Uniting the Church and mental health
The Church has the ability to reach the marginalized, specifically those who struggle with mental illness, substance misuse, and other disabilities. Professional counselors need to better understand how to incorporate Christian practices for their Christian clients and utilize the Church better. We want to support both to serve those who might be forgotten, hurting, shamed, or ignored.
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We are in the time within the United States where children are going back to school. This in and of itself can cause anxiety in children and teens, but now we have the fear of coronavirus, needing to …
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Before COVID-19, we had several presentations at conferences lined up. In the last several months, there has been a significant shift of moving to web conferences or pushing conferences back a year in …
A friend of this ministry, Dr. Holly Oxhandler, is Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development and an Assistant Professor at Baylor University and one of the hosts of the CXMH Podcast. A …
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The phrase, "It's okay to not be okay" is becoming one of the biggest phrases for mental illness and those who have stigma about mental health. We actually did our own devotional post on this phrase, …
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Of all the concerns of behavioral health concerns for individuals with mental illness, substance misuse, and developmental disabilities, the one that the Church does some of the more effective work is …
Stress and challenges bring out the character in people, not from a standpoint of understanding mental illness, but how we respond personally. Joni Eareckson Tada has some words of wisdom that hits …
