Comments on: Counselling for Mentally Ill Evangelicals

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By: Psychodiva

Psychodiva — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:53:08 +0000

In my opinion most of the problem is the families – I hope he does too- some sense injected into it may help

By: SeandBlogonaut

SeandBlogonaut — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:27:53 +0000

You have to wonder sometimes if half the problem is the families. I hope some of what John writes gets through to those who need it.

By: SeandBlogonaut

SeandBlogonaut — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:20:03 +0000

John, I thought your list was excellent, as is the rst of your work on mental illness and evangelical attitudes. Here's hoping you get some extra traffic from this post.

By: psychodiva

psychodiva — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:20:43 +0000

It is a bit of a minefield for us real psychologists and counsellors- recently I had a Mormon family come to me with their daughter who they were sure had an eating disorder- turned out she was rebelling against the strict regime in the family and I had to turn them away. Another very religious family I saw for a while would not take any advice about their daughter that was not based in their teachings- so I had to direct them back to their church for input. I try to keep religion out of my clinic and I've also had people in who believe in all sorts of woo that is very difficult to get through to the real problem|!

By: John Weaver

John Weaver — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:29:34 +0000

Thanks so much, Sean. Hopefully the list will help some people.

By: Wikipedia » Counselling for Mentally Ill Evangelicals

Wikipedia » Counselling for Mentally Ill Evangelicals — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:55:41 +0000

[...] Sean the Blogonaut wrote an interesting post today on Counselling for Mentally Ill EvangelicalsHere’s a quick excerptImage via Wikipedia John Weaver , a survivor of evangelical treatment facilities himself, has compiled a checklist for those evangelicals that are suffering from a mental illness and who want to seek counselling. 1. If possible, see a Christian psychologist, rather than a biblical counselor or deliverance minister. Ask the counselor specifically if she sees mental illness as a sin, or as being caused by demons. If she does, PLEASE consider seeing a psychologist 2. Avoid therapie [...]