Join Dr. Chip Dodd and Dr. Colton Shannon at the Voice of the Heart Center for a three hour training (3 CEs available for clinicians).
*This is an event for clinicians and any professional helper (pastors, physicians, lawyers, educators, etc.)*
We believe that identifying and processing feelings advances the healing process. Dodd’s Paradigm of Recovery is a tool to give clarity and direction to your work counseling and other helping arenas. Through the last three decades, the Paradigm of Recovery has been utilized in various treatment centers, private practices, leadership training courses, in parenting cohorts, church groups, and many other settings.
“The Paradigm” is a path that can help any helper give a structure to contain and deal with the struggles of others face.
After introducing the Paradigm in its entirety, we will focus on how all humans find relief from codependency through addiction, depression, and anxiety.
In this training you will discover the core principles of Dr. Dodd’s transformative Spiritual Root System and how it can deepen your clinical practice, no matter what modalities you use. You’ll gain practical interventions to help people reconnect with the core feelings, needs, desire, longings, and hopes. Explore the powerful concepts of powerlessness, sensuality, preoccupation, rituals, and despair as signs of addiction in a person. Additionally, dive into three groundbreaking studies that underscore the vital role of emotional connection in effective counseling for the symptoms of addiction, depression, and anxiety.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will examine the addiction cycle and how it promises to help a person live fully without having to feel the pain of full life.
Participants will examine Euphoria River as a visual metaphor to teach others about how to live within the “terms of life”.
Participants will reflect on memories of anxiety, depression, or addiction through short times of journaling and movie clips.
Continuing Education Credit Available: 3 NBCC hours.
To receive credit, participants must sign in, be present throughout, and complete assessment and evaluation at the end of the training. Designated breaks do not count towards CE credits. The Voice of the Heart Center has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7658. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Voice of the Heart Center is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
About the Presenters
Chip Dodd, PhD, is a seasoned counselor and mentor, dedicated to helping individuals live authentically and fully. Founder of The Center for Professional Excellence in Nashville, he led the center for 22 years before transitioning to private practice. In 2019, he launched Chip Dodd Resources, focusing on consulting, mentoring, speaking, and writing. Dr. Dodd is also the creator of The Spiritual Root System, a framework that integrates our emotional and spiritual nature into our daily lives. His influential book, The Voice of the Heart, continues to inspire readers worldwide by emphasizing the transformative power of emotions. Read more about Dr. Dodd here.
Colton Shannon, PhD, LPC-MHSP is a professional counselor and founder of the Voice of the Heart Center close to downtown Murfreesboro, TN. He holds a Ph.D. in counselor education and supervision from Trevecca Nazarene University. His research there was in stress, burnout, and social support. He is a licensed professional counselor in Tennessee. Chip’s books on heart and the Spiritual Root System were doorways for him to enter to see and understand his own pain. Read more about Dr. Shannon here.
Refund Policy: Full refunds will be available 1 week before the event. After that time, refunds will be given in terms of a credit for a future training held by The Voice of the Heart Center.
If you need any special accommodations or have additional questions, please contact Hannah Skelley at hannah@vothcenter.com or 615-813-5229.
Details
Cost: $137/person
Audience: Licensed Clinicians
Continuing Education Credit Available: 3 NBCC hours
Date: Friday, October 24, 2025
Time: 8:00-11:30am
Location: 805 S. Church St., Suite 9, Murfreesboro, TN 37130
Coffee and homemade sourdough muffins are provided to you for FREE!
Email Hannah for more information.
Join Colton Shannon, Ph.D., LPC-MHSP, and Chip Dodd, Ph.D., in a 3-hour training and explore Dodd’s Paradigm of Recovery: Addiction, Anxiety, and Depression. (3 CEs)