Providing Care and Counseling
for Veterans and Their Families
Clergy and Mental Health
Professionals Conference
Friday, February 10, 2012
8:30 am – 3:00 pm
at Christian Theological Seminary
Join us for this conference for faith leaders and
mental health professionals engaging the breadth of specific issues that
confront returning troops and their families. Participants will learn
about the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder on veterans and their
families, caring for veterans in faith communities, suicide prevention for
veterans, counseling veterans, helping families adjust to a members’ return
from military service. Participants will be able to connect with diverse
community resources that support veterans and their families in issues.
Sessions for the day include:
“PTSD in Veterans: What Faith leaders and Mental Health Professionals need
to know” with Steven M. Herman, Ph.D., HSPP, Director, Psychiatry Ambulatory
Care Clinic, Lead Psychologist, Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center
“Care for Veterans in Congregations” workshop for faith leaders with
Chaplain (Major) Jim Staggers, Joint Forces Headquarters-Indiana, Deputy
State Chaplain
“Counseling Veterans” workshop for mental health professionals with Clyde
Angel, D.Min., BCC, LPC, VHA-CM, Chief, Chaplain Services, Richard L.
Roudebush VA Medical Center, Fellow AAPC & John Sullivan, LCSW
“Working with Families of Veteran” workshop for faith leaders and mental
health professionals with Joyce K. Smith, Consultant, Joint Forces
Headquarters-Indiana
“Suicide and Its Prevention among Veterans” workshop for faith leaders and
mental health professionals with Judi Green, MA, LCSW, VA Office of
Suicide Prevention
“Where Do We Go From Here?” closing conversation with Prof. Matthias Beier,
Ph.D., LMHC and others
Featured Presenters:
Steven M.
Herman, Ph.D., HSPP, Director, Psychiatry Ambulatory Care Clinic, Lead
Psychologist, Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center
Clyde Angel,
D.Min., BCC, LPC, VHA-CM, Chief, Chaplain Services, Richard L. Roudebush VA
Medical Center, Fellow AAPC
Judi Green, MA,
LCSW, VA Office of Suicide Prevention
Joyce K. Smith,
Consultant, Joint Forces Headquarters-Indiana
Chaplain
(Major) Jim Staggers, Joint Forces Headquarters-Indiana, Deputy State
Chaplain
Moderator:
Prof. Matthias Beier, Ph.D., LMHC, Director, Mental Health Counseling
Program, Christian Theological Seminary
Cost: FREE and open to the public; pre-registration is highly encouraged;
participants may pre-register for lunch on-site for $10
Co-sponsors:
Midwest Region of the American
Association of Pastoral Counselors (
AAPC ), IU Health
CEUs: 4.5 hours of NBCC continuing education
credits will be available for mental health professionals completing the
entire conference
For more information or to register, contact the Office of Lifelong
Theological Education at
(317) 931-4224, or
click here to begin the registration process on-line .
