Weekend Seminar on the Family,

Mental Health and Addictions

Art Adams of Indianapolis, Indiana

Gospel Preacher, Licensed Professional Counselor

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Session 1: Anxiety/Depression and the Christian

Forty million people at any time report clinical anxiety in the forms of panic attacks, obsessions and compulsions, post-traumatic stress, social anxiety and generalized anxiety.  What’s a Christian to do?

• Depression often travels with anxiety.  How did depressed Bible characters cope with their depression?
• Are depression and anxiety necessarily a sign of “lack of faith”?

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Special Notes

• Childcare will be provided for this session.
• 30 minutes of questions and responses will be followed after the 45 minute presentation.

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Art Adams is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), and Licensed Clinical Addictions Counselor (LCAC), a Certified Alcohol and Drug Addiction Counselor—Level 4 (CADACIV), a Nationally Certified Parenting Evaluator (NCPE), a Nationally Certified Child Evaluator (NCCE) and Internationally Certified in Addiction Counseling. He holds the four-year certificate of Achievement for Biblical Studies from Florida College, a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Purdue University and a master’s degree in Social Work from Andrews University. Mr. Adams has served as an adjunct professor at Andrews University and Indiana University/ Purdue University (IUPUI). Mr. Adams can be contacted via email at artadams3049@yahoo.com or by texting him at 574-229-7983.