3. Exploring Christian Faith, Psychology and the Human Experience

I want to start this post by pointing to the idea that there are good and bad emotions. I don’t believe that’s the case. All our emotions are useful in communicating what is going on within us and what we

In this post exploring mental health and the Bible, I’m going to try to remain as factual as possible in regard to viewpoints on meditation that don’t match mine, while also pointing to the Biblical perspective on what meditation looks

In this post, I’ll be drawing from The Bible and Mental Health Chapter 3. I’ll start with the premise for the chapter and how it relates to mental health: “…the assumption that madness and the divine are mutually exclusive. The

In this post, I’d like to use Gordon McConville’s chapter in The Bible and Mental Health as a base for understanding what Mental Health and Mental Ill health mean from a Biblical perspective, without losing track of the psychological aspects

When we go to therapy, we might find It daunting at first to re-tell our life story to our counsellor. But this bit is important as it gives context to what we’re going through right now. Why we’ve chosen to

Welcome to this post where we’ll be discussing something that I see as a theme in many – if not all – of my counselling sessions: How to be kind to yourself. The critical voice we all carry in greater

As I was thinking of how to write this post, I thought it best to talk about the psychological first and then give you the Christian/Biblical perspective that could add to the explanation of the distress that can come when

In my previous post, I introduced this new series. Today I’d like to begin exploring why I believe the Bible can be a valuable companion as we seek to understand our mental health and ourselves. As I write these posts,