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Seminars and Workshops
Therapists from South Texas Children’s Home Ministries Family Counseling are available to provide presentations, seminars and workshops to both large and small groups within the South Texas region. These presentations cover topics relating to the family, parenting, marriage, life enrichment, and church growth and development. Many of the topics available to your group are listed below. STCH Ministries will also tailor presentations to meet the needs of your group.
To schedule a presentation, seminar or workshop, please call (361) 991-8680 or email STCHM Family Counseling at familycounseling@stchm.org.
Parenting Effectively
Helping Your Child Succeed in School
This seminar is for parents of pre-school through high school
children. The participants will realize the importance of the 3 S’s
needed to succeed in life (Security, Significance and Strength); they
will understand the importance of the 3 C’s that are faced by children
every day in school and at home (Choice, Consequences and Character);
and they will understand how to help their children with the 4 T’s
related to success in school (Teacher, Tests, Time and Trying).
Parents will also learn to apply positive motivation techniques in
dealing with children in various grade levels. Specific reinforcement
for parents in helping their children learn to follow directions,
listen to instruction, and complete assignments will be discussed.
(Length and number of sessions can be adapted to specific needs.)
Boundaries with Kids
Parenting brings joy as well as being one of the greatest challenges a
person can face. The concept of establishing boundaries within the
family structure can prove effective in reducing stress for the parent
and the child. Participants will learn how to create their own
strategy for helping their children gain control of their lives
through the ability to create and apply clear and healthy boundaries.
(3 to 6 sessions – each session is one hour in length)
Child Behavioral Management
This conference will teach a number of management techniques that will
likely improve the relationship between the parent and child. Parents
will be taught how to manage their children without the use of yelling
or excessive corporal punishment. This conference will also help
parents gain skills to deal with difficult behavioral situations such
as oppositional defiance, cheating, lying, stealing, and bullying.
Since negative and defiant behaviors can be at its peak among
adolescents, skills and strategies will be outlined to give parents
the best opportunity for dealing effectively with rebellious
teenagers. (Three 1-hour sessions)
Positive Discipline with Children of All Ages
This seminar is designed for parents of all school age children.
Positive discipline techniques including positive reinforcement,
negative consequences, and agreed contracts will be explained along
with examples of implementation of age appropriate sequence. (One 1½
hour session)
Impacting the Difficult Child and His Family
for Christ
This one-hour class will discuss God’s plan for growing up and knowing
the needs of children at each stage of life. We will then discuss how
to handle the difficult child in a group setting and ways to minister
to his family.
Grandparenting with a Purpose
This 1- to 1½-hour session will explore the changing role of
grandparents in today’s society and present ideas for enhancing your
child’s self-esteem, spiritual values, respect for himself and others,
and a sense of his/her place in the family.
The Five Love Languages of Children
Adapted from the book by Gary Chapman, author of The Five Love
Languages, this one day workshop is geared at helping parents identify
their child’s love language such as words of affirmation, quality
time, gifts, physical touch, or acts of service. (One 1½ hour session)
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Marriage Enhancement
Conflict Resolution within the Marriage
Marriage is not about fighting. Fighting, in fact, is anti-marriage
and shows very little positive outcome in a healthy relationship.
Since conflict is almost inevitable, skills can be learned to conduct
marriage without it, or at least to keep conflict to a minimum. Love,
commitment, trust, apology, and forgiveness will be defined in
practical terms so that each person within the relationship can
display these qualities in such a way as to be easily recognized and
valued by their spouse. (One 2-hour session or two 1-hour sessions)
Forgiveness and the Restoration of Intimacy
Unless you and your spouse are perfect, you will need forgiveness to
keep your relationship vibrant and growing. The principles of
forgiveness will be discussed in detail according to Scripture. Six
steps to facilitate the restoration of intimacy will be outlined and
discussed along with illustrations to help model this important
concept. (One 1-hour session)
Four Marital Myths
Being created in God’s image does not mean that we always perceive our
surroundings as they really are. Each individual carries a different
understand of how marriage “should be” according to prior knowledge
and experiences. There are four common myths that will be identified
and discussed with great detail in a conference setting. Scriptural
references and illustrations will be taught to help attendees adjust
from a mythical perception to a realistic perception. (Two 1-hour
sessions or four 45-minute sessions)
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Life Enrichment
Grief and Loss
This conference is for all people who have suffered loss through death
and/or divorce. The participants will learn the psychological,
emotional and spiritual symptoms that loss produces through the
various steps of the grief process. The seminar allows each
participant to identify with positive behaviors in each step.
Exceptional losses, such as death of a child and death by suicide,
will also be discussed. (One 1-hour session)
Five Guidelines for Healthy Relationships
This conference combines elements of the “Four Marital Myths” with
“Forgiveness and the Restoration of Intimacy” with other principles
that have been found effective in growing healthy relationships. The
conference can be condensed to two 1½ hour sessions, or five 45-minute
sessions.
Anger Management
Anger must be managed since it obviously cannot be extinguished
completely or upon command. Participants will learn how to recognize
the signs of anger and its appropriate boundaries. This seminar will
help to answer questions such as: What are common causes of anger? Can
anger truly be effectively managed? How can anger be managed? (One 1½
hour session)
Helping Those Who Hurt Themselves
A one day workshop designed to dispel the myths and uncover the truths
behind self-injurious behavior. Learn about self-injury and its
underlying causes and discover what helps and what hurts an individual
that self-injures. (Length and number of sessions can be adapted to
meet specific needs.)
Forgiveness
This one-hour session will discuss what forgiveness is and is not and
ways to forgive in the most difficult of situations.
The Five Love Languages for Singles or Teens
This seminar can provide a one-hour introduction to The Five Love
Languages or a weekend retreat for singles to study the love
languages. This seminar will be an experience on a journey to
understand one of life’s greatest challenges: How can we fulfill our
need to give and receive emotional love as singles?
Help!! We Have Just Experienced a Community
Crisis or Trauma.
This one-hour seminar will equip you with an understanding of
post-traumatic stress in children and give ways to help these children
return to a normal life as soon as possible.
Making Peace with Your Past
This one-hour seminar will help individuals to understand how the pain
of the past affects their lives today. It will help you identify
triggers to past pain and give practical ways to overcome that pain by
using God’s Word to understand the cycle of pain and recovery
Beginning Again . . . A Fresh Start
This one-hour session takes a look at starting over by knowing the
traits of a survivor and finding God’s faithfulness in the past and in
the future. The course will help you utilize tools to starting over
successfully.
My Bag Is Packed with What, Lord?
This one-hour session, or up to a retreat weekend, takes a look at the
bag God packed and sent with us and the image we choose to wear. How
do pride and humility differ? And what can I do to be on the outside
and inside what God created me to be?
Getting Along with My Parents
This two-hour seminar will use drama, games and dialogue to help teens
learn to get along with their parents better.
Managing My Time: God’s Way!
This two-hour seminar will examine the enemies of time and the cure
for effectively using my time. We will discover ways to move in the
energy of the Holy Spirit and organize our lives better, setting goals
and priorities according to God’s will for our lives.
Why Did God Create Me Needy?
An 8-session study for adults and singles takes a look at what God
says are the top ten needs for relating to each other. Discover why
God says we have specific needs.
Girlz Talk
A five-week series designed to help girls talk and learn about tough
issues they face through their adolescence. Girls learn that God has
an opinion on topics such as friends, eating disorders, sexuality,
purity, drugs, and self-injury. (Each session is 1½ hours.)
Discovering Intimacy for Singles
This study focuses on creating healthy and meaningful relationships as
a single. The material covered in this series will help singles learn
principles that are applicable in any and all relationships - those
with friends, parents, children, co-workers, fellow believers, and God
Himself.
How To Be Calm in an Anxious World
This session is intended for women who deal with everyday stress and
anxiety in the course of daily life. Issues that pertain to stress
within the lives of women include parenting, time management,
self-esteem, working in and outside the home, and relationships within
the nuclear and extended family. Steps in finding the calm in an
anxious world will be covered as well as techniques to practice in all
circumstances of stress.
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Church Ministry - Growth & Development
Weeping with Those Who Weep: Family Violence
in the Church
This workshop will provide a glimpse into the problem of family
violence in the Christian community. In one study, 50% of female
victims of abuse attended church several times a month. The church can
be a source of prevention, education, and healing for the many lives
impacted by this tragedy.
The Church’s Response To the Sexual Epidemic
This workshop is designed to help pastors and church ministry teams
with the development of men’s groups to deal with sexual issues.
Research is revealing the scope and magnitude of this struggle and the
discovery is that no church congregation is immune. Attendees will
gain a better perception of the struggles that men face as well as
resources that are available to help lead and facilitate growth and
discovery groups.
Ministries that Impact Families
This one-hour session will be full of suggestions that can introduce
your community to a loving, caring church family. Learn to build
meaningful relationships through the establishment of ministry
objectives that can be adapted to your church family and vision.
Something’s Not Right, What Should I Do?
This one-hour session will provide ways for your church to help
families prevent abuse and to encourage and assist those who have
experienced the pain of abuse. It will also help individuals to know
when and what to report if abuse is suspected.
For more information regarding services or seminars offered through Family
Counseling of South Texas Children’s Home Ministries, call
361-991-8680 or email us at
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