Karen Roudkovski

M.Div., PhD, LPC-S

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Speaking & training

Talks and trainings on faith and mental health.

Keynotes, workshops, and longer trainings on anxiety, spiritual abuse, crisis care, and more, for churches, conferences, universities, and ministry teams.

In person Virtual Booking 2026 and 2027

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Karen presenting research on spiritual abuse at a conference

Presenting research on spiritual abuse

Karen speaking on stage

I plan every talk with your group in mind.

I speak at conferences, churches, universities, and trainings, in person or online. Before each event, we’ll talk about your audience and what they need most.

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Talks and trainings

Each topic can be shaped for your audience, time frame, and setting. Host organizations can apply for CE credit for counselors and other helping professionals.

Anxiety, emotions & faith

For churches, women’s events, retreats, and general audiences

  • Embracing Curiosity: Rethinking AnxietyHow to meet anxiety with curiosity instead of fear or shame.
  • Curious, Not ConsumedA warm, story-filled talk for women’s gatherings on trading anxious spirals for curiosity and peace.
  • Created to Feel: Understanding the Gift of EmotionsA biblical look at why God gave us emotions, including the hard ones, and how to listen to them well.
  • Emotions as Messengers, Not ManagersPractical tools for noticing what our feelings are telling us without letting them run our lives.
  • Walking with Someone Who’s AnxiousWhat to say, what not to say, and how families, friends, and churches can support a loved one with anxiety.

Spiritual abuse & trauma awareness

For pastors, church staff, chaplains, ministry leaders, and counselors

  • Understanding Spiritual Abuse: What It Is and How to RespondGrounded in my research: recognizing spiritual abuse and responding well.
  • Recognizing and Responding to Spiritual Abuse: A Training for Chaplains and Church LeadersA multi-session training with case studies, role-play, and small-group practice.
  • Is It Spiritual Abuse? Introducing the Spiritual Abuse AssessmentFor counselors and clinicians: how to screen for spiritual abuse and use the assessment well.
  • Trauma-Informed MinistryHow trauma affects the body, mind, and faith, and how leaders and helpers can respond with care.

Crisis, trauma & healing

For churches, counselors, students, helping professionals, and caregivers

  • Counseling through the Storm: Caring for People in CrisisClinically grounded, faith-informed training drawn from Counseling through the Storm.
  • Hurt to Healing: The Path of ForgivenessWhat forgiveness is and isn’t, why it never means excusing harm or rushing reconciliation, and taking a next step toward healing.
  • Building Resilience through Life’s ChallengesTools for helpers and the people they serve to weather hard seasons.
  • Caring for the CaregiverRecognizing compassion fatigue and burnout, and what to do when the crisis hits close to home. Drawn from the final section of Counseling through the Storm.

In person or virtual

I travel to speak in person and also lead live virtual sessions, so groups anywhere can take part.

Keynote30 to 60 minutesA main-session talk for conferences, churches, and banquets.

Workshop or breakout60 to 90 minutesInteractive teaching with practical tools and time for questions.

Multi-session trainingTwo or more sessionsIn-depth training for staff, chaplains, counselors, or students.

Panel or Q&AFlexibleA guest expert voice for discussions on anxiety or spiritual abuse.

A little about me

I’m a licensed professional counselor, a graduate counseling professor, and the author of three books (Reframing Anxiety, Understanding Spiritual Abuse, and the Spiritual Abuse Recovery Workbook) and the Spiritual Abuse Assessment, and co-author of Counseling through the Storm. I’m EMDR certified and an approved Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) educator in Louisiana. I try to keep my talks practical and grounded in both research and Scripture, with a little humor along the way.

Books are available for your event.

Who I serve

  • Churches & ministriesPastors, staff, women’s ministries, and congregations
  • ChaplainsProfessional chaplains and chaplaincy programs
  • Universities & seminariesStudents, faculty, and academic conferences
  • Counselors & cliniciansProfessional conferences and trainings. Host organizations can apply for CE credit.

How it works

  1. 1Send a requestShare your event details using the form below.
  2. 2Plan togetherI’ll follow up to shape the topic and format around your audience.
  3. 3Promote your eventOnce your event is confirmed, I’ll send a speaker packet with a bio, photos, and talk descriptions. For a fun fact to use in your introduction, here are a few things I love.

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Tell me about your event.

I’m booking for 2026 and 2027, and I’ll be in touch soon.

Please don’t include personal health or counseling details here. If you’re in crisis, call or text 988 (U.S.) or call 911.