Dr. Roderick Logan, DPTh, DAAETS
Dr. Roderick Logan, DPTh, DAAETS; Making Space to Heal
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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Dr. Roderick Logan is the founder of Making Space to Heal. He guides individuals and leaders who are living between worlds, especially those navigating religious trauma, identity disruption, and the long work of rebuilding trust and coherence after spiritual harm. His work is grounded in a salutogenic orientation that focuses on the origins of health and resilience, and it is shaped by a companion stance: he does not rush people toward false arrival. He dwells in the third space with them and helps them name what others have missed or dismissed.
Dr. Logan holds a Doctorate in Practical Theology and a Master’s in Counseling. He is a Diplomate with the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress. With more than four decades of experience in trauma-informed care and resilience building, he has been recognized with the Arizona Aging Services Star Award for Innovation by the Arizona Department of Economic Security.
He is the author of "I Was Loved: 10 Statements I Hope My Child Can Say About Their Childhood" and "Finding Everland: Voyage Beyond Religious Trauma: A Psalm-Guided Journey to Resiliency." Dr. Logan and his wife, Melody, have been married for 46 years. They share a family legacy of three children and eight grandchildren, alongside a professional legacy of helping others restore dignity, agency, and a sustainable path forward.
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I Was Loved: Nurturing Resilience Through Positive Parenting
This workshop centers on the day’s theme “This One Moment,” emphasizing mindful presence and intentional connection in our caregiving relationships. Designed for parents, professional caregivers, and family service providers, this session delivers evidence-based strategies to reduce adverse childhood experiences while building resilience through the transformative power of being fully present with children. The "I Was Loved" framework equips participants—whether biological parents, foster caregivers, social workers, or childcare professionals—with practical tools to communicate love and build secure attachments in the present moments that matter most. Professional caregivers will discover how to apply these principles within their specific practice settings, recognizing that healing and resilience emerge not from grand gestures but from the accumulation of attentive, loving moments. Attendees will gain a comprehensive understanding of the connection between feeling genuinely loved and childhood resilience, along with methods for demonstrating love effectively in both routine interactions and challenging caregiving moments. Participants will leave with personalized action plans that honor their unique caregiving contexts—whether parenting their own children or serving children professionally—receiving concrete strategies to create environments where children experience the consistent, present love necessary to become resilient adults.
Reclaiming Faith, Hope, & Love: Finding Everland After Religious Trauma
This workshop aligns with the “Embrace & Evolve” theme by guiding participants to **embrace what has been stolen by religious trauma** and **evolve toward sustainable healing** through a salutogenic, health-building framework. Drawing from the core arc of *Finding Everland*, the session follows four movements that mirror recovery: **foundations (orientation), crisis and lament (disorientation), trust rebuilt (new orientation), and integration (thriving and service)**.
Designed for mental health professionals, social workers, counselors, faith leaders, family program providers, childcare professionals, and parents, this workshop equips participants to recognize how spiritual language and authority can be weaponized, and to respond with practices that restore dignity, agency, and relational safety. Participants will learn to interpret recovery through a **Hebraic lens of path, teaching, and life**: *derekh* (path), *torah* (teaching as life-giving instruction), and the ongoing choice toward *chayyim* (life). The goal is not escapism, but “Everland”: a grounded way of being that is authentic, resilient, and sustainable in the world as it actually is.
Participants will:
- Identify common patterns of religious harm that steal voice, choice, and trust.
- Use salutogenesis to map movement from depletion toward health, coherence, and capacity.
- Practice a structured approach for supporting lament without rushing to resolution.
- Build a practical resource map that strengthens comprehensibility, manageability, and meaningfulness for diverse clients and families.
- Develop language for helping people reclaim a life-giving spirituality, or set a healthy distance from faith practices that remain unsafe.
Attendees will leave with a clear stage-based framework, trauma-informed and salutogenic interventions they can apply immediately, and a strengthened ability to support others in rebuilding a stable path forward after religious trauma.
CTSS - Certified Trauma Support Specialist
Build expertise in trauma-informed care with tools for empowering survivors, fostering resilience, and creating healing environments, guided by Dr. Roderick Logan. Trauma-informed care is vital for enhancing non-clinical professionals' ability to support individuals with a history of adversity. In this transformative training, you'll learn to interpret dysregulation through neurobiological insights, shift from deficit-focused care to asset-based approaches, and foster environments that promote resilience and self-regulation.
Gain practical tools to address challenging behaviors as responses to past experiences, create nurturing spaces, and develop strategies to live with integrity while supporting others. Equip yourself to provide impactful care and make a difference in the healing process. Register today to elevate your practice!
Certified Trauma Support Specialist
Build expertise in trauma-informed care with tools for empowering survivors, fostering resilience, and creating healing environments, guided by Dr. Roderick Logan. Trauma-informed care is vital for enhancing non-clinical professionals' ability to support individuals with a history of adversity. In this transformative training, you'll learn to interpret dysregulation through neurobiological insights, shift from deficit-focused care to asset-based approaches, and foster environments that promote resilience and self-regulation.
Gain practical tools to address challenging behaviors as responses to past experiences, create nurturing spaces, and develop strategies to live with integrity while supporting others. Equip yourself to provide impactful care and make a difference in the healing process. Register today to elevate your practice!
26th International Families and Fathers Conference Sessionize Event
CTSS - Certified Trauma Support Specialist
Build expertise in trauma-informed care with tools for empowering survivors, fostering resilience, and creating healing environments, guided by Dr. Roderick Logan. Trauma-informed care is vital for enhancing non-clinical professionals' ability to support individuals with a history of adversity. In this transformative training, you'll learn to interpret dysregulation through neurobiological insights, shift from deficit-focused care to asset-based approaches, and foster environments that promote resilience and self-regulation.
Gain practical tools to address challenging behaviors as responses to past experiences, create nurturing spaces, and develop strategies to live with integrity while supporting others. Equip yourself to provide impactful care and make a difference in the healing process. Register today to elevate your practice!
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