Light University Online

09/21/2026

What happens when a client confuses coercion with submission or a trauma bond with faithfulness?

Equip yourself to help clients recognize harmful relationship patterns and move toward greater clarity, safety, and confidence.

Join Leslie Vernick, M.S.W., for Light University’s Coaching Victims of Narcissistic and Emotionally Abusive Relationships. In this 1-hour course, you’ll learn to:

• Recognize signs of emotional abuse, coercive control, and trauma bonding.
• Understand how trauma and moral injury affect clients’ choices.
• Help clients distinguish freely chosen Christian virtues from fear-based compliance.

Save 50% through October 15!

Learn what to look for and what to ask when a client may be experiencing emotional abuse.

Enroll today and save 50%:

https://lightuniversity.com/checkout/?add-to-cart=363806&apply_coupon=CVNE1026

09/13/2026

09/12/2026

07/20/2026

The American Association of Christian Counselors mourns the loss of our friend and colleague, Dr. Tim Murphy, who passed away at the age of 73.

While many knew Dr. Murphy as a former congressman, we knew him as family. As leader of AACC’s Military Division, he was instrumental in shaping our Military and First Responder Mental Health Coaching program, equipping thousands of caregivers to serve those who serve us. A psychologist and Navy Reserve commander who personally treated wounded warriors, he never stopped advocating for the mental health of active duty service members, veterans, first responders, and their families.

During his time in office as a congressman, he wrote and sponsored the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act, landmark legislation that became law in 2016 and expanded access to treatment for individuals living with serious mental illness and the families who love them. He was also the author of The Christ Cure: 10 Biblical Ways to Heal from Trauma, Tragedy, and PTSD, helping people work through trauma with the Hope we have in Christ.

We are grateful for his life, his service, and his friendship. Our prayers are with the Murphy family, and with all who were touched by his remarkable heart for the hurting.

07/15/2026

A New Era of Mental Health Coaching Is Here!

AACC / Light University has partnered with Celebrate Recovery Global to launch the all-new Addiction and Mental Health Recovery Coaching Certificate.

This new 42-hour program features all-new lessons focused on the connection between mental health, addiction, trauma, and recovery. It was created for pastors, coaches, ministry leaders, recovery leaders, and everyday helpers who want to provide practical, compassionate, biblically grounded care to those navigating life's hurts, habits, and hang-ups.

The certificate is issued through AACC / Light University and endorsed by Celebrate Recovery.

For a limited time, scholarship approval reduces tuition from $2,400 to just $99.

Scholarship applications close July 31.

Learn more and apply: https://lightuniversity.com/addiction-and-mental-health-recovery-coaching/

07/07/2026

If you've ever walked out of a session feeling like you didn't have enough to give, this is for you.

Caregivers carry a lot. And somewhere along the way, it's easy to start believing the weight is yours to hold alone. That your clients' healing depends on how much you can produce, how present you can be, how much you can feel with them.

But that's not the assignment.

You are not the source of comfort. You are the vessel of it.

"The God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God." (2 Corinthians 1:3-4)