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Vincent Staraci, MA, MFT

Susan Staraci, MA, MFT

Ron Boyer, MA, MFTI

Patricia Stahlman, MA, MFT

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Hosanna Counseling Ministries has a variety of seminars especially designed to fit into a church setting.  You can schedule a seminar series as a Sunday School event at your church or as a series taught at a convenient time during the week.  All seminars are facilitated by Hosanna Therapists who are trained and experienced in bringing to you the best quality seminar experience.        

               Our Current Offering of Seminars


Sexuality, Authenticity and Grace

Developed by Vincent, Staraci, MFT

At the heart of “Sexuality, Authenticity & Grace” is a desire to broaden our understanding and appreciation of the power, the mystery and the holiness of human sexuality. We will not be presenting an inventory of techniques for married couples to increase the frequency and intensity of their sexual pleasure. Nor will we be advising the unmarried on how to more effectively “white knuckle” sexual abstinence. Our goals for this seminar are far more ambitious.

Our sexuality resonates in the deepest part of a most sacred part of us. It is more than physical and more than relational.  Sexuality  at its core, is deeply spiritual.  Why?  Because our sexuality is God-given, God-designed and precious beyond  measure. Human sexuality has its origins in the Person of our Father in heaven.  Its original reference point is His   image and His likeness. And it is His heart that we will be seeking on this matter.

In this seminar you will learn how to reconcile and  restore hope in the possibility that sexual freedom is possible, whether you are rightfully celebrating it in marriage or struggling to freely abstain from it as you prepare yourself for intimacy in marriage. Subjects taught:

*       Sexuality and Creation - When Adam and Eve fell, they covered their sexuality in shame. This has been the enemy's target of attack ever since.

*       Sexuality, Culture & Addiction - Sexual addiction and brokenness is rampant in our culture and in the Church. Grace and Mercy are the solutions.

*       Sexuality & Authentic Relationships - Learning to walk in sexual integrity and authentic, intimate relationships.

*       Sexuality and Grace - Becoming free from the tyranny of shame and condemnation concerning sexual brokenness.


Boundaries   By Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend

This excellent series addresses specific issues that confront today's Christians.  Issues such as:

  • Living a life out of control

  • Having people take advantage of us

  • Having trouble saying no

  • Being disappointed with God because of unanswered prayers

and Many more vital issues

A boundary is a personal property line that marks those things for which we are responsible.  In other words, boundaries define who we are and who we are not.

They impact all areas of our lives:

  • Physical boundaries help us determine who may touch us and under what circumstances.

  • Mental boundaries give us the freedom to have our own thoughts and opinions.

  • Emotional boundaries help us deal with our own emotions and disengage from the harmful, manipulative emotions of others.

  • Spiritual boundaries help us to distinguish God's will from our own and give us renewed awe for our Creator.


Changes That Heal   Developed by Dr. Henry Cloud

In this program, you will learn that there are biblical solutions for your struggles with depression, anxiety, panic, addictions, and guilt, and that these solutions lie in your understanding certain basic developmental tasks.  These tasks involve growing up into the "likeness" of the one who created you.

Dr. Cloud in this book has identified four aspects of the personality of God that, if we would cultivate them, would greatly improve our day-to-day functioning.   God is able to do four things that we, his children, have difficulty doing:

  • Bond with others.

  • Separate from others.

  • Sort out issues of good and bad.

  • Take charge as an adult.

Dr. Cloud goes on to say that because we live in a fallen world, we all have deficits in all four areas.  Transforming the effects of the fall and growing in the image of God is not an easy task.  But God has promised that the "good work" he began in us, He will carry "on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus" (Phil. 1:6). This is a life changing and essential seminar for anyone needing real, permanent transformation in their life!

 


Hiding From Love   Developed by Dr. John Townsend

In this series you will discover:

  • Our two biggest problems related to love

  • Helpful and harmful types of  hiding

  • Hope for those in hiding

When you experience emotional injury, fear, shame, or pride, your first impulse is to hide the hurting parts of yourself from God, others, and even yourself.  Often, you've learned these hiding patterns during childhood to protect yourself in a threatening environment.  The problem is that when you hide your injuries and frailties, you isolate yourself from the very things you need in order to heal and mature.  What served as protection for a child becomes a prison to an adult.

In Hiding From Love, Dr. John Townsend helps you to explore thoroughly the hiding pattern you've developed and guides you toward the healing grace and truth that God has built into safe, connected relationships with Himself and others.  You'll discover:

  • The difference between "good" and "bad" hiding

  • Why you hide the broken parts of your soul from the God who can heal them

  • How to be free to make mistakes without fear of exposing your  failures and imperfections

  • How to obtain the joy and wholeness God intends you to have through healthy boding with others


 Safe People  By Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend

Countless individuals have invested themselves into people who've shipwrecked their lives in return.  They've been abandoned or taken advantage of, and left with little to show for what they've given.  They've lost the sense of security and personal value in the process.   If you're one who has chosen the wrong people to get involved with or makes the same mistakes about relationships over and over again, then the Safe People seminar offers you a remedy.

Dr. Cloud and Dr. Townsend walk you through frank, soul-searching questions into active changes and practical steps for growth.  Safe People gives you solid guidance that will help you:

  • Correct things within yourself that jeopardize your relational security

  • Learn the twenty traits of "unsafe" people

  • Recognize what makes people trustworthy

  • Avoid unhealthy relationships

  • Form positive relationships


For more information on how to schedule a seminar for your church please contact us at: 

Hosanna Seminars  310-458-9500

 

 

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