Counseling & Psychology

Many people come to counseling with some level of doubt about the benefit of spiritual disciplines, or means of grace as they are called in my tradition. I think we can all relate to this on some level.

In part II in this series on prayer and meditation I mentioned the practice of combining slow awareness of breath with the Jesus Prayer: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me”. It has become a regular and very rewarding practice for me…

We can always be certain of this: in the midst of all manner of uncertainty, Jesus desires for us to be close to him and find security in joining his radical, self-sacrificing love for others.

I will be continuing a series of posts about prayer, meditation, and mindfulness, but felt like interrupting with a note of encouragement for those who are or have been discouraged in prayer. Do you ever feel like God is not answering your prayers? You ask,…

Today, most of my clients will, sooner or later, hear me talk about prayer, meditation, mindfulness, and various relaxation exercises. As a Christian counselor frequently working with Christian clients, I often wonder what assumptions my clients have about those words and practices. Unfortunately they can…

...when our thoughts are disconnected from our feelings, and when our brains are disconnected from our bodies (or as some would put it, when our head brain is disconnected from our body/somatic brain), we become either rigid or chaotic, unable to process our current reality…