Both ACT and Schema Therapy are what you might call Post-Cognitive Therapies. I tend to hate it when people start using phrases with “Post” as a prefix. I still don’t quite know what the popular term “Post-Modern” is supposed to mean, for instance. I figure if I’m going to create a term like “Post-Cognitive Therapy”, […]

my husband fell into a major depression and thought i was out to get him a basically became the enemy, he checked himself in because he knew there was something wrong he has been gone for 6 days now i have not seen or spoke to him will he still love me as we work […]

Many of us have a lot to be grateful for: a roof over our heads, food in our bellies, clothing to keep us warm, family and friends to share life with, etc. But - how many of you know someone - perhaps many someone’s - perhaps yourself - who might have some or all of […]

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“I just know God is with me. I can feel Him always,” a young Haitian woman once told me.
“I’ve meditated and gone to another place I can’t describe. Hours felt like mere minutes. It was an indescribable feeling of peace,” recalled a CNN colleague.
“I’ve spoken in languages I’ve never learned. It was God speaking through […]

The book entitled Boundaries by John Townsend and Henry Cloud is a classic piece of work, which provides us an opportunity to peek into the crucible of our lives and assists us in evaluating whether we have set appropriate parameters for ourselves. Townsend and Cloud make several statements which need to be transformed from the […]

Religious Coping and Bereavement
Pearce, M. J., Chen, J., Silverman, G. K., Kasl, S. V., Rosenheck, R., & Prigerson, H. G. (2002). Religious coping, health, and health service use among bereaved adults. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 32 (2), 179-199. Michelle Pearce and her colleagues at Yale University and the Yale University School of Medicine […]

Biblical Insights
When he was placed outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son (Acts 7:21).
* Probably the most famous adopted person in the Bible is Moses
* Born an Israelite, Moses was raised in the house of Pharaoh
* God […]

Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob. Genesis 25:28
* Since sibling rivalry is rivalry over the approval, praise, and attention of parents, when parents favor one child over the other, very bitter sibling rivalry can ensue.
* No example in the […]

by William Gaultiere, Ph.D., ChristianSoulCare.com
There are psalms for every type of situation, emotion, and need. Here are eight categories of psalms and some beloved psalms that fit in those categories. These psalms form a “School of Prayer,” teaching us the basic types of prayer. You can pray these psalms or use them as guides to […]