Listen FaithFlex Fam,
I need to talk about something Dr. Stacy Haynes said on this week's episode. It stopped me in my tracks.
Some pastors see counselors as competition.
I know this world. I grew up in it. The pastor was always the counselor. You did not go to therapy. You went to the altar. And scripture backs pursuing wise counsel through your church home.
But here is where some leaders still get stuck.
A pastor with no clinical training cannot treat trauma. Cannot treat grief. Cannot walk someone through a real mental health crisis. Prayer covers your spirit. It was never meant to replace the person trained to work with your mind.
The healthiest churches I know are not picking one over the other.
They are building both into the house.
A pastor to shepherd your soul. A licensed clinician to steward your mind. Both matter. Neither one cancels out the other.
If your church still treats therapy like a lack of faith, that belief is keeping people from the healing God wants for them.
Listen to the full conversation, "When Prayer Is Not Enough," with Dr. Stacy Haynes. Link in bio, family.
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