Amy would love to be a guest speaker at your next event! She combines first-hand experience with childhood sexual abuse and sexual abuse as an adult with her incredible faith, leaving her audience enlightened, entertained, and encouraged. Her talks can be tailored to suit both Christian and general audiences. She is willing to consider any audience and budget.
Possible topics include:
Healing from Adult Therapist/Clergy Abuse
Did you know that you are 37 times more likely to be raped by your psychiatrist than the general public? That 9 to 12% of mental health professionals admit to having sex with clients?
After Amy is groomed and abused by a local psychiatrist and church elder, her life is shattered. Clinging to her relationship with Jesus, she begins her healing journey. Now a decade later, she outlines 18 stages of healing she walked through allowing her to move from victim to victor.
Abuse or Affair? The Abuse of Adult Women by Male Therapists or Clergy
In this talk, Amy addresses the question: Can Women Freely Choose a Relationship with their Therapist or Pastor?
Much has been written about childhood sexual abuse, but we hear very little about the sexual abuse of adults leaving adult victims to suffer in silence. Amy lists ten reasons why a relationship between a therapist and a client or a pastor and a congregant can never be considered a mutual affair. You will walk away with a better understanding of the way perpetrators abuse their power differential to prey on victims and a deeper compassion for adult victims who find themselves ensnared in these webs.
Trusting God with Action-Behavior, Waiting, Thinking (3-part series)
As Christians, we know God’s promises, but do our actions reflect that? Are we trusting with confident assurance or are we allowing fear and anxiety to control us?
In this 3-part series, Amy addresses how we can trust God through: 1)behaviors, 2)waiting, and 3)thinking. She breaks down each area and looks at how Christians can do them well. She also looks at how Satan is constantly looking to thwart our efforts. After listening and answering the assigned discussion questions, you will have a better understanding of where you are on your spiritual journey and where your faith needs cultivating as well as where it needs to be be safeguarded.
Game Changer: Finding Jesus in My 40s
Encountering Jesus is a game-changer. A lifetime of self-hatred and anger towards God all melt away when Amy encounters Jesus at the tender age of 40.
When she realizes that the Creator of the Universe is close enough that she can almost touch Him, scars from repeated sexual abuse, addiction and lifelong depression begin to fade. You will laugh and cry as you walk alongside Amy on her journey towards hope and healing.
Amy Speaking at the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes Event ~ April 30, 2022
Dr. Pooler & Amy presenting at 2023 Crimes Committed Against Women Conference in Dallas, TX
Amy Presenting at the 2025 Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) Conference in Harrisburg, PA
What Amy’s Listeners Are Saying
“Amy Nordhues has a unique gift of connecting mind and heart in addressing the delicate (and neglected) topic of sexual abuse by counselors. Her personal story involves misconduct from a church elder/psychiatrist. Amy is both candid and appropriate for the occasion. Her presentations are factual (citing scientific data) while also personal and compelling. Amy promotes an empowering balance between holding religious perpetrators and their enablers accountable, while not hating them—having overcome her abuser’s gaslighting and manipulations by getting his state license revoked. Amy has found sufficient healing in her soul that she exudes a positive tone in her presentations while poignantly acknowledging her pain. There is even a poetic elegance to her style. I must attribute 5 stars to Amy in every area of public speaking. (My organization helps victims of sexual abuse by religious leaders, often in a counseling setting, and Amy is a treasured presenter and victim advocate on our team.)”
~Martin Weber, DMin / Chairman & President of Hope of Survivors Ministry
Vivid and Profoundly Chilling
“This author eloquently and succinctly brings you with her into the tangled web of her perpetrator. While you can feel the betrayal of the therapist, you’ll also get a front row seat to the spiritual betrayal of the community. As healing as it was to read this book on my own journey, I must caution you that it can be triggering because of the authors amazing ability to recreate her story through the art of words.”
~Audible review
To hear some of Amy’s radio and podcast interviews, click here: https://amynordhues.com/press-kit/
To contact Amy for speaking engagements, please email: amy@amynordhues.com
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