Pastors' Workshop REGISTRATION PAGE
Spring 2025 Pastors' Workshop
Presented by the Rev. Dr. Graham Standish, PhD, MDiv, MA, MSW
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Can CBT Skills Make You a Better Pastor?
About this Workshop
Pastors have successfully applied counseling techniques to ministry for a long time. They’ve used Rogerian therapy in pastoral care and family systems theory in leadership. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) insights and skills may be even more helpful in helping us become better pastors and leaders.
In this workshop, we'll learn how:
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Our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors interact to positively or negatively affect our leadership.
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Our core beliefs about ourselves and others can influence our reactions.
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Thought distortions can unintentionally hurt our leadership and relationships.
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Unresolved trauma responses can impact our perspectives and plans.
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CBT techniques can reduce conflict and increase collaboration,… and much more.
Workshop Instructor
This workshop is led by The Rev. Dr. Graham Standish, PhD, MDiv, MA, MSW, executive director of Samaritan and director of its Caring for Clergy and Congregations program. Graham has written 10 books and as the former pastor of Calvin Presbyterian Church in Zelienople, PA, he led the church to grow for 22 years based on an experiential approach to ministry.
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Before his ministry at Calvin, Graham served as a therapist in a pastoral counseling agency, as a drug and alcohol therapist, an intern as a hospital chaplain, and as an associate pastor at a growing church in Murrysville, PA. Graham is a teacher, retreat leader, spiritual director and has a background in individual, marital, and family therapy.
Graham earned his Ph.D. and M.A. in formative spirituality from Duquesne University, his Master of Social Work from the University of Pittsburgh, and his Master of Divinity from the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.
WHEN
Thursday,
May 8th
9AM-Noon
WHERE
Sewickley
Presbyterian
Church
Lower Level,
Ansby Hall
COST
$15
Includes Light
Refreshments
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