Workshops & Seminars 

We offer a range of seminars for ministerial staff, lay leaders, and congregations—designed to support clearer thinking, emotional steadiness, and healthier patterns of relationship within ministry life.

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Each seminar blends teaching, conversation, and practical application, helping leaders look beneath the surface of familiar challenges and respond with greater wisdom and calm. Grounded in Bowen Family Systems Theory and shaped by years of ministry experience, these sessions invite participants to notice how emotional processes—rather than strategies or personalities alone—shape the life of a church.

 

Whether offered as a single workshop, a staff retreat, or a multi-session series, our seminars support faith communities in growing self-awareness, strengthening relationships, and moving toward greater health and maturity together.

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Popular Topics Include:

• Non-Anxious Parenting
  Applying systems principles at home and modeling emotional steadiness for the next generation

• Cultivating a Non-Anxious Presence
  Learning to lead with clarity and calm amid anxiety and pressure

• Staff Dynamics & Team Health
  Understanding emotional process in teams and learning to work together without getting stuck

• Family Diagrams 101
  Mapping family patterns to better understand the roots of leadership behavior and reactivity

• Leadership in an Anxious Church
  Exploring how to lead thoughtfully when anxiety rises and reactivity takes hold

• Leading Without Overfunctioning
  Recognizing and resisting the pull to carry too much responsibility for others

• Understanding Triangles: Managing Conflict in Ministry Settings
  Identifying relational patterns that sustain conflict and learning to navigate them with greater clarity

• Ministry and the Family You Came From
  Examining how family history shapes leadership, relationships, and responses to stress

• Clergy Burnout: Causes, Costs, and Paths Forward
  A practical look at how chronic stress and overfunctioning contribute to burnout—and what recovery can involve

• Congregations as Emotional Systems
  Learning to think more broadly about change, conflict, and connection in church life

• Resilient Leadership in Divisive Times
  Leading with steadiness and integrity in polarized environments

• Boundaries, Overfunctioning, and Saying No with Clarity
  Establishing healthier limits without guilt, resentment, or withdrawal

• Self-Differentiation for Spiritual Leaders
  Strengthening the capacity to stay connected without losing oneself

• Leading Through Change and Resistance
  Understanding how anxiety fuels resistance—and how thoughtful leadership can move a congregation forward

• Ministry and the “Problem Person”: A Systems Perspective
  Seeing challenging individuals as indicators of broader emotional dynamics within the system

• Reactivity in the Pulpit and the Pew
  Exploring how reactivity shows up in preaching, leadership, and congregational life—and how to remain steady when it does

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Customized Seminars

Looking for something more specific? We can tailor a seminar or retreat to fit the particular needs of your church, judicatory, or organization. Whether the focus is leadership development, staff health, or navigating congregational anxiety, we work with you to design an experience that fits your context and pace.​

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Thinking a seminar or workshop could be a good fit for your staff, church, or organization? Let's talk.