Faith-Informed Mental Health
Unmasked is a faith-informed mental health conference hosted by Disciples Church, creating space for honest conversations about healing, wholeness, and authenticity rooted in Psalm 139.
Over two days, clinicians, ministry leaders, parents, and community members gather to explore what it truly means to be fully known — and to help others live without the masks that keep them from healing.
"You have searched me, Lord, and you know me." — Psalm 139:1
Featured Speakers
Chapman
Lena Chapman, LPC, is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Missouri, Iowa, and Georgia and the Founder of Haven of Light Christian Counseling and Haven of Light Wellness Center. A Doctoral Student at Liberty University and church Deacon, she integrates clinical practice and faith to promote holistic healing and reduce mental health stigma.
B. Scott
Khalid B. Scott is an award-winning Licensed Clinical Social Worker and veteran with over 30 years of leadership in mental health and social advocacy. He serves with the Department of Veterans Affairs and is widely recognized for his impact as a clinician, educator, and mentor.
Drayton
Kate Drayton is a trauma-informed consultant and burnout prevention specialist who has trained thousands of leaders around the world. Through Flourishing Lifeway, she equips organizations to develop emotionally healthy leaders, release stored trauma and toxic stress, prevent burnout, and create cultures where people can thrive.
A Full Conference Experience
Keynote Addresses
Powerful opening and closing keynotes from nationally recognized clinicians and faith leaders, setting the tone for authentic, healing-centered dialogue.
Breakout Sessions
Choose from multiple concurrent sessions each day, covering topics from trauma and neurodivergence to men's emotional health, parenting, and professional supervision.
CEU Credits
Select sessions are CEU-eligible for licensed social workers and counselors, with up to 7 CEU hours available across the two-day conference.
Worship & Community
Experience worship woven throughout the conference, creating a spiritually grounded atmosphere for reflection, connection, and renewal.
Resource Fair
Connect with mental health organizations, providers, and community resources at our on-site resource fair — bringing support directly to you.
Meals Included
Grab 'n Go breakfast, snacks, and lunch are included with every registration — so you can focus entirely on the experience.
This Conference Is For You
Whether you are a licensed professional seeking CEUs, a ministry leader supporting your congregation, a parent navigating your child's mental health, or simply someone on a personal journey toward wholeness — you belong here.
Two Days of Sessions
Doors Open & Check-In
Arrive between 8:45–9:00 AM to check in, visit the resource fair, and grab your Grab 'n Go breakfast before the conference begins.
Opening Worship
The conference opens with a time of worship, setting the tone for two days of healing, honesty, and authentic community.
Unmasked Before God: Known, Loved, and Still Chosen
Explore emotional and spiritual authenticity in personal and professional life. Discover the biblical foundation of being fully known and still chosen by God, and uncover practical strategies for embracing vulnerability and authentic daily living.
No More Masks: Healing the Fear of Rejection and Walking in Truth
Understand how fear of rejection leads to people-pleasing and perfectionism. Anchor in the truth of Psalm 139 and take practical steps toward freedom and authentic living.
When Church Is Your Mask
Distinguish between spiritual authenticity and performative faith. Explore why individuals use the church as a mask and learn practical steps toward honest, healing faith environments.
Unmasked in Marriage: Emotional and Spiritual Intimacy
Explore how emotional and spiritual intimacy in marriage requires removing the masks we wear — and what it looks like to be truly known by your partner.
Unmasked: The Cost of Constant Performance — and the Power of Being Real
Many high-achievers are burned out not from work, but from performing. Dr. Buchanan explores masking, imposter syndrome, and how authenticity is a stress management and leadership strategy.
Seen Matters: Ethical Care for Clients Who Feel Invisible
Recognize how invisibility shows up in clients and understand your ethical responsibility to create safe, validating, culturally responsive spaces using trauma-informed communication.
Unmasking in Neurodivergent Youth: Autism, ADHD, Burnout, and Belonging
Explore autism and ADHD as unique ways of experiencing the world. Understand how chronic masking leads to burnout and learn how to create environments where neurodivergent youth feel safe to be seen.
Supervision and the Mask: Authenticity in Training and Evaluation
Examine authenticity in the supervisory relationship. Identify how supervisees and supervisors wear masks that hinder growth, and develop strategies for transparent, growth-oriented supervision.
Raising Unmasked Kids: Communication, Safety & Spiritual Formation
Practical tools for parents and caregivers to raise emotionally healthy, spiritually grounded children who feel safe enough to be themselves at home and in community.
Boundaries: The Difference Between Privacy and Hiding
Explore how individuals confuse self-protection with secrecy. Learn to develop healthy boundaries that foster emotional safety, clarity, and authentic connection in relationships.
Doors Open & Check-In
Arrive between 8:45–9:00 AM to check in, visit the resource fair, and grab your Grab 'n Go breakfast before the conference begins.
Opening Worship
The conference opens with a time of worship, setting the tone for the day ahead.
Unmasked: Being Fully Known, Fully Seen, and Safely Held by God (Psalm 139)
Through a trauma-informed lens, explore what it means to be fully known by God and how that truth creates safety for healing and authentic living. Includes a brief nervous system assessment to identify your own patterns and next steps toward regulation and resilience.
How Trauma Affects the Mask We Wear: Cultural Context & Collective Trauma
Gain insight into how trauma shapes identity and survival behaviors. Understand the cultural and collective dimensions of trauma in communities of color and develop tools for safe, intentional unmasking.
Silence Isn't Strength: Emotional Health for Men of Faith
Challenge harmful ideas of masculinity, encourage men to speak and seek support, and connect faith with emotional health to create safer conversations in our communities.
Family Hurt, God's Healing: Mother & Father Wounds Unmasked
Explore the deep wounds left by mother and father relationships, understand their impact on identity and behavior, and discover the path toward God's healing and wholeness.
Your Brain on Trauma: Why Healing Takes Time
Understand how trauma affects the brain and nervous system. Recognize common trauma responses and explore how protective masks developed during service can impact mental health, relationships, and faith.
Caring for Hidden Stories: Trauma-Informed Leadership Across Cultures
Equip leaders to recognize and respond to unseen stories shaped by trauma, culture, and identity. Learn emotional first aid principles and how to create culturally responsive environments of safety, dignity, and trust.
Breaking Generational Masks: Patterns, Pain, and Redemption
Enhance awareness of inherited, life-constricting patterns and beliefs. Explore how these patterns impact well-being and develop tools to pursue freedom across mind, body, and spirit.
God in the Secret Places: Healing What We Learned to Hide
A trauma-informed look at dissociation, secrecy, and spiritual masking. Understand how trauma can distort your relationship with God and learn the difference between shame-driven silence and God-protected privacy.
Unmasking the Military Mindset: Rebuilding Identity After Service
Examine how the military mindset — mission focus, discipline, emotional control — can create challenges during transition. Explore ways to integrate the strengths of service with a fuller personal identity.
Unmasked: The Sacred Work of Seeing the Whole Person
Identify the emotional, social, and cultural masks people wear to survive pain, pressure, and expectations. Apply whole-person thinking to look beyond roles and diagnoses — and commit to becoming leaders, clinicians, and community members who intentionally see and support the whole person.