Speaker Bureau / By Topic

 

The Center has many qualified and talented speakers that will speak to your organization on a variety of topics.

Email or call 708-845-5500 to coordinate a speaker for your event. 

• Addiction • Grief & Loss • Self-Care
• Anger • Leadership • Sexual Abuse
• Caregivers • Marriage • Sexuality
• Children & Adolescents / Parenting Issues • Men • Spiritual
• Coaching • Mental Illness • Stress / Anxiety
• Depression • Ministry • Women
• Family • Relationships • Miscellaneous

 


Topics 

 

Addiction

  • ADD/ADHD and Addictions
  • Addiction Recovery 
  • Addictive Behaviors (including Sexual Addiction, Gambling, Overwork, Internet, etc.)
  • Balancing Family Life
  • Chemical Dependency/Addictions
  • Compulsive Sexual Behavior
  • I Just Can't Stop: Addictions
  • Indicators of Substance Dependency
  • Men and Pornography

Anger

  • Anger Management for Youth
  • Deal With Conflict Productively
  • Forgiveness and Conflict Resolution
  • Getting a Handle on Anger
  • Managing Anger Positively
  • Understanding Anger

Caregivers

  • Coping as a Caregiver
  • Dementia: Improving Care and Quality of Life
  • Self-Care for Caregivers
  • Supporting Family Members With Chronic Mental Illness
  • The Role of a Caregiver

Children & Adolescents / Parenting Issues

  • Academic Skills such as Test Taking and Transitioning to College
  • Adolescent Issues
    • Adjustment to Changing Life Circumstances
    • Cutting
    • Depression
    • Emerging Adulthood
    • Helping Parents With Substance Abusing Adolescents
    • Internet Safety for Children & Teens
    • Motivation & Coping for Teens and Children
    • Parenting Teenagers
    • Parent-Child Relationships
    • Staying Connected to your Teen
    • Talking to Teens about Suicide
  • Anger Management for Kids
  • Anxiety and Adolescence
  • ADD/ADHD (Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
  • Behavioral Disorders
  • Behavior Therapy
  • Bullying
  • Child Development
  • Child Sexual Abuse, Indicators and Dynamics of
  • Child Sexual Abuse, Responding to
  • Childhood Anxiety
  • Children of Divorce
  • Conflict Resolution in the Classroom
  • Coping With School Bullies
  • Developing a Discipline/Behavioral Plan for your Children
  • Discipline by Grace or Haste?
  • Effective Parenting
  • How to Prepare My Child for School
  • Impact of Words on Others and Especially Children
  • Internet Safety for Children & Teens
  • Normal and Expected Childhood Sexual Behaviors
  • Parenting and Consistent Discipline
  • Parenting Godly Kids
  • Parenting Needs
  • Parenting with a Plan
  • Parenting Skills for the Difficult Child
  • Parenting the Strong Willed Child
  • Pervasive Developmental Disorders
  • Self-esteem for Teen Girls
  • Strategies for Success in School
  • What I Need to Know about Special Education

Coaching  

  • Distinctions Between Therapy and Coaching
  • The Role of Coaching in the Local Congregation

Depression

  • Dealing With the Changes of Life
  • Depression: What Is It & When Do I Need Help?
  • Depression: What It's Asking of You?
  • Depression in the Elderly
  • Doing the Next Right Thing - Help Through Anxiety & Depression
  • When God is Silent

Family

  • Adjusting to College - Parents and Students
  • Adoption Issues
  • Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families
  • Balancing the Demands of Motherhood
  • Balancing Family Life
  • Blended (Step) Family Issues
  • Communication Challenges
  • Effective Communication for Families
  • Domestic Violence and its Impact on the Church
  • Family Bonding
  • Family Systems
  • Healthy Discipline = Healthy Family
  • Healthy Families: Boundaries: The Invisible Lines that Separate Us
  • Integration of Christian Values in Family Life
  • Is There Life After Divorce?
  • Self Esteem and the Family
  • Supporting Family Members With Chronic Mental Illness

Grief and Loss 

  • Coping with Grief and Loss
  • Forgiveness
  • Grief and Loss: Moving Beyond the Pain
  • Helping Children Deal With Loss
  • Stages of Grief
  • When God is Silent

Leadership

  • Ministry Goals/Leadership/Self Development
  • Servant Leadership
  • Team Building

Marriage 

  • Becoming One Is God's Design - Marital Maturity
  • Building a Better Marriage
  • Building a Covenant Marriage
  • Communication in Marriage
  • The Five Love Languages: Learning and Using Them to Benefit Romantic Relationships
  • Enriching Your Marriage
  • Healthy Marriages
  • Keeping Your Marriage Alive: The Importance of Intimacy
  • Marital Issues
  • Marital Roles
  • Premarital Issues
  • Premarital Counseling
  • Relational Issues in Marriage
  • Strengthening Marital Relationships

Men

  • Addictive Behaviors
  • Anger in Grief & Loss
  • Building Men of Character, Faith, and Action
  • Connecting With Your Kids
  • Coping with School Bullies
  • Depression: What is it? When Do I Need Help?
  • Fatherhood
  • Fathers as Men of Influence
  • Healthy Male Development
  • Is There Life After Divorce?
  • Life After Conflict
  • Male/Female Differences
  • Men & Marriage
  • Men & Pornography
  • Men's Marital Faithfulness
  • Moving From Boyhood to Manhood
  • Recovering From Extramarital Affairs
  • Relationships: Healthy Boundaries & Good Communication
  • Secrets of Effective Fathers
  • The Father We Never Knew
  • Understanding Anger

Mental Illness

  • A Wounded Heart: An Understanding of Mental Illness
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Supporting Family Members With Chronic Mental Illness

Ministry 

  • Appropriate Boundaries for Youth Leaders/Pastors
  • Balance in Ministry
  • Crisis Management
  • Ministry Goals/Leadership/Self Development
  • Role of Pastors

Relationships

  • Authentic Christianity and Relating to Others
  • Boundary Setting
  • Building Healthy Relationships
  • Communication Challenges
  • Conflict and Communication in Relationships
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Domestic Violence and its Impact on the Church
  • Forgiveness and Conflict Resolution
  • Impact of Words on Others and Especially Children
  • Interpersonal Effectiveness
  • Listening for Heaven's Sake
  • Practicing Assertive Communication
  • Pre-marital Counseling
  • Speaking the Truth in Love
  • Through Conflict to Connection
  • Relationship  Building
  • Relationships: Healthy Boundaries and Good Communication
  • Strengthening Marital/Couples Relationships
  • Understanding the Freedom & Protection of Boundaries

Self Care 

  • Budgeting Your Emotional Energy
  • Choice, Not Chance, Determines our Future
  • Diet and its Effect on Mental Health
  • Dealing With the Inner Critic
  • Reflections on Rest

Sexual Abuse

  • Child Sexual Abuse, Indicators and Dynamics of
  • Child Sexual Abuse, Responding to
  • Sexual Abuse and It's Effects into Adulthood
  • Sexual Abuse Issues
  • Sexual Offenders

Sexuality

  • A Christian View of Sexuality
  • Sexual Struggles
  • Sexuality & Spirituality

Spiritual 

  • Biblical Stewardship
  • Entering into Rest During Unrest - Develping Mature Christian Character
  • Faith Development
  • How to Believe Truth over Lies
  • Integration of Scripture and Psychology
  • Prayer: The Antidote for Society
  • Quiet Time with God and more
  • Spiritual Formation in the Church
  • The Heart of Christian Counseling
  • The Intersection Between Faith and Psychology

Stress / Anxiety

  • Anxiety and Adolescence
  • Anxiety: Causes, Usefulness, and Treatment
  • Coping Skills
  • Relaxation Techniques
  • How is Stress Affecting You? - Types of, Signs/Symptoms of, Coping Skills for Stress
  • How to Calm an Anxious Heart
  • Managing One's Anxiety
  • Social Support and Burnout
  • Stress and Anxiety Management
  • Stress Management and Self Care
  • Stress Reduction
  • Tools to Address Anxiety
  • Worry: When Does It Become Anxiety

Women 

  • Balancing the Demands of Motherhood
  • Dealing With the Inner Critic
  • Life Transitions
  • Menopausal Women
  • Rape Trauma Syndrome
  • Self Care
  • Self-Worth/Empowerment
  • Women and Mid-Life Issues
  • Women's Issues
  • Women's Wellness
  • Young Women's Issues

Miscellaneous

  • Achieving Greater Balance in Life
  • Appreciation of Culture and Psychological Health
  • Building Community through Art Making
  • College and Career
  • Community Issues (eg. poverty/anti-human sex trafficking/homelessness)
  • Coping as a Caregiver
  • Crisis Prevention & Management
  • Dealing With the Inner Critic
  • Eating Disorders/Issues
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Encouragement:  The Key to Change
  • Family of Origin Issues
  • Finding Strength Through Weakness
  • Identifying Your Purpose
  • Introduction to Art Therapy
  • Learning to Live With a Disability
  • Mental Health Education
  • Personality Types
  • PTSD Due to Abuse
  • Race Relations  
  • Recovering From Traumatic Events
  • Self-Esteem
  • Stopping Procrastination
  • Suicide & Suicide Prevention
  • Time Management
  • Use of Expressive Therapies (Music, Dance, Art, etc.)
  • Why Forgiveness?