http://www.aacc.net Nearly 50,000 Members and Growing Stronger Every Day! Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:47:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For a full week in September of this past year, a sell-out crowd of nearly 7,000 counselors, pastors, lay helpers, students and other Christian leaders from all 50 states and 50 countries packed the magnificent Opryland Hotel in Nashville for the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) 2009 ‘Grace and ... http://www.aacc.net/2010/02/12/2009-world-conference-best-ever-2011-silver-anniversary-celebrate-your-faith-event-in-full-view/ What do these statements have in common? Positive affirmations boost self-esteem among people with poor self-concepts. High levels of motivation help in solving difficult problems. Women have better social intuition than men. Most people who were physically abused as children become physical abusers themselves. Venting anger in a safe, ... http://www.aacc.net/2010/02/12/book-review-lies-and-myths-that-therapist-believe/ by Pastor David Martin We trolled the Internet for the best article to answer this question: How do you choose a good Christian counselor? (Yes, as the question implies, there are unhelpful Christian counselors.) Congrats to our friends at CBN/Regent. [The following is from CBN.com, and our friends ... http://www.aacc.net/2010/02/12/choosing-a-christian-counselor/ by: Linda Robertson, Heather Smith, Shannon Ray, & K. Dayle Jones An excellent article in the Journal of Counseling and Development (Summer 2009, v. 87, pp 373-379) considers the application of Christian Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy to problems of chronic pain. Noting that pain is comorbid with depression in 54% of all ... http://www.aacc.net/2010/02/12/using-christian-cognitive-behavior-therapy-for-chronic-pain/ By: Dr. Tim Clinton If it is true, as much of the punditry world has proclaimed, that the first decade of the 21st century was so bad, then in contrast we have much to excitedly anticipate in this second—this ‘teen’ decade. In 2002 I wrote about the AACC vision, and ... http://www.aacc.net/2010/02/12/reprise-on-casting-a-new-century-vision/ Welcome to the inaugural issue of Counselor's Edge: The AACC eJournal Monthly! We are pleased to announce that, beginning in the second decade of the new millennium, the AACC is taking two of its valued assets to new heights in development and service to our worldwide membership. The sporadically ... http://www.aacc.net/2010/02/12/welcome-to-our-newest-publication-and-the-most-immediate-member-service-of-the-aacc/ Dear Colleague: Another year... and another decade. Now that's hard to believe. It seems like just yesterday that we were all anxious about the potential for a Y2K crisis. It is amazing how the pages of our lives journey so quickly! As a team, we marvel ... http://www.aacc.net/2010/02/01/2010-winter-presidents-report/ by Eugene R. Schlesinger and Sam R. Williams, Ph.D. Depression is a distressingly common problem in our contemporary setting. Advertisements for anti-depressant medications bear ample testimony to this reality. Statistically, one in four individuals will suffer its pain at some point in their lives. Because of the frequency and prominence of ... http://www.aacc.net/2010/01/31/up-from-the-pit-through-the-cross-help-for-the-depressed/ If we look a little closer we will find many women in our counseling room using many different styles of self-medicating their pain and escaping their brokenness. Many common styles of pre-addictive denial are what I call “cocoon” comforters. To read more Click here http://www.aacc.net/2010/01/30/hiding-the-pain-how-women-medicate-their-brokenness/ Frank sat there, immobilized as he watched his three adult sons weeping and embracing their sister, Amy. His wife of 30 years sat next to him, crying. Frank’s questions whirled: “Do they think I’m a monster? Was my anger that bad?” Amy had severe anorexia. To read more Click here http://www.aacc.net/2010/01/29/violent-men-and-the-anger-that-fuels-them/