The scene that never grows old is the breakup bit from Say Anything. Even if you’ve…
Easter is the ideal time to reflect upon the concepts of transgressions and forgiveness. Forgiveness…
So, you tried counseling and hated it. What happens now? The reality is that counseling…
Young adults are really going through it. A new report from the Gallup Institute found…
I find it hard to confess that I was emotionally wounded. Because you might question my…
A record-setting 50.4 million Americans placed bets on this weekend’s Super Bowl game. Sports betting…
In 1990, The Clergy as a Resource for Those Encountering Psychological Distress found that a…
My heart sank as I heard my friend’s response after revealing how I had been…
“My parents don’t believe that I have depression,” a young woman disclosed to me in…
It’s pretty common for Christian leaders to encourage believers to do more. They say we…
Editor’s Note: This article was originally posted in 2017. We are re-sharing it now in…
I’d been having nightmares for years. And, after watching a thriller film, I had another…
If you go to any kind of counseling, you know there’s a brief hitch in…
For most of us, this is going to be the summer of fun. Road trips…
I am a therapist, and my job often entails sitting across from hurt-hardened humans on…
How do we turn over the control of our lives to God as Jesus did,…
I was really hoping to feel more thankful post-election. I was optimistic that we would…
Early in my Christian life, I remember thinking that spiritual warfare was primarily about exorcisms,…
Brian Johnson remembers when the panic attack hit. On the outside, the Bethel Music and…
Can money buy you happiness? That old question is a little bit of a trick,…
Anthony Bourdain was in northeast France when he died, spending a few days in a…
A few years back I had the pleasure of working with a brilliant Catholic priest…
Editor’s Note: Earlier this week, author, pastor, theologian and founder of DesiringGod.org, John Piper, responded…
There’s a secret among certain Christian millennials: More than a few Sundays have passed, and…
This week, starting on Labor Day and running through Saturday, is National Suicide Prevention Week.…
Kristen Bell wrote an article for Motto online discussing her struggle with both anxiety and…
Me Before You opened two weekends ago, hyped as “the most romantic film of the…
On a recent press tour for my new book in New York City, I spent…
This past year, we’ve posted hundreds of articles on topics ranging from social justice and…
The phrase “bad friend” is kind of strange. Friends are supposed to be good things…
The Church hasn’t had the best track record dealing with mental illness. Often, things like…
When it comes to Christians experiencing depression, there are a lot of strong opinions—and also a lot of misconceptions. But it’s not just an “issue”—it’s real people in real pain. So we asked a professional counselor: What are we missing, and what can we do?
Our generation is not one to make plans. We’re flexible, we fly by the seat of our pants and we answer “we’ll see” to any and all questions about future plans. Where does this fear of setting anything in stone coming from? And is it helpful? Or hurting?
“I don’t know … I just wonder if I might be depressed.” As a counselor…
RELEVANT looks at the topic of eating disorders, especially the ways the church has failed in its approach, and how we can change that.
Young women face some tough challenges today: anorexia, self-injury, sexual abuse, teenage pregnancy, addictions ……
RELEVANT tackles the topic of Christian depression, examining how depression is thought of and treated.
I answered the phone and thus began my conversation with Babylon Joe. He kept asking…
I recently watched the movie Garden State. It is a very well-done film that revolves…