Psychiatry & Personality w/ Dr. Christin McIntyre

Restore The Glory Podcast

Jake Khym

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 880 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

This week, Jake and Bob welcome back Dr. Christin McIntyre, a Thomistic psychiatrist, to discuss the concept of personality disorders. They begin by defining what a personality disorder is and explore how modern culture and social norms can influence and twist this definition. Then, they discuss the interplay between inherited traits, early life experiences, and individual choices in shaping one’s personality. Through the analogy of a sailboat, Dr. Christin also shares how the intellect, will, and emotions are all interconnected and why navigating the waters of healing not only involves the formation of the intellect but also the conforming of our will to God’s.

Key Points:

A personality disorder is identified by a pervasive pattern of experience and behavior that is abnormal with respect to any two of the following: thinking, mood, personal relations, impulse control (from Dr. Cristina Lynch)
Individuals with personality disorders have much hope for change
Inner healing is an important aspect of addressing personality disorders
Inherited traits, early life experiences, and individual choices all contribute to the development of a personality disorder
Healing involves the formation of the intellect and conforming of your will to God
Healing is a continuous process, not a one-time event
Virtue is essential for true healing and involves habitual good choices

Resources:

Thomistic Institute of Psychology

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0:00.0	Welcome to Restore the Glory podcast.
0:07.0	My name is Jake Kim.
0:12.0	And I'm Bob Schutz.
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0:40.9	experiencing the restoration of our God-given glory.
0:47.6	Hey, Bob. Good to see you again. I hope you're doing well. I'm just going to skip by the
0:53.3	pleasantries because I'm too excited to talk to our guest. I see you all the time. So good to see you, Bob. Okay, here we go. So Bob, we have back on Dr. Kristen McIntyre. So welcome back, Kristen. You were with us a couple episodes. A few episodes ago, I can't remember how many. And Bob and I kind of left that conversation on a bit
1:12.6	of a cliffhanger and we wanted to get back into some things. So I'm so excited that you joined
1:17.7	us again. So listeners, if you haven't listened to that first episode, I would really encourage
1:22.4	you to go check that out where we talk about all kinds of fun things. And Kristen's background as a
1:27.1	psychiatrist and mental health professional, et cetera.
1:30.4	Okay. Is that a good enough intro so we can get into the juice of this?
1:34.2	That's great.
1:35.2	Okay. Bob, are you good to go?
1:36.6	Jump in.
1:37.4	All right. Here we go.
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