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The Virtual Couch

BONUS - Navigating a Faith Journey/Crisis, Fowler’s Stages of Faith, Truth, Beauty, and Goodness

The Virtual Couch

Tony Overbay LMFT

Education, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

5643 Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

For many, a faith community, or religious congregation, is a safe place to return regularly to be spiritually fed before heading back to an often chaotic world. But what happens when that previously “safe” community begins to feel like a place where one is no longer welcome? Is the problem with the individual, or with the community, or congregation? If you are a parent to someone who is experiencing a faith crisis, what do you do? Are there certain things that you say that seem to trigger emotional responses that appear to come out of nowhere? If you’re the one experiencing the “faith crisis” how do you communicate with your family or faith community?-Tony explores this topic from a variety of angles, from empathy, and Christlike love, to explore what it means to judge righteously, and why identifying as someone more connected to Truth, Beauty, or Goodness matters? And finally, Tony discusses James Fowler’s Stages of Faith, and how understanding where you are, or where a loved one may be, can help bring more peace, and understanding, into a relationship where a belief system is at the core of the disagreements.-Tony's new best selling book "He's a Porn Addict...Now What? An Expert and a Former Addict Answer Your Questions" is now available on Kindle. https://amzn.to/38mauBo (https://amzn.to/38mauBo)-Tony Overbay, is the co-author of "He's a Porn Addict...Now What? An Expert and a Former Addict Answer Your Questions" now available on Amazon https://amzn.to/33fk0U4 (https://amzn.to/33fk0U4). The book debuted in the number 1 spot in the Sexual Health Recovery category and remains there as the time of this record. The book has received numerous positive reviews from professionals in the mental health and recovery fields.-The book tackles tough questions with answers from both the expert and the addict's point of view. Tony, a licensed marriage and family therapist, and creator of The Path Back, an online pornography addiction recovery program that has helped hundreds of people overcome turning to pornography and other compulsive sexual behaviors as a coping mechanism, and Joshua Shea, former addict, and author of the book “The Addiction Nobody Will Talk About” read their respective answers to questions such as "Finding out he's addicted to porn has turned me off to sex completely, what should I do?" And "How much do we tell the kids?" And "Does this mean that God is mad at me, or doesn't love me?"-Reviews include: "This is the most helpful book for porn addicts and the people who (still) love them. One of the most courageous and timely books to help with a widespread and almost never talked about epidemic that is ruining marriages, careers, and lives. It will give hope to millions of people who are addicted to pornography. -- Mark Goulston, MD, FAPA, Author of Just Listen Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone.-You can learn more about Tony's pornography recovery program The Path Back by visiting http://pathbackrecovery.com (http://pathbackrecovery.com) And visit http://tonyoverbay.com (http://tonyoverbay.com) and sign up to receive updates on upcoming programs, and podcasts.-The Virtual Couch is sponsored by http://Betterhelp.com/virtualcouch (http://Betterhelp.com/virtualcouch) Betterhelp.com is the world's leading provider of online therapy. Their mission is to make professional counseling accessible, affordable, and convenient, so anyone who struggles with life's challenges can get help, anytime, anywhere. Head to http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouch (http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouch) for 10% off your first month of services.

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0:00.0

Hey folks, coming up on today's episode of the virtual couch, a special bonus episode,

0:05.4

we're going to be talking about how to navigate a faith journey or a faith crisis,

0:09.9

basically a change in the relationship that you might have with your faith community.

0:13.9

For a lot of people, a faith community or a religious congregation,

0:17.5

it's a safe place to return regularly to be spiritually fed before heading back

0:21.8

sometimes into a very chaotic world. But what happens when that previously safe community

0:27.3

starts to feel more like a place where you're no longer welcome? Is that problem with you,

0:33.0

the individual? Is it with the faith community? Is it with that specific congregation? Or if you're a parent or a

0:39.4

family member to somebody who is experiencing a faith crisis, what do you do to best help the

0:44.4

individual or maybe what do you do to help yourself? That and more coming up on this bonus episode

0:50.1

of the virtual couch.

1:02.6

Hey, everybody, I'll make this one quick.

1:05.9

Now, as a therapist myself, of course, I recommend that everybody give therapy a try.

1:09.3

Truly, we're all hanging on to some things that would be helpful to process, or there's things in our life that we might, maybe we thought we'd achieve by now, or there's things that we

1:12.8

desperately want to achieve so that we won't live a life full of regrets. Or there are people

1:17.4

listening right now who may be noticing that their anxiety or their depression is getting a

1:21.5

tiny bit more, let's call it amplified the longer that it's left untreated. You owe it to yourself or those around you, to your spouse, your kids, and actually I guess really the most important person is you to at the very least give

1:32.0

therapy a try. So if you're nervous about finding the right fit, if you're worried about bumping

1:35.5

into somebody in a therapy waiting room, if you have any worries about therapy, might I recommend

1:40.1

that you go immediately to betterhelp.com slash virtual couch. Again, that's betterhelp.com

1:45.1

slash virtual couch, all one word, and take a look at the world of online therapy. Go check

1:50.1

out what over 500,000 people have already done before you and sign up right now. Go to

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