Psychology

Can I blame my behavior on bipolar disorder?

November 13, 2025

Can I blame my behavior on bipolar disorder?

Book Review: Wayfaring: A Christian Approach to Mental Health by Warren Kinghorn

August 21, 2025

Book Review: Wayfaring: A Christian Approach to Mental Health by Warren Kinghorn

Michael Gembola

Resilience: Finding Strength in Weakness

August 21, 2025

Resilience: Finding Strength in Weakness

I Have a Psychiatric Diagnosis: What Does the Bible Say?

I Have a Psychiatric Diagnosis: What Does the Bible Say?

How Do We Think Biblically About Personality Tests?

How Do We Think Biblically About Personality Tests?

Alasdair Groves

Rehabilitating Habituation

August 31, 2020

Rehabilitating Habituation

Brian A. Mesimer

How Christian Faith Compares and Conflicts with Mindfulness

How Christian Faith Compares and Conflicts with Mindfulness

Best of Psychology with David Powlison

November 13, 2017

Best of Psychology with David Powlison

Alasdair Groves, David Powlison

Existential Psychology with Ric Rodeheaver

Existential Psychology with Ric Rodeheaver

Alasdair Groves

Attachment with Julie Lowe

Attachment with Julie Lowe

Alasdair Groves, Julie Lowe

Best of Psychology with Mike Emlet

February 21, 2017

Best of Psychology with Mike Emlet

Alasdair Groves, Mike Emlet

The question of causality: Nature, nurture and a whole lot more

August 23, 2016

The question of causality: Nature, nurture and a whole lot more

How should biblical counselors view material from secular psychology?

August 19, 2016

How should biblical counselors view material from secular psychology?

How does biblical counseling theory differ from psychotherapy?

How does biblical counseling theory differ from psychotherapy?

Is it possible to pursue psychiatry as a vocation while maintaining a biblical worldview?

Is it possible to pursue psychiatry as a vocation while maintaining a biblical worldview?

What is the relationship between sin and psychopathology?

What is the relationship between sin and psychopathology?

How can biblical counselors understand mindfulness meditation?

How can biblical counselors understand mindfulness meditation?

Cecelia Bernhardt, Winston Smith

How should we think about secular psychotherapy?

How should we think about secular psychotherapy?

How do you practice psychotherapy while maintaining your spiritual beliefs?

How do you practice psychotherapy while maintaining your spiritual beliefs?

Personality Tests

Personality Tests

What's in a Name? Understanding Psychiatric Diagnoses

What's in a Name? Understanding Psychiatric Diagnoses

Biblical counseling's "dirty" words

Biblical counseling's "dirty" words

Psychological Tests: Are You For or Against?

Psychological Tests: Are You For or Against?

Is CCEF anti-science?

Is CCEF anti-science?

The psychopath test

The psychopath test

DSM-5: The new normal?

DSM-5: The new normal?

Becoming a Biblical Counselor: A Skeptic's Journey

Becoming a Biblical Counselor: A Skeptic's Journey

The doctor is in (Part 3)

The doctor is in (Part 3)

The doctor is in (Part 4)

The doctor is in (Part 4)

Is there any point in talking to a person with paranoid schizophrenia?

Is there any point in talking to a person with paranoid schizophrenia?

The Psychological Does Not Exist

The Psychological Does Not Exist

How to Help Counselees with Psychoactive Medications

August 31, 2014

How to Help Counselees with Psychoactive Medications

Benjamin Crawford

How Does Scripture Teach Us to Redeem Psychology?

December 31, 2012

How Does Scripture Teach Us to Redeem Psychology?

Book Reviews

December 31, 2012

Book Reviews

Book Reviews

August 31, 2012

Book Reviews

Cecelia Bernhardt, Ed Welch, Mike Emlet

Listening to Prozac...and to the Scriptures: A Primer on Psychoactive Medications

Listening to Prozac...and to the Scriptures: A Primer on Psychoactive Medications

Book Reviews

Book Reviews

Ed Welch, Julie Lowe, Winston Smith

Issues in biblical counseling: An interview with David Powlison

Issues in biblical counseling: An interview with David Powlison

The Therapeutic Gospel

The Therapeutic Gospel

Critique of “Habituation” as a Biblical Model of Change

January 31, 2003

Critique of “Habituation” as a Biblical Model of Change

George M. Schwab

How John Calvin Led Me to Repent of Christian Psychology

January 31, 2002

How John Calvin Led Me to Repent of Christian Psychology

The Ambiguously Cured Soul

The Ambiguously Cured Soul

The Empty Couch

September 30, 2000

The Empty Couch

Book Review

September 30, 2000

Book Review

Dichotomy or Trichotomy? How the Doctrine of Man Shapes the Treatment of Depression

Dichotomy or Trichotomy? How the Doctrine of Man Shapes the Treatment of Depression

A Biblical Critique of the DSM-IV

September 30, 1999

A Biblical Critique of the DSM-IV

Taking Up the Challenge

September 30, 1999

Taking Up the Challenge

Alfred J. Poirier

Biological Psychiatry

Biological Psychiatry

Biblical Counseling in Korea: An Interview with Kyu Whang and Ed Welch

Biblical Counseling in Korea: An Interview with Kyu Whang and Ed Welch

David Powlison, Ed Welch, Kyu Whang

Queries and Controversies: What should we make of recent research on how the brain causes certain problems, and how psychotherapy changes the brain?

Queries and Controversies: What should we make of recent research on how the brain causes certain problems, and how psychotherapy changes the brain?

Hilton P. Terrell

Letter to the Editor

January 31, 1998

Letter to the Editor

David Powlison, Jay Adams

Keep the Truth Alive

January 31, 1997

Keep the Truth Alive

John F. Bettler

America’s Last Men and Their Magnificent Talking Cure

January 31, 1997

America’s Last Men and Their Magnificent Talking Cure

How Do You Help a “Psychologized” Counselee?

September 30, 1996

How Do You Help a “Psychologized” Counselee?

Authors and Arguments in Biblical Counseling: A Review and Analysis

September 30, 1996

Authors and Arguments in Biblical Counseling: A Review and Analysis

Psychology and the Life of the Spirit

September 30, 1996

Psychology and the Life of the Spirit

Modern Therapies and the Church’s Faith

September 30, 1996

Modern Therapies and the Church’s Faith

Queries and Controversies: Why is biblical counseling so concerned about the labels used to describe people's problems?

January 31, 1996

Queries and Controversies: Why is biblical counseling so concerned about the labels used to describe people's problems?

Mental Illness is Still a Myth

September 30, 1995

Mental Illness is Still a Myth

January 31, 1995

Ready to Speak, with Gentleness and Fear

January 31, 1995

Change Them? ... Into What?

January 31, 1995

Confession of a Psychological Heretic

January 31, 1995

A Discussion Among Clergy: Pastoral Counseling Talks with Secular Psychology

January 31, 1995

Queries and Controversies: Do you ever refer people to psychologists or psychiatrists for help?

Queries and Controversies: Is the phrase unconditional love a good way to describe God’s love and the ideal human love?

25 Years of Biblical Counseling

September 30, 1993

25 Years of Biblical Counseling

Recovering God in the Age of Therapy

September 30, 1993

Recovering God in the Age of Therapy

Gary Steven Shogren

Book Reviews

September 30, 1993

Book Reviews

David Powlison, Robert D. Jones

Critiquing Modern Integrationists

Jay Adams' Response to the Congress on Christian Counseling

December 31, 1989

Jay Adams' Response to the Congress on Christian Counseling

Atlanta ’88

December 31, 1989

Atlanta ’88

Charles H. Zimmerman

Self-Esteem is Sweeping over America

December 31, 1989

Self-Esteem is Sweeping over America

George Scipione

What is this Thing Called Chemical Imbalance?

What is this Thing Called Chemical Imbalance?

Psychology

Psychology

How Can You Tell?

December 31, 1987

How Can You Tell?

When is It “Too Late” to Change?

December 31, 1987

When is It “Too Late” to Change?

William E. Wood

Healing of Memories? Inner Healing? Is There a Better Way?

Healing of Memories? Inner Healing? Is There a Better Way?

Nelson E. Hinman

The Tennessee Self-Concept Scale as Applied to Three High School Students

The Tennessee Self-Concept Scale as Applied to Three High School Students

Richard A. Heckman

What About Emotional Abuse?

December 31, 1986

What About Emotional Abuse?

We Have That Type Too

December 31, 1986

We Have That Type Too

Book Reviews

December 31, 1986

Book Reviews

Gaining an Accurate Self-Image - Summary and Conclusion

Gaining an Accurate Self-Image - Summary and Conclusion

John F. Bettler

December 31, 1985

Human Defensiveness: The Third Way

Editorial

Editorial

Notes from Going the Other Way

Notes from Going the Other Way

Lawrence H. Henning

Gaining an Accurate Self-Image - Part V: Denying Self (Part 5)

Gaining an Accurate Self-Image - Part V: Denying Self (Part 5)

John F. Bettler

Book Review

Book Review

George Scipione

Gaining an Accurate Self-Image - Part IV: Denying Self (Part 4)

December 31, 1984

Gaining an Accurate Self-Image - Part IV: Denying Self (Part 4)

John F. Bettler

Gaining an Accurate Self-Image - Part III: Denying Self

Gaining an Accurate Self-Image - Part III: Denying Self

John F. Bettler

Gaining an Accurate Self-Image - Part II: A Biblical Proposal

Gaining an Accurate Self-Image - Part II: A Biblical Proposal

John F. Bettler

Gaining an Accurate Self-Image

December 31, 1983

Gaining an Accurate Self-Image

John F. Bettler

But...It Helped

September 30, 1983

But...It Helped

Editorial

December 31, 1982

Editorial