Upcoming Events:
Both Basic and Intermediate-Advanced Immanuel Approach training conferences!
When: (Basic) To be arranged — 2020 events all cancelled due to COVID
Where: To be arranged
Online registration
Additional information (website for hosting church)
Full brochure for Phoenix Nov 2019 Basic Conference
Full brochure for Phoenix Nov 2019 Intermediate-Advanced Conference
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Intro paragraph for Basic: Immanuel means “God with us.” This promise is the foundation of a growing movement of lay ministers and professionals who are using the Immanuel approach to deepen intimacy with God, discern God’s ongoing guidance, and resolve past pain. This method is based on current brain science interpreted through Scripture and proven by repeated applications over the last fourteen years. The Immanuel approach has been developed by Dr Lehman and Dr. E. James Wilder working together in close collaboration, and Dr. Lehman remains one of the foremost experts regarding this new, exciting approach to life and emotional healing. Participants will receive teaching about basic-intermediate Immanuel approach principles and tools. (The importance of relational circuits, how appreciation turns them on, how our brains have been designed to work best in community, how our relationships are memory-mapped, how we can apply all of this brain science to establish interactive connections with the living presence of Jesus, very basic theory regarding resolution of psychological trauma, and how to facilitate healing for trauma in the context of an Immanuel session.) Participants will see these principles and tools modeled in video clips and live demonstrations, and they will then practice applying these principles and tools in “hands on” group exercises. Participants who already have some training and experience with the Immanuel Approach will benefit from additional practice with troubleshooting and using Immanuel Approach safety nets. They will also learn about teaching the Immanuel Approach and about leading group exercises as they observe Dr. Lehman modeling these advanced skills.
Intro paragraph for Intermediate-Advanced: If you are planning to attend this intermediate-advanced Immanuel Approach conference, you already know that the foundation for the Immanuel Approach is helping the recipient to establish an interactive connection with the living presence of Jesus. You already know that the Immanuel Approach is unusually safe, gentle, effective, and transferrable. You also already know that one can learn the basic Immanuel Approach principles and tools in a matter of hours, but that it takes a lifetime to master the intermediate and advanced principles and tools. In this conference, Dr. Lehman will provide teaching and modeling regarding intermediate-advanced principles and tools for indentifying and resolving blockages when recipients are having difficulty connecting with Jesus, for other troubleshooting challenges, for identifying and resolving confusion, accidental counterfeits, and deliberate counterfeits that contaminate connections with Jesus, and for using the Immanuel Approach safety nets in difficult situations. Dr. Lehman will also talk about recipients who have trouble finding positive memories, he will describe how to care for dissociative parts who are pretending to be Jesus, and he will share new insights regarding how to avoid destroying your ministry or causing other harm due to inappropriate relationships. There will be some time for Q&A (as much as we can possibly squeeze in).
Do-It-Yourself Category 1 CEUs for Immanuel Approach Seminars:
The bad news is that we are not able to provide pre-approved Category 1 CEUs. The good news is that many states allow mental health professionals to make their own application for CEUs for a specific event. For example, in Pennsylvania the regulations for CEUs for LCSWs, LMFTs, and LPCs include the following: “(d) The Board may approve participation in other continuing education courses or programs for credit so long as the licensee submits, prior to attendance, an application for program approval and supporting documentation provided in § 47.35, and upon completion of the course or program submits verification of attendance.” I have carefully prepared the supporting documentation below (trying to emphasize the many ways in which this material would be legitimate for mental health professional CEUs), and participants pursuing this do-it-yourself CEU option will receive a certificate of attendance at the end of each of the seminars.
If your state makes this kind of provision for CEUs for your particular MHP category (Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, LCSW, LMFT, LMHP, LCPC, Addictions Counselor, etc), then the supporting documents just mentioned and the certificate of attendance may enable you to obtain category 1 CEUs (unless your regulatory board has an intense negative reaction to the explicitly Christian components of the material).
Supporting documentation:
Basic seminar, detailed schedule
Basic seminar, learning objectives
Basic seminar, partial bibliography
Basic seminar, presenter qualifications
Basic seminar, seminar overview and teaching content
Intermediate-advanced, detailed schedule
Intermediate-advanced, learning objectives
Intermediate-advanced, partial bibliography
Intermediate-advanced, presenter qualifications
Intermediate-advanced, seminar overview and teaching content