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Biblical Counselling According to David Powlison
In an interview on Psychology Today with Christian Psychologist, David Powlison, Dr Ryan Howes asks him questions about Christian Psychology…. How does your technique or theory differ from mainstream psychotherapy? There are hundreds of variants in mainstream...
Mark McMinn talks about Integrating Christianity & Psychotherapy
In an interview with Ryan Howes Ph.D. Mark McMinn a Professor of Psychology at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon and leading Christian psychologist answers a few questions on Psychology Today about how he integrates faith with psychotherapy. What is the role...
Seeking Comfort for Strength and Affirmation
Comfort mainly does two things – It strengthens and affirms us! (I call this Positive Comfort) Every human faces hardship in one way or another and often when we get beyond our level of coping, we need to find COMFORT! When we receive that comfort we replenish and...
Thinking & Speaking Happiness, Health & Mental Wellbeing Into Our Lives
To be healthy, happy and mentally well we need to speak truth, use good words and have good and pure thoughts. What can we do to achieve speaking happiness, thinking and heath? Dr Caroline Leaf, author of ‘Switch on your Brain’– ‘The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking,...
Isaac Newton (1642-1727) – A Schizophrenic
Isaac Newton was an English Physicist and mathematician. He was also one of the most influential scientists of the time and a key figure in the Scientific revolution which is known as the emergence of modern science. In an excerpt from Psychology Today titled...
When Teens Abuse Their Parents – Domestic Violence
Often domestic violence in the home happens when teens suddenly change to show excessive aggression towards their parents or guardian in the form of verbal or physical abuse. While these adults are subject to terrible behaviour and treatment that they normally...
Trauma Explained
A traumatic event involves a single experience, or an enduring or repeating event or events that completely overwhelm our ability to cope or integrate the ideas and emotions involved with that experience. Think of Computers - Computers and humans are very alike....
Pay it Forward – Random acts of Kindness
In the movie ‘Pay It Forward,’ starring Haley Joel Osment as Trevor McKinney, a young boy who starts a good will movement when his social studies teacher played by Kevin Spacey announces that the has a project to do. Trevor‘s life isn’t want he wants it to be. ...
Rebuilding Your Life after Tragedy
When tragedy strikes we can often lose hope in light of the events and circumstances that surround us. While reflecting on one of the biggest tragedies in history, the September 11 Twin Towers in New York, best-selling author, Mark Stibbe, begins to answer the...
Wrestling with God
What is Stewardship? - Part 2 ‘And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. Then...
Women In Leadership – Taking Control of Emotions & Attitudes
Women can wake up one morning feeling terrible and tired. We can find loads of reasons to complain. On the odd morning we can feel like quitting the day ahead by putting it all on hold until we’re ready to deal with it. It’s all too tempting to lie in bed when we...
Australian Women in Leadership – Visionaries and Pioneers
Julia Gillard was Australia’s first female Prime Minister to undertake the most important leadership role as the head of this nation from 2010 - 2013. According to Wikipedia, she was also Australia’s 27th Prime Minister. According to the Australian Bureau of...