{"id":189,"date":"2024-02-05T07:25:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T07:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingstonesministries.org\/help4families\/?page_id=189"},"modified":"2026-04-20T23:31:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T23:31:10","slug":"our-leaders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/livingstonesministries.org\/help4families\/our-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-ae10a644 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-f88bb7de alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uag-hide-mob uagb-block-1356f5d0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-64f74a3b adobe-reg\"><h5 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">About<\/h5><\/div>\n\n\n<nav style=\"font-size:14px;\" class=\"is-responsive what-we  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class=\"uagb-heading-text\">DENISE SHICK<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-eafcab66 adobe-reg\"><h6 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">Denise Shick is the founder and executive director of Help 4 Families Ministry. She is the author of four children\u2019s books and several nonfiction works, including <em>My Daddy\u2019s Secret<\/em>, <em>Understanding Gender Confusion: A Faith-Based Perspective<\/em>, and <em>Transgender Confusion: A Biblical Q&amp;A for Families<\/em>. Denise holds a Master of Arts in Counseling as well as a doctorate from Summit Bible College. She is a certified Christian counselor and a certified life coach through ICCI.<\/h6><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Denise holds a Master of Arts in Counseling as well as a doctorate from Summit Bible College. She is a certified Christian counselor and a certified life coach through ICCI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Denise has been featured on numerous faith-based radio and television programs. She is also a conference speaker who presents workshops addressing gender identity dysphoria and its impact on families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, Denise has led church-based support groups for individuals struggling with sexual addiction and has assisted in group settings within an alcohol and substance abuse clinic. She also served for seven years at a Christian pregnancy center in various roles, where she developed and directed an abstinence program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>She has been interviewed on countless faith-based radio and television programs. She is also a conference speaker and presents workshops on gender identity dysphoria and its impact on families.<br><br>Denise has led church-based support groups for people with sexual addictions and has assisted groups in an alcohol and substance abuse clinic. 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