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June 12-13, 2020 9:00am-4:30pm Blanchard Hall 339, Wheaton College
Two-day CE event on client-centered, identity-focused approaches to navigating sexual or gender identity and religious identity conflicts.
Join us for a two-day inaugural SGI training event: an informed, respectful, and nuanced training in exploring sexual or gender identity and religous identity conflicts that has as its goal to help clients navigate the difficult conflict between who they are in terms of their sexual or gender identity and their religious faith. Sexual Identity Therapy (SIT; Yarhouse, 2019) and gender and relious identity exploration are client-centered, identity-focused approaches to navigating conflicts between sexual or gender identity and religious identity. Christians who struggle with a conflict between their sexual or gender identity and religious identity have few therapeutic options available to them.
Hosted by the SGI Institute, Wheaton College School of Psychology, Counseling, & Family Therapy
Our Featured Speakers
Mark A. Yarhouse, Psy.D., is the Dr. Arthur P. Rech & Mrs. Jean May Rech Professor of Psychology at Wheaton College, where he directs the Sexual & Gender Identity Institute. He is currently conducting a study of the experiences of gender diverse students at Christian colleges and universities. Dr. Yarhouse has served as a subject matter expert to the National Institute of Corrections on LGBT+ persons in corrections and was part of the American Psychological Associations consensus panel that provided input to the SAMHSA on care for LGBT youth.
He was named Senior Fellow with the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities to conduct a study of students navigating sexual identity concerns at Christian colleges and universities. Dr. Yarhouse is currently the Chair of the task force on LGBT+ issues for Division 36 (Psychology of Religion and Spirituality) of the American Psychological Association. He was also invited to write the featured white paper on sexual identity for the Christ on Campus Initiative edited by Don A. Carson for The Gospel Coalition.
Dr. Stephen P. Stratton is professor of counseling and pastoral care at Asbury Seminary. He has been a research co-investigator for a line of research for the past 10+ years on the experiences of sexual minorities at Christian colleges and universities referred to as the Christian Sexual Identity Project. That research was featured in the book, Listening to Sexual Minorities (InterVarsity Press Academic). Dr. Stratton is also co-investigator for the Christian Gender Identity Project, which is a study of students navigating gender identity and faith on Christian college campuses. He has spearheaded the qualitative analysis for both projects.
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Ticket Prices:
Professionals - $429 (Early bird rate of $399 before May 1)
Wheaton Graduate Students - Free (Limited quantities available)