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Counsel for Life — 169 episodes

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How tuning in becomes care for your soul, Featuring A.C. Seiple

2

Living quietly in a culture of noise, Featuring Tommy Brown

3

When your loved one's chronic illness interrupts life together, Featuring Nate Brooks

4

Finding a loving God in the midst of your painful story, Featuring Quina Aragon

5

Candid truth about teen mental health, Featuring Danny Kwon & Monica Kim

6

Why the Church needs to understand mental health, Featuring Dr. Mark Mayfield

7

When addiction takes everything: A Parent’s grief, Featuring Lance & Jeni Ward

8

How to be a spiritually healthy leader, Featuring Dave Wiedis

9

Hope for survivors of sexual assault, Featuring Camille Cates

10

Attraction, Identity, and the Church as Home

11

Grief few fathers talk about, Featuring Eric Schumacher

12

Fear is not a sin, Featuring Ed Welch

13

The key to resilience in ministry, Featuring Dave Harvey

14

Don't overcomplicate Bible reading, Featuring David Platt

15

Talking back to our fears, Featuring Mary Marantz

16

How should we talk to kids about suffering?

17

How to parent grown kids without losing them, Featuring Kathy Cunningham

18

What you need when life doesn’t let up, Featuring Karrie Hahn

19

What's so great about biblical counseling? Featuring Jonathan Holmes, Curtis Solomon, and Shaun Van Dyke

20

What we miss when we forget we're embodied, Featuring Lainey Greer

21

Overcoming our fears as counselors

22

Can A.I. be my counselor?

23

Caring for someone at the end of life, Featuring Greg Lowe

24

Ending coercive control in your life, Featuring Tabitha Westbrook

25

What is biblical ambition? Featuring Jeremy Writebol

26

What causes trauma, and how to I spot it?

27

How do I manage the anxieties of motherhood? Featuring Courtney Devich

28

Guarding Kids from Explicit Content: A Conversation for All Parents with John-Michael Bout

29

Ian Cron on Addiction, Transformation, and the Enneagram

30

Tools for effective biblical counseling, Featuring Joe Hussung

31

Understanding nervous system regulation, Featuring Michelle Grosser

32

What is the Sympathetic Nervous System?

33

Healing from emotionally destructive relationships, Featuring Leslie Vernick

34

Hope for wives who've been betrayed, Featuring Rachel Warneking

35

Why are we so lonely? Featuring Jeremy Linneman

36

Why counselors and ministers need supervision

37

Can a church be trauma-safe? Featuring Preston Hill

38

What is Attachment Theory?

39

Counseling the 'parts' of us, Featuring AC Seiple

40

Does IFS help rewire our thought? Featuring Dr. Alison Cook

41

Good theology demands care for the body! Featuring Matt LaPine

42

Faith, trauma, and Christian community, Featuring Chuck DeGroat

43

What is EMDR? Featuring Esther Smith

44

Does biblical counseling need ethical standards? Featuring Jonathan Holmes

45

Why are we so stressed?

46

The Church and the mental health crisis, Featuring Jim and Heather Sells

47

Mistakes in marriage counseling

48

Every Christian should learn about domestic abuse, Featuring Chris Moles

49

What is neurofeedback? Featuring Alice Churnock

50

What is ketamine therapy? Featuring Logan MacLean

51

Counsel for Perfectionism from the Beatitudes, with Micha Boyett

52

Learning to forsake sexual sin, Featuring Joel Warneking

53

The complex topic of sex, Featuring Scott Mehl

54

Let's talk about church hurt, Featuring Megan Hill

55

Essential attributes of a wise counselor, Featuring Dr. Paul Tripp

56

Conversations Matter: Talking with your kids about suicide, Featuring Brad Hunstable

57

What is OCD? Featuring Mike Emlet

58

Caring for domestic abuse victims, Featuring Joy Forrest

59

Encouragement for parents of wayward children, Featuring Stuart Scott

60

An honest conversation about disordered eating, Featuring Emily Meyer

61

What is disordered eating? Featuring Christie Dondero Bettwy

62

A young teen's perspective on today's struggles, Featuring Elijah Broom

63

When children struggle with fear, Featuring Darby Strickland

64

What is codependency? Featuring Heather Bjur

65

What we are reading

66

Keys to living fully. A conversation with Dr. Jim Wilder

67

What is Social Anxiety?

68

Psychology through the lens of faith: A conversation with Eric Johnson

69

Insights into marriage counseling, Featuring Jonathan and Jennifer Holmes

70

What is PTSD?

71

Healing together: Exploring the pros and cons of group counseling, Featuring Melissa Affolter

72

Can doubt make your faith stronger? Featuring Jack Carson

73

Is trauma still taboo in the church? A critical conversation with Dr. Phil Monroe

74

How to help an anxious generation of teens, Featuring Liz Edrington

75

Your emotional health is crucial to your ministry.

76

Is your ministry putting children at risk? Featuring Jeff Dalrymple

77

Faith or Pharmacy? Christians and psychiatric medications, Featuring Adam O'Neill

78

How lament transforms your pain, Featuring Mark Vroegop

79

Essential elements of counseling, Part 2

80

Do Christians have an identity crisis? Featuring author and counselor Paul Tautges

81

Caring for families caught in domestic abuse, Featuring Chris Moles

82

The struggle of depression in motherhood, Featuring Christine Chappell

83

Essential elements of counseling, Part 1

84

What is a "Licensed Biblical Counselor"?

85

What is dissociation?

86

Helping kids who struggle

87

How to deal with intrusive thoughts

88

Practical help for loving adult children

89

Medication and mental health

90

How to build health in marriage

91

When should we promise confidentiality in counseling and discipleship?

92

How we use Scripture in life and counseling

93

Why Revisit the Past?

94

You're only human, Featuring Kelly Kapic

95

Jesus and the value of emotions, Featuring Jonathan Pennington

96

A calming resource for kids and families, Featuring Eliza Huie

97

Stories of adoption, Featuring Kristen Crew

98

Stories of adoption, Featuring Jonathan Holmes

99

Stories of adoption, Featuring Jason Kovacs

100

How to address mental health in the Church, Featuring Steve Midgley & Helen Thorne

101

A candid conversation with Elyse Fitzpatrick

102

Finding hope when life is overwhelming, featuring Rush Witt

103

How grief can move us toward God, Featuring Tim Challies

104

How to love the older generation, featuring Isabel Tom

105

What Parents Need To Know About Loving Their Adult Children

106

What Adult Children Need To Know About Loving Their Parents

107

Suffering, Sorrow, and Grief, Featuring Nancy Guthrie

108

Building a strong marriage, Featuring Bob Lepine

109

How to help someone with a psychiatric diagnosis? Featuring Ed Welch

110

When forgiveness seems impossible, Featuring Hayley Satrom

111

When decision-making causes anxiety, Featuring Michael Gembola

112

Help for quieting your mind, featuring Esther Smith

113

How To Help Christians Struggling With Their Faith, Featuring Mike Kelsey

114

Why Your Need Self-Awareness, featuring Michael Crawford

115

Emotions: Mirrors of the Heart, featuring Catherine Haddow

116

Using Scripture in Counseling, featuring Nate Brooks

117

God's Mercy and Justice, featuring Jen Wilkin

118

Angry with God, featuring Brad Hambrick

119

Betrayal in Marriage (Pt. 2), Featuring Brad Hambrick

120

Betrayal in Marriage (Pt. 1), Featuring Brad Hambrick

121

Welcome to Season 2!

122

How to Get the Most out of Counseling: Featuring Kyle Johnston

123

Why Pastors' Wives Need Counseling: Featuring Lauren Chandler

124

Why Missionaries Need Counseling: Featuring Amy Newsome

125

Why Pastors and Church-Planters Need Counseling: Featuring Michael Crawford

126

Why Kids Need Counseling: Featuring Julie Lowe

127

Why Women Need Counseling: Featuring Shannon McCoy

128

Why Men Need Counseling: Featuring Tim Lane

129

Why Counselors Need Counseling: Featuring Brittney Moses

130

Abuse in the Church: Our Response to the SBC Guidepost Report

131

When Home Hurts: Interview with Jeremy Pierre & Greg Wilson

132

How Christians Can Approach Secular Psychology: Part 3

133

How Christians Can Approach Secular Psychology: Part 2

134

Traits of a Trusting Relationship

135

How to Handle Negative Thoughts

136

The Importance of Being Present

137

How Christians Can Approach Secular Psychology: Interview with Nate Brooks

138

Making Sense of Forgiveness: Interview with Brad Hambrick

139

Raising Emotionally Healthy Kids

140

Helping Teens Grow in Christ: An Interview with Lindsey Carlson

141

How to Wisely Share Your Story

142

How to Use the Bible in Caring for Others

143

Part 5: Alasdair Groves shares how the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation provides training

144

Part 4: Shauna Van Dyke shares how the Association of Biblical Counselors provides training

145

Part 3: Christine Chappell shares how the Institute for Biblical Counseling & Discipleship provides training

146

Part 2: Curtis Solomon shares how the Biblical Counseling Coalition provides resources

147

How can I get trained in biblical counseling? (Part 1)

148

Caring for Victims of Abuse: An Interview with Darby Strickland

149

Biblical Friendship: An Interview with Jonathan Holmes

150

Table for Two: An Interview with David and Krista Dunham

151

Essentials in Preparing for 2022

152

The Wisdom of Welcoming Emotions

153

Understanding Trauma: Part 2

154

Understanding Trauma: Part 1

155

The Whole Life: An Interview with Esther Smith and Eliza Huie

156

The Power of Gratitude

157

Wonders of His Love: An Interview with Champ Thornton

158

When Prayer Seems Unheard

159

The importance of gathering with the Church

160

When should you go to counseling?

161

How to calm a panic attack

162

Where are you on the spectrum of anxiety?

163

Suffering and the goodness of God

164

Is shame something God wants us to feel?

165

How should Christians think about depression?

166

How do I help someone who has suicidal thoughts?

167

What is Biblical Counseling, and why does it matter for me?

168

Getting to Know Eliza and Beth

169

Why Talk about Mental Health and the Christian Life?