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Overcoming Negativity and Learning to Let Go

Dr. Gregory Jantz, Ph.D. Originally posted 7/3/15 Don’t miss Dr. Jantz speaking at the AACC Fall CMHC summit in Naperville IL, Nov. 3-5 2016! Click Here for More Information!     The fabric of our lives is made up of all the threads we choose to hold on to. Every event, every circumstance, every impression produces […]

By THE AACC, 8 years ago
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Thin Places and Interior Spaces

Dr. Margaret Nagib, Psy.D. Originally Posted 10/29/15 Don’t miss Dr. Nagib speaking at the AACC Fall CMHC summit in Naperville IL, Nov. 3-5 2016! Click Here for More Information!     There is a Celtic saying that heaven and earth are only three feet apart, but in the thin places that distance is even smaller.  The ancient […]

By THE AACC, 8 years ago
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Helping the Family of an Addict: Lessons from the Prodigal Son

David Stoop, Ph.D. Originally Posted 10/15/13 Don’t miss Dr. Stoop speaking at the AACC Fall CMHC summit in Naperville IL, Nov. 3-5 2016! Click Here for More Information!     I was meditating on the parable of the Prodigal recently.  It’s such a familiar passage in Luke 15 that I wondered what God would show me […]

By THE AACC, 8 years ago
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Brains, Addiction, and Conversion

Tim Jennings, M.D. Originally posted 3/19/15 Don’t miss Dr. Jennings speaking at the AACC Fall CMHC summit in Naperville IL, Nov. 3-5 2016! Click Here for More Information!     Recently I received the following question: If there are pathways in our nervous system laid down with addiction, are they destroyed at conversion, or as we […]

By THE AACC, 8 years ago
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The Gift of Healthy Anger

Gary Oliver, Th.M., Ph.D. Don’t miss Dr. Oliver speaking at the AACC Fall CMHC Summit in Naperville IL, Nov. 3-5 2016! Click Here for More Information!     What do you think of when you hear the word anger? Whenever I ask for a word association to anger the responses are invariably 99% negative. Why […]

By THE AACC, 8 years ago
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Untying the Knots

John Trent, Ph.D. Don’t miss Dr. Trent speaking at the AACC Fall CMHC summit in Naperville IL, Nov. 3-5 2016! Click Here for More Information!     Several years ago, a pastor friend recounted to me a pivotal time in his relationships with his wife and children. He was the senior (and only) full-time pastor […]

By THE AACC, 8 years ago
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Is Emotional Abuse Ever Grounds for Biblical Separation?

Leslie Vernick, M.S.W.   People like to categorize things in black and white, right and wrong, good and bad, and biblical and unbiblical, but I think some things aren’t always so clear. There is no perfect marriage or perfect spouse. All marriages will experience hurt and heartache. But there are marriages that are more than […]

By THE AACC, 11 years ago