience the restorative and redemptive power of seeing themselves as God does, to journey with someone who realizes an addiction is a series of actions, not a life-sentence or their identity. Joe’s heart remains the same no matter the audience; to encourage and to bring hope where there seems to be none, to speak authentically and honestly and to remind both those outside the walls of church, and especially those inside, that they are worthy and loved unconditionally by God, no matter what their past or present actions may show. Lies live in the darkness and it’s easy to hide there. Bringing our sins and struggles into the light doesn’t turn God away, but draws him nearer.

Joe currently resides outside of Lansing, MI sharing life with his five favorite people – his dad and four kids who range in age from 9 to 18 yrs. old. In his free time, you’ll find Joe fishing or at the driving range (when it’s not snowing) or enjoying family movie night (if it’s Friday).

Esly Regina Carvalho, Ph.D. is a Brazilian-American clinical psychologist trained in Psychodrama and trauma therapy (EMDR). She trains in both modalities. She is also one of the founding members of the Brazilian Christian Psychology/Psychiatry Corp (CPPC) which began over 40 years. Every year they offer an online seminar called, Wings of Healing in Spanish and Portuguese, where she and the invited guests speak on the delicate subjects about which the Church doesn’t always feel comfortable. Esly has served as a marketplace minister, training others in psychotherapy and counseling, while holding down a private practice.

She is an international speaker, in three languages (English, Portuguese, and Spanish) as well as a bestselling author. Esly has been married for more than 30 years to her second husband, a retired missionary, whose parents served with the China Inland Mission; has a married daughter, and loves those grandkids!!

Dyana Robbins has twenty years of experience serving diverse populations across varied, high-demand environments.  A Licensed Professional Counselor, she obtained her M.Ed. in Agency Counseling in 2001 and began her career in community mental health.  Her experience spans multiple contexts such as hospitals, outpatient clinics, church ministry, and private practice in Singapore and Texas.

Dyana currently works at Renew Psychotherapy Group in Friendswood, TX, and runs a private practice for international clients.  She offers EMDR therapy, somatic work, and talk therapy. She is a third-year Ph.D. student in Counseling and Psychological Studies through Regent University with an emphasis in Trauma and Crisis Counseling and a 2020 fellow of the Global Trauma Recovery Institute through Missio Seminary. She has provided counseling to abused and exploited foreign domestic workers, overseas missionaries, ex-pats, and other clients at risk of stress and trauma-related disorders.  Personal experiences with special needs parenting, foster care, and marginalized populations fuel Dyana’s compassionate approach to helping others thrive. Her research and practice focus on delivering effective, high-quality mental health care to underserved and vulnerable groups.