Flourishing Across the Lifespan: Meaning, Mortality, and Belonging
November 13, 2026 | 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM CT
Fondren Hall at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
5501 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77004
Continuing Education: 6.5 credits for physicians, nurses, social workers, licensed professional counselors, licensed marriage and family therapists, and psychologists.
At all stages of life, people confront uncertainty, suffering, and change. Deep, personal shifts, including fluctuations in health, relationships, roles, and sense of purpose, are challenging; existential concerns increasingly emerge in psychotherapy offices, faith communities, and family systems.
This conference explores how interdisciplinary approaches to mental health - psychotherapy, pastoral counseling, spiritual care - can support flourishing for people transitioning between stages of life. Drawing on contemporary research, clinical practice, faith traditions, and lived experience, speakers will offer helpful tools and insights for clinicians to use with clients. Topics will include:
Healthy aging
Resilience in the context of grief
Identity and marginality
Spiritual distress
Participants will consider how they may help individuals and communities navigate uncertainty, deepen belonging, cultivate wisdom, and sustain hope.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be better able to:
Describe how existential concerns present in contemporary psychotherapy practice.
Apply psychotherapeutic, spiritual, and community-based approaches to foster resilience and human flourishing across the lifespan.
Identify factors that promote healthy aging, social connection, and psychological well-being.
Integrate insights from psychotherapy, faith traditions, medicine, and the humanities into clinical work with individuals experiencing distress.