From our archives: Dr. Mike Emlet reveals how he approaches psychotherapy in his CCEF "Counseling and Physiology" class.
Counseling and Physiology Class: Psychiatry
This past Monday we started our exploration of psychiatry and psychiatric diagnoses. I asked the class what particular questions and concerns they brought to the table when considering this topic. Here are a few of their responses:
Biblical counseling has a history of being picky about words. Sometimes it sounded as if we had our own version of George Carlin’s dirty word list. For example, off limits were terms like: self-esteem, needs, psychological, or any psychiatric diagnosis unless you were going to critique it a bit first.
Recently, Bryan College held a conference comparing five views of Christianity and Psychology. Dr. David Powlison concluded the conference with his lecture entitled "The Question of Causality: Nature, Nuture and a Whole Lot More."