Fall Training Announced

Dr. Mark Yarhouse is offering an all-day workshop on addressing sexual identity in clinical practice. The workshop will be held on the Regent University campus in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It will be held Friday, October 1st, 2010, from 9am to 4pm. On-line registration is now available here. From the registration page: This workshop will introduce…

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Understanding Sexual Identity Therapy

This past year I’ve dealt with an interesting challenge that faces Christians who produce scholarship in controversial areas. My area is sexual identity, and I’ve been researching and providing services in this area for many years now. There are not many models for how to do integration in this area, and there are few people…

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SIT at the CCCU Conference

I just returned from the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) International Conference in Atlanta. The theme of the conference was Critical Breakthroughs. I made a presentation titled “Navigating Sexual Identity Issues on Christian College Campuses.” It was a talk based on the past several years of visiting CCCU-affiliated institutions, speaking to faculty, staff,…

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SIT and Pastoral Care II

Next week I will be travelling to Asbury College and Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky,  for a series of talks. At Asbury I’ll be giving chapel addresses, meeting with Student Development staff, and participating in various panel discussions and coffee shop discussions. The time as Asbury Theological Seminary will focus on pastoral care and…

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Applications of SIT to Pastoral Care

This past year I have had the opportunity to speak to several seminary students, and I have another similar talk coming up. For the most recent talk, I had been asked to provide two lectures. One was on the etiology of sexual orientation; the other lecture was on whether orientation can change. At the end of the second…

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