Therapy and Theology

Welcome to the newest series of Therapy & Theology: " When a Relationship Is Falling Apart." Some of the most joy-filled moments and memories overflow from the relationships in our lives. And some of the most painful, heartbreaking moments and memories overflow from the relationships in our lives. Relationships are wonderful ... until they're not. And when things begin unraveling, it’s so hard...

Welcome to a new series of Therapy & Theology : "Let's Stop Avoiding This Conversation: 6 Topics Women Have Big Questions About."   Join Lysa TerKeurst; her licensed professional counselor, Jim Cress; and Proverbs 31 Ministries' Director of Theological Research, Dr. Joel Muddamalle, for a conversation about therapy and theology.   In Episode 6, we look at women throughout history who have made...

Welcome to a new series of Therapy & Theology : "Let's Stop Avoiding This Conversation: 6 Topics Women Have Big Questions About."   Join Lysa TerKeurst; her licensed professional counselor, Jim Cress; and Proverbs 31 Ministries' Director of Theological Research, Dr. Joel Muddamalle, for a conversation about therapy and theology.   In Episode 5, we'll tackle how the word "submission" has been a...

Welcome to a new series of Therapy & Theology : "Let's Stop Avoiding This Conversation: 6 Topics Women Have Big Questions About."   Parental warning: Some of the topics in the video may not be appropriate for children. Please watch and listen with caution.   Join Lysa TerKeurst; her licensed professional counselor, Jim Cress; and Proverbs 31 Ministries' Director of Theological Research, Dr. Jo...

Welcome to a new series of Therapy & Theology : "Let's Stop Avoiding This Conversation: 6 Topics Women Have Big Questions About."   Join Lysa TerKeurst; her licensed professional counselor, Jim Cress; and Proverbs 31 Ministries' Director of Theological Research, Dr. Joel Muddamalle, for a conversation about therapy and theology.   In Episode 3, we focus on commonly debated and often misunderst...

Welcome to a new series of Therapy & Theology : "Let's Stop Avoiding This Conversation: 6 Topics Women Have Big Questions About."   Join Lysa TerKeurst; her licensed professional counselor, Jim Cress; and Proverbs 31 Ministries' Director of Theological Research, Dr. Joel Muddamalle, for a conversation about therapy and theology.   In Episode 2, we’re talking about the part emotional abuse play...

Welcome to a new series of Therapy & Theology : "Let's Stop Avoiding This Conversation: 6 Topics Women Have Big Questions About."   Join Lysa TerKeurst; her licensed professional counselor, Jim Cress; and Proverbs 31 Ministries' Director of Theological Research, Dr. Joel Muddamalle, for a conversation about therapy and theology.   In Episode 1, we focus on why it doesn't help anyone for a woma...

Welcome to a new series of Therapy & Theology : "Let's Stop Avoiding This Conversation: 6 Topics Women Have Big Questions About." It’s a series you don’t want to miss … an invitation for you to come as you are with your hurts, your questions, your willingness to learn and your desire to heal. Join Lysa TerKeurst; her licensed professional counselor, Jim Cress; and Proverbs 31 Ministries' Direc...

In the middle of painful circumstances you’re walking through, how do you know if you're moving toward healing? There is hope, friend. In this episode of Therapy & Theology , Lysa TerKeurst, Dr. Joel Muddamalle and licensed counselor Jim Cress will help you: Walk through a biblical framework of the healing process so you can be infused with hope for your own personal journey. Disempower the li...

When you’ve experienced something heartbreaking or even devastating, it’s easy to question if you’re on your way to healing. Is it normal to feel this way? How do I stop hurting? Is this going to hurt forever? Maybe you’re even wondering: Is what I’m feeling a sign of trauma? When this is happening, how can we move forward after we’ve experienced significant trauma? With theological research and t...

When hurtful circumstances happen, we wonder, “How will I ever get over this?” Lysa TerKeurst deeply understands that feeling. Since the release of her book “It’s Not Supposed to Be This Way,” she’s received hundreds of emails, direct messages on social media and inquiries from people asking her how she got through one of the hardest seasons of her life. The goal of the Therapy & Theology podc...

Our words frame our reality. The words we use are strong indicators of our personal emotional health, the health of our relationships, and whether or not we will go the distance with those relationships. By carefully watching our words, we can see relational differences as growth opportunities that bring us together instead of tearing us apart. Colossians 4:6 (NIV) says, “Let your conversation be...

We can love people … but we can’t change them. So what can we do? Draw necessary, healthy boundaries. It may feel overwhelming or even unloving at times, but what if boundaries are the unlikely thing needed to help your most difficult relationships? In this episode, Lysa TerKeurst, Dr. Joel Muddamalle and licensed counselor Jim Cress help you … Overcome the frustrating cycle of ineffective boundar...

In this episode of Therapy & Theology, you’ll hear Lysa TerKeurst; her personal, licensed counselor, Jim Cress; and Proverbs 31 Ministries Director of Theological Research Dr. Joel Muddamalle unpack the topic of narcissism.  Listen in as Lysa, Jim and Joel discuss how to have a confrontational conversation with a narcissist — without being too confrontational. As a reminder, these episodes are...

“Narcissism.” It’s a word that gets thrown around a lot, but what does it really mean? And how does it affect your life?  So … what do we do if we’re in a relationship with a narcissist? And how is narcissism different than a personal struggle with selfishness? And what does selfishness teach us about our own need for God, even if we don’t struggle with narcissism?    In this episode of Therapy &a...

If you want to become a doctor, you go to medical school. If you want to become a lawyer, you go to law school. But the truth is, no one sends us to school to become emotionally mature.  However, if we want our relationships to be healthy and fruitful, emotional maturity is actually a key component we must be committed to work on continually in our lives.    Simply put, emotional maturity is emoti...

When our earthly experiences with love have left us feeling unprotected, uncertain and ultimately unloved, it’s tempting not to want to risk trusting anyone again. And all too often, our view of love and God’s love for us is tainted by the people who have failed us. But God doesn’t want us to stay stuck in our places of hurt. He wants to heal us and help us move forward so we can experience not on...

All of us have facts that make up the stories of who we are. But we’re not just the sum total of these facts. There’s also the impact from these facts, which lives with us beyond the occurrence of the devastation, abuse or pain that happened to us. And in the middle of that impact, chances are there are some Shame Scripts holding us hostage from living in the freedom God so desires for us. A Shame...

Chances are, we all have been plagued by one of the heaviest, silent battles one can fight: shame. The enemy wants us to believe this lie: We are isolated and stuck in carrying the weight of our sin and ultimately our own shame. But Jesus paved the way for us to live in freedom beyond the destructive weight and narrative that shame begs us to believe and live by. In this episode of Therapy & T...

When we’ve been deeply hurt, whether by someone or by circumstances outside of our control, we often wonder if forgiveness is even possible. What if they never say they’re sorry? What if things will never feel “normal” again? Lysa TerKeurst has wrestled with these same questions. In this episode, you will hear from Lysa as well as Proverbs 31 Ministries Director of Theological Research Dr. Joel Mu...

Have you ever looked at a situation you’re facing in utter disbelief and thought, “How will I ever get over this?” Lysa TerKeurst understands. But after several years of extreme heartbreak and emotional trauma, she's realized it’s not about just getting over hard circumstances. She's had to learn how to work through what she has walked through.    And she wants to help you do the same.   That’s wh...