Christian Counseling Training

Learn How to Counsel Others Using Biblical Principles
Live Online & In-Person Teaching Conference
March 18-19, 2026 Taught by Dr. Daniel Walker

WHO THIS IS FOR

This teaching conference is for people who feel deeply called to help but aren’t sure how to do it well.

You belong here if you are:

• A pastor or ministry leader carrying others’ emotional burdens

• A women’s ministry leader, small group facilitator, or lay helper who feels under-equipped

• A small church leader with limited counseling resources

• Anyone called to shepherd others through pain toward restoration, wholeness, and hope without compromising Scripture

• Someone who has ever thought:

  • “I want to help, but I don’t know how.”


  • “I’m not a therapist, but people keep coming to me.”

  • “I’m afraid I’ll say the wrong thing.”

This training is for called people who want to support others in a way that is biblical, compassionate, and emotionally wise.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

• Build confidence to care for others without burnout

• Cultivate healthy relationships, boundaries, and sustainable ministry practices

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

At this teaching conference, you’ll discover how to:

• Counsel others using biblical truth and emotional insight

• Respond to trauma, temptation, identity, and emotional pain with grace and clarity

• Understand how emotions and faith work together in healing

• Build confidence to care for others without burnout

• Cultivate healthy relationships, boundaries, and sustainable ministry practices

Why This Teaching Conference Matters

People are coming to you with trauma, addiction, identity wounds, emotional exhaustion, and spiritual confusion. Prayer alone, while essential, often feels it isn’t enough.

Many pastors, lay leaders, and ministry helpers feel overwhelmed in these moments. They care deeply, but they’re not sure what to say, or they’re afraid of doing more harm than good.

This Teaching Conference was created for that exact moment.

Christian Counseling Training equips you to minister healing with both biblical authority and clinical wisdom. They work together, not in opposition to one another.

You’ll learn how to counsel the whole person—mind, body, and spirit—using Scripture as your foundation while engaging proven, trauma-informed counseling principles that actually work in real ministry settings.

Rather than offering formulas or surface-level encouragement, this training walks you through how:
• Trauma shapes behavior


• Temptation is often rooted in unmet emotional needs


• Identity in Christ becomes the anchor for lasting transformation

You’ll walk away with practical tools you can use right away in pastoral counseling, discipleship, and spiritual care, without compromising your theology or outsourcing care to secular systems.

This resource does not replace clinical therapy; it provides biblically integrated care intended for practical ministry settings.

Christian Counseling Training: Learn How to Counsel Others Using Biblical Principles will equip you to remain rooted in Scripture, informed by therapy, and powered by calling.

Choose Your Access Level

Whether you want to attend for free, go deeper with full access, or join ISOW for ongoing study, we’ve created flexible options to fit your goals.

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Christian Counseling Training

“What if you could respond to trauma and emotional pain with confidence and compassion?”

You can. And we’ll show you how.

Equip yourself to help others heal, biblically, safely, and with emotional wisdom.

FAQs

Q: Is this conference biblical or psychological?
A: It is biblically grounded and clinically informed. Scripture is the foundation, and mental health principles are used as supportive tools—not replacements for faith.

Q: Is this the same as secular therapy training?
A: No. This training is designed specifically for ministry contexts. It equips pastors and leaders to care for people wisely without attempting to replace licensed therapy.

Q: Do I need a counseling or psychology background to attend?
A: No prior clinical training is required. The conference is accessible for pastors, ministry leaders, lay helpers, and students, while still offering meaningful depth.

Q: Will this training conflict with my theology?

A: The conference rejects dualistic thinking that separates faith and emotional care. All material is presented through a Christ-centered, Scripture-affirming lens.

Q: Will I leave with practical tools I can actually use?

A: Yes. You’ll walk away with trauma-informed, biblically integrated tools you can use immediately in pastoral counseling, discipleship, and spiritual care.