Barry and Paula Davis have been married for over four decades and have two adult children. Barry is a chartered accountant and holds a theology degree from the USA. He has been involved in pastoring and church planting. In recent years his ministry has centred on developing relational tools for men as they explore their…

Sarah Van Bentum is BaptistCare’s Counselling and Family Services Manager and operates a private counselling practice.

Kylie Maddox Pidgeon  is a registered psychologist who lectures at St Marks National Theological Centre and counsels in private practice.

Erin Martine Sessions is a Domestic and Family Violence spokesperson for Common Grace. Her research has explored the prevention of intimate partner violence within the church. Erin is an academic, poet, speaker and writer. She’s currently working on her PhD on Song of Songs and Violence, lectures at Excelsia College, and is a Domestic and…

Shane Clifton is Honorary Associate at the Centre for Disability Research and Policy at the University of Sydney, after working for two decades as Professor of Theology and Ethics at Alphacrucis College.

Carl Collins is a former senior child protection investigator, team leader and departmental children’s court prosecutor with DHS Protective Services in Victoria. He was also the co-founding director of CACET Global (Child Abuse Consultancy Education and Training), providing training and consultancy to schools, colleges, churches, welfare agencies, government and non- government agencies as well as…

Dr. Graham Barker is a semi-retired Clinical Psychologist with additional qualifications in Education, Theology and Counselling. During his lifetime he has been a teacher, a pastor, a missionary, a clinician, and an academic. He was the founding president of CCAA(NSW) He completed his doctoral studies in Clinical Psychology at George Fox University in the USA…

Conference Workshop 3: Neuropsychotherapy – A paradigm shift in the Changing World of Counselling – How Neuroscience Advancements are Going Beyond Theory and a Confirming Christian Worldview. Recent developments from the field of Neuroscience is changing the landscape of counselling and psychotherapy. The increase of our knowledge and understanding of Neurobiology has created a paradigm…

John Andersen is a psychologist and marriage and family therapist. He has 25 years of clinical experience in private practice.  He is the director of Mount Evelyn Counselling. John has been actively involved with CCAA since he returned from the United States in 2000. He is currently the Vice President of the Christian Counsellors Association…

Julie Gillin is a speech pathologist with many years experience working in the field. Julie has three children, with her son developing a drug problem in his teen years.  There followed very difficult years as Julie and her family struggled to understand his problem and how best to help him.  Julie has had contact with…