Leading Faith Communities in Addressing Mental Health Concerns

Faith leaders are often the first people families turn to during emotional, behavioral, or mental health challenges. Many feel underprepared to respond while maintaining pastoral boundaries.

This workshop provides practical guidance for recognizing concerns, responding with compassion, supporting families, reducing stigma, and helping congregations become places where those in distress find care, connection, and pathways to appropriate help.

Featuring Speaker:

Andrew J. Graham, PhD, LMHC, LMFT – an Associate Professor of Counselor Education at Asbury Theological Seminary and a licensed clinician in both mental health counseling and marriage and family therapy. He has more than two decades of clinical and teaching experience at the intersection of counseling, theology, and cultural formation. Dr. Graham’s scholarship and training focus on faith integration, ethical practice, and counselor development. He regularly presents at national and international conferences on topics related to spirituality in clinical practice, crises of faith, and ethical care within faith-based contexts.

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