Therapy and Theology

Welcome to Season 12 of Therapy & Theology: Fight for Your Family!
Are you longing to strengthen your marriage, build deeper family relationships, or parent with greater intentionality in today’s modern world? In this new season of Therapy & Theology, we combine biblical wisdom with practical therapeutic tools to help you fight for the relationships that matter most.

In this six-episode series, you’ll discover:
How to use scriptural prayers for your family to strengthen your faith and relationships.
The root causes of conflict in your marriage — and how to heal them.
Practical tools for setting healthy boundaries and improving communication.
Habits that build trust in marriage (and what quietly destroys it).
How to create a home where everyone feels seen, heard, and valued.
Wisdom on Christian parenting in a modern culture.
Episode 1 releases on April 9, so make sure you're subscribed, and we'll see you then!
Links and Resources We'll Mention This Season:
We’re grateful to the American Association of Christian Counselors for being a yearlong sponsor of Therapy & Theology. Click here to apply for their Youth Mental Health Coach program — a biblically grounded, clinically excellent training to help you support youth facing today’s most common mental health challenges. 
Go to Compassion.com/Lysa to join us in sponsoring a child through Compassion International today.
Fight for your family by downloading 15 Prayers for Your Husband and 15 Prayers for Your Son or Daughter.
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A relationship can only be as healthy as the individuals in that relationship. So how can we grow and show up as our best selves for the people in our lives?
In this episode, you’ll learn:
Four things that erode or even break apart a good relationship.
How to improve communication and work through conflict when you’re feeling misunderstood.
How to answer the question "What is really bothering me?" so you can identify root issues.
Links and Resources We Mention in This Episode:
Get your copy of I Want to Trust You, but I Don't by Lysa TerKeurst here.
We’re grateful to the American Association of Christian Counselors for being a yearlong sponsor of Therapy & Theology. Click here to apply for their Youth Mental Health Coach program — a biblically grounded, clinically excellent training to help you support youth facing today’s most common mental health challenges. 
Go to Compassion.com/Lysa to join us in sponsoring a child through Compassion International today.
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Help women experience God’s nearness in this and every moment. Receive Come Close to Jesus as our thanks for your gift today.
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Our emotions are God-given signals designed to guide us toward greater self-reflection, self-awareness, and spiritual growth. But how do we learn to manage our feelings instead of letting them control us?
In this episode, you’ll learn:
How to maintain emotional health, whether you tend to suppress your emotions or feel them intensely.
Practical strategies for staying emotionally regulated as a parent.
How relationships contribute to our emotional well-being — for better or worse — and how to improve this.
Links and Resources We Mention in This Episode:
We’re grateful to the American Association of Christian Counselors for being a yearlong sponsor of Therapy & Theology. Click here to apply for their Youth Mental Health Coach program — a biblically grounded, clinically excellent training to help you support youth facing today’s most common mental health challenges. 
Go to Compassion.com/Lysa to join us in sponsoring a child through Compassion International today.
Subscribe here to receive new Therapy & Theology episodes straight to your inbox.
Want a chance to be featured on Listener Mail? Leave Lysa, Jim, or Joel a message or a question right here.
Help women experience God’s nearness in this and every moment. Receive Come Close to Jesus as our thanks for your gift today.
Click here to download a transcript of this episode.

In today's world, it can feel like stress is unavoidable. Is constant pressure and burnout just part of life now? How can we protect our mental health with so much pulling at us?
In this episode, you’ll learn:
How to identify stressors in our life and assess how you're really doing.
What to do when you feel overwhelmed by shame.
Practical scripts you can borrow to reach out to someone when you need help.
Four essential questions to ask your loved ones as you support their mental health journey.
Links and Resources We Mention in This Episode:
We’re grateful to the American Association of Christian Counselors for being a yearlong sponsor of Therapy & Theology. Click here to apply for their Youth Mental Health Coach program — a biblically grounded, clinically excellent training to help you support youth facing today’s most common mental health challenges. 
Go to Compassion.com/Lysa to join us in sponsoring a child through Compassion International today.
Subscribe here to receive new Therapy & Theology episodes straight to your inbox.
Want a chance to be featured on Listener Mail? Leave Lysa, Jim, or Joel a message or a question right here.
Help women experience God’s nearness in this and every moment. Receive Come Close to Jesus as our thanks for your gift today.
Click here to download a transcript of this episode.

If you’ve ever been tempted to confuse spiritual health with spiritual perfection, this conversation is for you.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
The markers of a spiritually healthy Christian and the daily habits they consistently pursue.
The overlooked patterns that may be threatening your spiritual health and relationship with God.
How to escape shame, guilt, and isolation and return to the Lord — who has never left your side.
Links and Resources We'll Mention This Episode:
Download the "Healthy Conversations Contract" Jim talks about here.
We're grateful to the American Association of Christian Counselors for being a yearlong sponsor of Therapy & Theology. Click here to apply for their Youth Mental Health Coach program — a biblically grounded, clinically excellent training to help you support youth facing today’s most common mental health challenges. 
Go to Compassion.com/Lysa to join us in sponsoring a child through Compassion International today.
Subscribe here to receive new Therapy & Theology episodes straight to your inbox.
Want a chance to be featured on Listener Mail? Leave Lysa, Jim, or Joel a message or a question right here.
Help women experience God’s nearness in this and every moment. Receive Come Close to Jesus as our thanks for your gift today.
Click here to download a transcript of this episode.