Sometimes your vocation can be a place where you practice your faith. Sometimes your profession intertwines your competency with faith. This is the case for Florida Christian therapist Kathy White, who helps patients as a licensed mental health counselor, leveraging her faith background.
In this podcast, we explore the nature and necessity of counseling, especially for Christians, and White's thoughts on how to put faith into practice, which intersects with good mental health practices. She also talks about her book, "The Therapist," a novel based on her counseling experiences.
Highlights of the podcast:
2:08 How “seven-day practical faith” can be interpreted as loving actions
4:23 People should be open to counseling and the healing and change it can provide.
5:58 How Kathy came to faith
7:56 How being a Christian changes her approach to counseling
10:33 Impacts of narcissism on others
13:16 How God inspired her to write a novel centered on therapy experiences
14:38 The supreme importance of a therapist diagnosing people who aren’t in the room but are affecting the patient
16:37 Suggested approach for Christians seeking therapy
19:03 The hardest part about putting faith into practice is confronting fear.
21:45 Her best tip for putting faith into practice: Structure.
23:47 Information about her first book, “The Therapist,” and the marriage advice book she’s writing now.
You can find more about White and the podcast itself by searching for "Practical Faith Academy" on Apple, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Audacy, YouTube, Podbean, and other major podcasting platforms. You can also click on the Practical Faith Academy button on the CecilTaylorMinistries.com home page.
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