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Awesome Marriage Podcast

Should Christians Go To Counseling? With Jason VanRuler | Ep. 603

Awesome Marriage Podcast

Dr. Kim Kimberling

Christianity, Relationships, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 813 Ratings

šŸ—“ļø 19 March 2024

ā±ļø 44 minutes

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Summary

Why do Christians need counseling? Isn't the Gospel enough to transform us? We hear these questions fairly often. Today Dr. Kim and special guest Jason VanRuler dive deeper into these questions and the conversation about the role of therapy and counseling in a life devoted to following Jesus.

Don't miss this helpful conversation! We pray this episode is helpful for you and your marriage.Ā 

Episode highlights include:Ā Ā 

  • How often do clients have no idea that they haven't gotten past their past?Ā 

  • Unexpected ways your past might be showing up & affecting your marriage today

  • Updating the negative messages we believe about ourselvesĀ 

  • The effect of vulnerability on our marriage connectionĀ 

*Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here!Ā 

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QUOTES

  • "Where there's a disconnect in relationships, it's often a disconnect from the system we witnessed growing up and what we're trying to make happen today." - Jason VanRulerĀ 

  • "When we get comfortable, the old ways seep out to the surface."Ā  - Jason VanRulerĀ 

  • "Every time a client says a negative message about themselves, I ask, is that the message you think God gave you?"Ā  - Jason VanRulerĀ 

  • "One of my great joys is working with people to eliminate distractions so they can focus on the truth and live the life God has called them to."- Jason VanRulerĀ 

  • "If we want to feel connected and we're not feeling connected, a lot of times that emotional intimacy and depth is the missing link."Ā  - Jason VanRulerĀ 

  • "When we get vulnerable and honest, it attracts intimacy from our partner and we have a different relationship."Ā  - Jason VanRulerĀ 

  • "The marriage we want is often on the other side of vulnerability. We just don't often know how to get there."- Jason VanRuler

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QUESTIONS FOR YOU

  • Ā Do you recognize any ways you haven't gotten past your past?Ā 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Well, welcome today's awesome marriage podcast. I am so excited today to have Jason Ben Ruler.

0:07.2

He's joining me on the podcast. Jason is a licensed therapist. He's a psychology, biblical wisdom,

0:12.3

and clinical experience to help you find connection and healing. He's a coach. He's a therapist. He's a

0:17.2

speaker. The book is Get Past Your Past, How Facing Your Broken Pieces

0:21.3

leads to True Connection. This is a great conversation. So let's go to the studio right now.

0:27.9

Welcome to the awesome marriage podcast, a place for honest conversations and practical advice

0:34.1

on how to build an awesome marriage. I am your podcast producer and co-host,

0:39.0

Lindsay Few. On the show will be our host, Dr. Kim Kimberly. Dr. Kim is a marriage counselor

0:45.4

and has been married for over 50 years. His passion is to help you strengthen your most

0:51.2

intimate relationship. Well, Jason Wilkinson-Dawson-Dossomaried's podcast. Thanks for

0:59.3

joining us. It's good to meet you and to have you here today. Thanks. Yeah, I've been looking

1:03.6

forward to this a lot. So thanks so much for having me. Well, I have too. And as we talked before,

1:09.1

you've got a great story living in South Dakota,

1:11.3

three kids, wife, married 17 years, a lot of good things there. So let's just kind of start,

1:17.3

just jump right into this because I think there's, again, as a counselor that I hear sometimes

1:23.6

from Christians, do Christians really need counseling? I mean, isn't the gospel

1:29.1

enough for them? I'm not sure where all that came from. I think maybe belief systems or

1:35.6

things people have said to people over the years, but how would you respond to someone who says

1:41.1

that, you know, I don't know if I really meet counseling, but I haven't gotten up.

1:46.6

Yeah. I mean, I think what I would say is first, that's a great question. And that is also

1:50.3

something I've heard a fair amount myself. And so what I kind of come up with is, yes, the gospel

1:55.6

is enough for sure, absolutely. And it helps to talk it out. And so I don't think it has to just be one or the

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