Dr. Elias Moitinho is actively involved in counseling organizations and has presented multiple workshops at mental health counseling conferences in the following organizations: the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC), the American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA), and the Virginia Counselors Association (VCA) Convention. Dr. Moitinho is also a member of the American Counseling Association (ACA), the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES), and the Southern Association of Counselor Education and Supervision (SACES).
Recent publications
Books
Moitinho, E., & Moitinho, D. (2020).The Dream Home: How to Create: An Intimate Christian Marriage. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing Company.
Book chapter
Moitinho, E. (2019). Multicultural considerations for counseling skills. In R. Hawkins, A. Knight, G. Sibcy, & S. Warren, Research-based Counseling Skills: The Art and Science of Therapeutic Empathy. Debuque, IA: Kendall Hunt.
Dr. Elias Moitinho is one of the experts on the AACC’s Mental Health Coach First Responder Training
Dr. Elias Moitinho presented at The American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA)
GriefShare – Dr. Elias Moitinho is one of 46 experts featured in GriefShare
Dr. Elias Moitinho is one of the experts in the DivorceCare
Article
Moitinho, E., Moitinho, D., Freyre, F. & Freyre, S. (Fall 2018). Encouraging a more perfect union: Strategies for counseling clients in interracial/interethnic marriages. The Advocate Magazine. American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA). 34-37.
Dr. Moitinho presented workshops at the Virginia Counselors Association (VCA) Convention 
- Get your 2022 VCA CONVENTION presentation “Past, Present, or Future? Temporal Focus and Time Perspective in Counseling” here: VCA 2022 Past, Present, or Future -Temporal Focus and Time Perspective in Counseling__Moitinho
- Get your VCA Convention “SMART Self-Care for Counselors” presentation here:
SMART Self-Care for Counselors VCA 2019.pptx
- Get your VCA Convention “Using Metaphors in Counseling” presentation here
USING METAPHORS, SIMILES, ANALOGIES IN COUNSELING VCA 2019
Dr. Moitinho presented multiple workshops at various American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) World Conferences
- Get your AACC World Conference handout here:
METAPHORS IN MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING AACC 2019.pptx
- Check out our Blog on Metaphors that we wrote for the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC).
- Metaphors in Christian Counseling: Helping Clients Succeed
Get Your PowerPoint presentation here: AACC 2023 THE DREAM HOME Worskshop 2023