It is intriguing to witness the tension that exists between clinical counseling and the faith community. I am keenly aware of how many people in the religious community have negative views of clinical counseling. The discovery that the co-pilot of the fatal Germanwings Flight 9525 had mental health issues, sparked open dialog surrounding this often […]
One in four Americans suffers from some kind of mental illness in any given year, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Many look to their church for spiritual guidance in times of distress. But they’re unlikely to find much help on Sunday mornings. Most Protestant senior pastors (66 percent) seldom speak to their […]
