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Category Archives: Counseling
I tried to look normal on the outside
I especially had to conquer childhood fears. Being rejected and imperfect is my ultimate fear. I grew up with an unhealthy and unrealistic belief that I needed to be flawless to be loved. Continue reading
Posted in 18 Year factor, Addiction, Biopsychology, Christian Counselor, Counseling, Psychology, Wisdom
Tagged approval addiction, Childhood trauma
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Being a victim but rejecting a victim’s mentality
A woman in her early forties acknowledged that she finally began to overcome the effects of growing up in a violent home when… Continue reading
Posted in 18 Year factor, Abuse, Child Abuse, Christian Counselor, Counseling, Psychology, Wisdom
Tagged Child Abuse, Children, Counseling, victim
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Looking back to move ahead
1. True or False? Most people understand that their upbringing affects their lives.
2. True or false? – Most people understand how (and how much) their upbringing affects their lives. Continue reading
Posted in 18 Year factor, Abuse, Counseling, Wisdom
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Summer reading worth your time
“I did not want to disappoint others so I created a false image of myself. I tried to look normal on the outside when everything within me was chaotic.” Continue reading
One of the most challenging tasks of my life
What made it a difficult task was my decision to write it without “Christianese” and with only two Bible verses at the end of the book. Continue reading
The expanded role of medical doctors
Although doctors are primarily charged with caring for physical health, over the last three to four decades, doctors have been called to take the role that was once reserved for a different profession. Continue reading
Posted in ADHD, Anxiety, Biopsychology, Christian Counselor, Counseling, Depression, Despair, Doctor, Holistic ministry, Medicine, Neuroscience, Psychology, Social work, sociology, Wisdom
Tagged Anxiety, holistic treatment of patients, medical doctors at risk, new difficulties for medical doctors, pharmachology, role of medicine for depression
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My first funeral (a suicide)
There was standing room only at the funeral parlor as I faced some rather austere men and women dressed in the old black garb common to conservative Mennonites. Continue reading
