Dr. Les and Leslie Parrott
Les and Leslie Parrott. A husband-and-wife team who not only share the same name, but the same passion for helping others build healthy relationships. The Parrotts bring real-life examples to their speaking platform. Their professional training - Leslie as a marriage and family therapist, and Les as a clinical psychologist - ensures a presentation that is grounded, insightful and cutting-edge. Les and Leslie are master communicators. They are entertaining, thought-provoking and immeasurably practical. One minute you'll be laughing and the next you'll sit still in silence as they open your eyes to how you can make your relationships all they were meant to be.
Each year they speak live to over one million people in more than 40 cities nationwide and internationally. Their audiences include a wide array of venues, from churches to Fortune 500 company board rooms. The Governor of Oklahoma appointed the Parrotts as the first ever statewide Marriage Ambassadors. Authorities have called upon Les and Leslie to provide on-site support in the aftermath of worldwide disasters such as Ground Zero and Chernobyl. The Commander of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, invited them to assist his soldiers with re-entry into family life upon returning from Iraq.
Their books have sold over one million copies in more than two dozen languages, and include best-selling and Gold-medallion winner /Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts/. Other popular titles include /The Control Freak/, /I Love You More/, /Becoming Soul Mates/, /Relationships/, /Questions Couples Ask/, /Shoulda Woulda Coulda/, and /High-Maintenance Relationships/. The Parrotts have been guests on many national TV and radio programs such as /CNN/, /Good Morning America/, /CBS This Morning/, /The View with Barbara Walters/, /NBC Nightly News/, and /Oprah/. Les and Leslie are also hosts of the nationally syndicated radio program /Love Talk/ and are weekly guests on the Fox TV morning show in Seattle. Their work as been featured in /Family Circle/, /Redbook/, /Men's Health/, /Focus on the Family/, /Brides/, as well as /USA Today/ and /The New York Times/.
8:00 am - Registration
8:30 am - General Session:-Dr. Les and Leslie Parrott
10:00 am - Break
10:15 am - AM Workshops
11:30 am - Wabash Downtown Festival - Lunch
1:30 pm - PM Workshops
2:45 pm - Break
3:00 pm - General Session:-Dr. Les and Leslie Parrott
4:15 pm - Conference Ends
These sponsors have made a significant financial contribution to bring you this conference. We are very grateful for their commitment and generosity.
1. REDEEMING YOUR EMOTIONS - Dr. Wayne Priest, Licensed Psychologist, Professor of Psychology, Huntington University
2. CHRIST-CENTERED SELF-ESTEEM - Charles Gerber, Director of Christian Counseling Services, Muncie
3. EATING DISORDERS: FIRST STEPS TOWARD HEALING - Dr. Mary Clark, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Michigan
4. 9 THINGS YOU SIMPLY MUST DO - Mary Adams, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Indianapolis
5. MANAGING YOUR ANGER IN A HEALTHY WAY - Dr. Paul Sather, Licensed Psychologist, Meier Clinics, Wheaton, Illinois
6. ANXIETY REDUCTION STRATEGIES - Dr. Steven Snyder, Professor of Psychology, Taylor University
7. BI-POLAR KIDS AND ADULTS - Christine Ottaviano Shestak, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Bluffton
8. FINDING YOUR DREAM JOB: CAREER PLANNING (Part 1) - Dr. Rusty Coulter-Kern, Licensed Psychologist, Professor of Psychology, Manchester College
9. HELPING FRIENDS AVOID PORNOGRAPHY. - Dr. G. Lee Griffith, Licensed Psychologist, Professor of Psychology, Anderson University
10. MAKING MARRIAGE WORK - Dr. Tim Gardner, Director & Founder, The Marriage Institute, Indianapolis
11. TOO MUCH, TOO SOON...OVER-INDULGED CHILDREN. DEALING WITH AT-RISK YOUTH AND THEIR ENABLING PARENTS. - Ann Presnall, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Bowen Center, Huntington
12 DEALING WITH PRODIGAL SONS AND DAUGHTERS- Dr. Gregory Sowles, Neuropsychologist, Clinical Director, Family Care Center, Ft. Wayne
13. EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE FOR GREAT LEADERSHIP THAT PRODUCES RESULTS- Dr. Rebecca Haskett, Professor of Business, Falls School of Business, Anderson University - Ed Turi, Turi Business Coaching, Indianapolis
14. PRE-MARRIAGE COUNSELING: A MODEL THAT WORKS - Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott
15. SELF CARE: STAYING MENTALLY HEALTHY IN A MIND DRAINING PROFESSION - Dr. Ray Seilhamer, Dean, Huntington University Graduate School
16. FINDING YOUR DREAM JOB: CAREER PLANNING (Part 2) - Dr. Rusty Coulter-Kern, Licensed Psychologist, Professor of Psychology, Manchester College
17. WEIGHT LOSS FOR LIFE: WHY DIETS DON'T WORK - Dr. Mary Clark, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Michigan
18. THE CONSEQUENCES OF LOSS: GRIEF AND MOURNING- Dr. Wayne Priest, Licensed Psychologist, Professor of Psychology, Huntington University
19. WE CAN WORK IT OUT: COMMUNICATION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION TIPS - Carol Horn, Director of School Services, Education for Conflict Resolution Organization
20. OVERCOMING THE EFFECTS OF YOUR PAST - Dr. G. Lee Griffith, Licensed Psychologist, Professor of Psychology, Anderson University
21. GUILT THAT KILLS- Dr. Steven Snyder, Professor of Psychology, Taylor University
22. THRIVING THROUGH LIFE'S TRANSITIONS - Dr. Judy Huffman, Pastor of Congregational Life, College Wesleyan Church, Marion
23. CUTTING PAIN: DEALING WITH SELF-MUTILATING BEHAVIORS- Mary Adams, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Indianapolis
24. BECOMING ONE: HAVING THE FULFILLING MARRIAGE GOD INTENDED - Dr. Paul Sather, Licensed Psychologist, Meier Clinics, Wheaton, Illinois
25. ADHD: NOW AND THEN - Dr. Gregory Sowles, Neuropsychologist, Clinical Director, Family Care Center, Ft. Wayne
26. PARENTS COPING WITH THEIR CHILDREN'S SEXUAL ABUSE. - Laura Michmerhulzen, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Family Care Center, Ft. Wayne.
27. LEADER on the SHIP of CHANGE- Ken Rauch, Human Resource Director, G&S Metals, Inc., Wabash
28. FOLLOWERSHIP - LOOKING AT LEADERSHIP FROM THE OTHER SIDE - Doug Shoemaker, Superintendent, Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends Churches
29. ADVANCED TECHNIQUES IN TREATING PERSONALITY DISORDERS - Dr. Jerry Davis, Director of the Graduate Counseling Program, Indiana Wesleyan University
30. MARRIAGE MENTORING IN THE CHURCH - Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott
Presenter ideas: Doug Daugherty; Jerry Davis; Judy Huffman; Betty Jane Fratzke; Vance Maloney; Anne Reidenbach; Tim McFadden; Ken Rauch, Tim Gardner (AFI), Micah Clark, AFA;
Topic Ideas: bi-polar symptoms in adults and kids; coping with prodigal children; religious beliefs that help maintain or undermine emotional health; helping adult children forgive their parents; parenting the Difficult Child: Dealing effectively with sensitive, persistent, easily frustrated and very energetic kids; helping couples go from anger to intimacy; Energizing the second half of your marriage; the wonderful power of changing yourself; Soul virgins: pursuing God's heart for single adult sexuality; The married guys guide to great sex; assessment and treatment of childhood obesity; obsessive compulsive: the brilliant mind that just won't quite; women and depression, men and depression; What needs to grow . . . What needs to Go? Cultivating emotional and spiritual health for the single woman; Women and burnout: how to balance work, home, and life; weight loss for life; becoming a better leader (geared to business mid or top management); job transition (with the many job losses, retraining, etc. going on these days); dealing with guilt, adol. Substance abuse, depression, difficult people, anxiety
Support Groups begin meeting the week of September 12. They meet in the Conference Room in the Wabash Friends Counseling Center unless otherwise designated. They are open to the entire community. There is no cost. Each group has an experienced facilitator. You do not have to attend a church or be a Christian to attend them. Call Wabash Friends Counseling Center at 260.563.8452; 877.350.1658 or scott@wabashfriends.org if you have any questions. The following are the Support Groups tentatively scheduled:
GRIEF SHARE (Monday, 6:30 pm) This 13 week video series features some of the nation’s foremost Christian experts on topics such as: the emotions of grief, growing through grief, stuck in grief or moving on, the seasons of grief, grief recovery toolkit, your family and grief, and many more. Discussion will follow where you will experience care and understanding.
SINGLES (Monday, 7:00 pm, room 103 in the Church) Join with others who understand the uniqueness of "being single".
DIVORCE CARE (Tuesday, 6:30 pm) This 13 week video series features some of the nation’s foremost Christian experts on topics such as: the road to healing, facing your anger, depression and loneliness, new relationships, helping your children, financial survival, and many more. Discussion will follow where you will experience care and understanding.
GRIEF SUPPORT AFTER THE DEATH OF A CHILD (Second Wednesday of the month, 6:30 pm) You will find understanding, comfort, and hope as you mourn the death of a child.
CANCER SURVIVORS (Third Thursday of the month, 7:00 pm). This is an opportunity to meet with people who will understand living with the experience of cancer that even family members cannot understand. The group helps and encourages each other with the commonality of our issues. By listening and sharing our vulnerabilities we become the source of each other's strength.
BIPOLAR SUPPORT GROUP (Tuesday evening, Thursday noon, twice a month, Bowen Center Community Room). A support group for bipolar individuals and their loved ones. This is a time to share practical information about what works and does not work, and the treatment of and living with this disease. Educational materials will be available. Call the Wabash County Mental Health Association at 866.774.3432 or email Jill Stout (jhstout50&@yahoo.com) for the specific times and dates..
A SUPPORT GROUP FOR CHILDREN.
RAINBOWS begins September 14 (every Tuesday at 6:30 pm for one hour) for children who are hurting because of divorce or the loss of a parent through death. RAINBOWS is a proven program that has benefited over 600,000 children internationally. This program helps children deal with their feelings, work through their grief, understand their anger, and constructively begin their new life. This program runs for 12 weeks from September 14 to November 30. Each support group consists of three to five children and is led by a trained adult facilitator. There will be six different levels from kindergarten through 12th grade. Those who are interested need to call 260.563.8452 or scott@wabashfriends.org by September 6th to reserve your place. There is no cost for this program or materials.
MOPS (Mother’s of Pre-Schoolers). Meet with other mothers on the second and fourth Tuesday from September to May from 9:00 am to 11:00 am. We will have a special program for your children to give you a break while you learn things that will support you as a mom. Even more important, there will be a lot of fellowship, sharing, laughter, fun crafts, and great food. Call or email our MOPS leader, Joy Curless (jlcurless44@yahoo.com; 563.2626) for more information.
LOCATION: The Day of Healing conference will be held at the Honeywell Center, 275 West Market St., Wabash. If you come into Wabash on SR 15 you will eventually pass the Honeywell Center. If you come into Wabash on SR 13 you will end up on Wabash Street downtown Wabash. Turn west at the traffic light onto Market St. and go two blocks.
ACCOMMODATIONS: Wabash Inn, 260.563.7451. Just two miles from the conference. 
LUNCH: There are plenty of fast food restaurants nearby on Cass Street (State Road 15) and downtown Wabash.
JOY CHRISTIAN BOOK-STORE will have many different books available for purchase. Visa and Mastercard will be accepted.
VIDEO TAPES of Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott sessions will also be available for you to purchase.
AUDIO TAPES: Audio tapes will be available for each workshop. You can order these for $6 at the conference. Visa and Mastercard will be accepted.
WABASH COUNTY VISITORS BUREAU For additional questions about Wabash call 800.563.1169; tourism@wabashcountycvb.com, wabashcountycvb.com
Wabash Downtown Festival
The city of Wabash wants to welcome you with a small festival in your honor over lunch. You will have a chance to participate in some of the following: live music on the Plaza; carriage rides; antique shopping; for the exercise enthusiasts visit Paradise Springs and the River Walkway; fine dining in some of Indiana’s most unique restaurants; tours of the Historic Eagles Theater and Ford Museum Home; other shopping downtown, or you never have to leave the Center to have lunch in Eugenia's or have one of their box lunches. (For reservations call 800.626.6345; 260.563.1102; or mark it on your
registration form).
