The methodologies and techniques of emotionally focused therapy on this edition of Truth and Love.

I'm Dale Johnson and you're listening to Truth in Love, a podcast of the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors,

where we seek to provide biblical

solutions to the problems that people face.

And once again, it's Mental Health Month, the month of May, and we engage this idea of the

mental health month by talking about different aspects of mental health. This time, what we're trying to do is engage particular therapies that are employed

in that whole world of how to be mentally healthy.

And yes, of course, we're doing this as a critique.

I would say that that whole paradigm is certainly contrary to Scripture,

and we're trying to understand today emotionally focused

therapy. If you remember last week, we did a biblical assessment of these ideas, so I would

encourage you if you did not go back and listen to that critique of emotionally focused therapy,

understanding some of its philosophical foundations and such. And so this week, I want us to consider

some of those techniques, and I want to see how some of those techniques or those methodologies

sort of bleed into some of our Christian literature. And I've asked Marshall Atkins, one of my PhD

students here at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, to join me once again. A little bit about

Marshall.

He was certified back in April of 2020.

He is pastor of adult discipleship in Bardstown, Kentucky at Parkway Baptist Church.

Been there for several years.

He's married to his wife Rachel, and they have three young kids.

Marshall, I'm so grateful for your work here.

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