Thinking Carefully About Disorders & Biblical Counseling | Deepak Reju
Channel: Room for Nuance
Date: 2024-02-23

How should Christians think about mental disorders like ADHD, OCD, Depression, and Anxiety? Does the Bible have a category for these people? How can we best help those who suffer from these disorders through biblical counseling? How can we help someone who is struggling with addiction to some sort of sin? Should all Christians have a secular therapist? Get these questions answered and more in this episode with Deepak Reju as he encourages us to think carefully about biblical counseling within the church. 

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0:00 Intro 
0:23 Opening Prayer
2:26 Who is Deepak?
5:10 Why Counseling?
13:12 The Pastor and Counseling Book
16:12 What would you change about the Book? 
20:47 What Counseling book would you suggest?
22:00 What is Financial Abuse? 
23:10 What is Abuse? 
24:05 Spectrum of Abuse
32:22 What About Accusations of Abuse?
38:32 Do We have to have a Professional Counselor? 
46:30 31 Days Book Series 
51:40 Rescue Plan and Rescue Skills
55:05 Is Masturbation Sin? 
1:00:25 What Tone Should I Strike? 
1:03:00 How do we help people? 
1:06:00 Is Shame Bad
1:09:00 Porn in Relationships
1:14:11 Get the Congregation Involved
1:26:35 ADD, ADHD, etc. 
1:50:12 Neuro-diversity 
1:56:01 Christians and Therapy 
2:05:35 Why do People Seek Secular Therapy? 
2:10:48 Recommended Counseling Partners 
2:13:31 Closing Prayer
2:14:21 Missions Conference AD
2:15:33 Coram Deo Conference AD
2:16:33 10ofThose AD