For a long time there has been a struggle among Christians about the need for therapy. Some Christians believe God should be able to heal our mental health issues without the need for professional help.
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We all know that bad things happen in life. Our parents warn us, and we expect that some things will go wrong. Our cars break down, our parties get rained out, friends betray us, we struggle in relationships, and so on. But most of us are actually optimistic that really bad things, like what others experience, will never happen to us.
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A new year begins. It is time to reset and embrace the renewal that every beginning brings. A blank page is before us, on which everything remains to be written. It's also an opportunity to improve our ways and do better than yesterday.
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It has become common to hear about physical abuse, or emotional abuse, but we rarely hear about the lesser-known, spiritual abuse.
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D.E.R., also known as Disaster Emotional Relief, is a clinical intervention and psychoeducational hybrid service founded by Wellspring to help people heal after traumatic events in a community.
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The birds are singing, the sun is rising, and you’re rushing out the door to drive to work. While you might be checking to make sure you have your phone, you rarely think about how you’ve missed watching the sun rise.
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This last year has been challenging for all of us, and some may be struggling to bounce back after a season filled with stress, fear, or sorrow. Psychologists define resilience as “the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or significant sources of stress” (Building your resilience).
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Healing can be found in the process of telling a hard story. Putting words to a traumatic story is therapeutic in and of itself. It helps a person to remember details, express emotions, choose what is important to say, and make sense of all that has happened to them and in them.
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We humans live and think in stories. We are fascinated by them, entertain ourselves with them, and define ourselves by them. The last and often best part of any good literature story is the resolution – in the end, we want to know what happened to all of the characters.
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Wellspring is like the rest of our community; we too have been profoundly affected by the Surfside building collapse and all of the collateral repercussions to our community and people’s lives.
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In a world that challenges the very idea of right and wrong, I propose that most people still have a strong sense of “right”.
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