Workshops & Seminars 

We offer a range of engaging seminars for ministerial staff, lay leaders, and congregations—designed to bring practical insight, emotional clarity, and healthier relational functioning to your ministry setting.

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Each seminar blends teaching, discussion, and real-world application, helping leaders see beneath the surface of challenges and learn to respond with greater wisdom and calm. Rooted in Bowen Family Systems Theory and years of ministry experience, these sessions invite participants to reflect on how emotional processes—rather than just strategies or personalities—shape the life of the church.

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Whether offered as a single workshop, a staff retreat, or a weekend series, our seminars help faith communities grow in self-awareness, strengthen relationships, and move toward greater health and maturity together.

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Popular Topics Include:

• Non-Anxious Parenting
  How to apply systems principles at home and model emotional steadiness for the next generation

• Cultivating a Non-Anxious Presence
  Learning to lead with clarity and calm in the midst of anxiety and pressure

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

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

• Leadership in an Anxious Church
  Exploring how to lead thoughtfully when anxiety runs high and reactivity takes center stage

• How to Lead Without Overfunctioning
  Recognizing and resisting the pull to take on too much responsibility for others

• Understanding Triangles: Managing Conflict in Ministry Settings
  Identifying the subtle patterns that sustain conflict and learning to navigate them more effectively

• Ministry and the Family You Came From
  Discovering how your family story shapes the way you lead, relate, and respond to stress

• Clergy Burnout: Causes, Costs, and What to Do About It
  A practical look at how emotional process, overfunctioning, and chronic stress contribute to burnout—and what recovery looks like

• Congregations as Emotional Systems
  Seeing the church as a living system and learning to think more broadly about change, conflict, and connection

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

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

• Self-Differentiation for Spiritual Leaders
  Strengthening your capacity to stay connected without losing yourself

• 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
  Learning to see challenging individuals not as obstacles, but as indicators of the system’s emotional processes

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

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Customized Seminars

Looking for something specific? We’re happy to tailor a seminar or retreat to meet the unique needs of your church, presbytery, diocese, or organization. Whether your focus is leadership development, staff health, or navigating congregational anxiety, we’ll work with you to design an experience that fits your context and goals.

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