Disclaimer: my faith walk is Christian. I work with clients of all religious backgrounds, and when a client asks me, I help them to channel their own faith walk as a healing resource. If necessary, this means reading up on the client’s religion in order to adequately meet their need. This article pertains to clients of all faiths, but by way of example focuses on my own experience as a member of a Baptist church.
Religious leaders—clergy, deacons, elders—are often a person’s first point of contact when dealing with a mental health crisis. How they respond may require careful discernment to ensure that it helps and does not unintentionally harm.
As I sat in church this Sunday morning, two weeks before Easter, the music director introduced a worship song. “If this song doesn’t move your heart,” she said, “then you must be dead wood.” The song, living up to her promise was indeed moving and inspirational. Our pastor, in his sermon, spoke on how, if you can’t push past your guilt, grief, pain and hopelessness in order to embrace the idea that God has His hand on your life, then you, as a believer, must change your way of …
If you had asked me in my first year as a therapist whether social media would become a frequent topic in ...
I really appreciated this article (Tracfone Brings Back Flip Phones for Mental Health Awareness Month), as it touches on many of ...
If you’ve been depressed or anxious for a while, it can be hard to recognize when you are actually getting better. ...
“But he likes alfredo sauce, and I like marinara!” This was a true conversation between my best friend and I during ...
“Winter passes and one remembers one’s perseverance.” — Yoko Ono As the seasons change and winter settles in, it’s not just ...
Fascism, a political ideology characterized by authoritarian nationalism, suppression of dissent, and centralized power, has been a subject of intense analysis ...
As people increasingly rely on social media for political news, they become more vulnerable to believing their political views are not ...
We’ve all heard the term burnout–exhaustion, reduced sense of purpose, physical exhaustion as a result of pouring ourselves out. Yet there’s ...
Holidays are once again upon us and managing through the holidays is a theme that comes up for many. This time ...
Anxiety is something many of us are familiar with, but when it escalates into an anxiety attack (or a panic attack) it ...
Power is not a fixed or inherently negative force. Instead, how we choose to use power—whether to control, collaborate, or uplift—determines ...
