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AAPC Summit in Baltimore

 Notes from the Treasurer

by
Anthony Terndrup
AAPC Northwest Region Treasurer

From February 22 to February 25, over two dozen representatives from the Board of Directors and the Regions gathered at a retreat center outside Baltimore, MD to discern a path forward for the American Association of Pastoral Counselors.  Paul Shoup and I represented our Northwest Region.

Rev. Dr. Claire W. Bamberg, our newly elected AAPC Vice-President, served as a consultant to facilitate the discernment process.   On Thursday evening, we were presented with a radical call to transform even further our professional organization in order to sustain our beloved community and to steward our precious resources. (read more)

Notes from the Chair

by
Paul Shoup
AAPC Northwest Region Chair

Anthony has written a very good article about what happened at the AAPC Summit in Baltimore in February.  My follow up to that is what is that going to mean to us here in the Northwest.

First, it is doubtful that the concept of Regions is going to continue after the new organization is formed.  That means that what happens out here will be up to those of us that have energy and the will to put into seeing  that Spiritually Integrated therapy is exposed to those who are being or have been trained and licensed in more traditional modes of therapy. (read more). 

SAVE THE DATE
AAPC Northwest Region 2018 Regional Meeting

November 9-10, 2018
Seattle University, 901 12th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122-1090

Keynote Speaker is Carrie Doehring, PhD
Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling, Iliff School of Theology and Denver University.

Program on: Evidence-based spiritually integrated care of moral injury and moral stress

AAPC West 2018 Spring Conference
You Can Join by Webinar on April 7, 2018

 Click Here to Register

Click Here to Download the 2-Page Program/Brochure

Saturday Keynote Presentation:

HELPING PEOPLE BE MORE FORGIVING

In four primarily lecture-based sessions, we explore what forgiveness is, the latest clinical research on it, the five-step REACH Forgiveness program to help people forgive, and spend most of the time discussing interventions you can use in your practice to promote forgiveness—individual counseling, couple counseling, groups, do-it-yourself workbooks as an adjunct to therapy, and even more systemic interventions with churches and our often contentious society.

Keynote Speaker:  Everett Worthington, Ph.D., is Commonwealth Professor Emeritus working from the Department of Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University. He continues to be active in research and speaking around the world. He is a licensed Clinical Psychologist in Virginia. He has published over 37 books and over 400 articles and scholarly chapters, mostly on forgiveness, humility positive psychology, marriage, and family topics and religion and spirituality.

Conference Saturday April 7th 9:00am – 5:00pm

Approved for 5 CE credits by The National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) 
Join by Webinar - Cost $75 per connection, plus $10 if you want CEU

If you have questions, contact

AAPC West Region at 720-930-4450

– www.aapcwest.org –