by Jennifer Wortham, Dr.Ph. | Dec 3, 2025 | Christian Counseling Today
Diagnosing and Treating Moral Injury in Christian Counseling Introduction Over the past decade, moral injury (MI) has increasingly emerged as a critical construct bridging psychology, theology, and pastoral care. Initially defined in military contexts, MI refers to...
by Daniel G. Amen, M.D. | Dec 2, 2025 | Christian Counseling Today
Change Your Brain, Change Your Pain: Understanding the Intersection Between Physical and Emotional Pain… and How to Heal Both The Hidden Intersection of Emotional and Physical Pain I met Sam just hours after he had tried to take his own life. Once a decorated police...
by Alan Weissenbacher | Dec 2, 2025 | Christian Counseling Today
The Willpower Trap Using Brain Plasticity to Change Thoughts and Behaviors At the residential rehabilitation facility where I formerly worked, we discovered a brain riddle. About 10-15% of those with an addiction would have a serious craving every 14 days, and only...
by Fernando Garzon, Psy.D. | Dec 2, 2025 | Christian Counseling Today, Research Digest
research digest Three New Insights on What the Brain is Teaching Us About Mental Health Studying the brain can increase our appreciation of God’s design and lead to holistic care that attends to body, soul, and spirit. In this Research Digest, we examine three studies...
by John Townsend, Ph.D. | Dec 2, 2025 | Christian Counseling Today, Leadership Psyc
leadership psyc Competence, Character, and Connection: Honoring Gregg Jantz Greetings to our AACC family! I look forward to engaging with you in this column, presenting concepts, and providing tips from the psychological world, with the hope of helping you in the...
by Jeanneane Maxon, J.D., Esq. | Dec 2, 2025 | Christian Counseling Today, Law, Ethics, & Liability
law, ethics, & liability Chiles v. Salazar: What’s at Stake for Christian Counselors On October 7, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) heard the case of Chiles v. Salazar.1 This case began when Colorado enacted its “Minor Conversion Therapy...
by Michael R. Lyles, M.D. | Dec 2, 2025 | Christian Counseling Today, Shrink Notes
shrink notes Early Career Development: Writing Mental health professionals are called to be the voice of reason, wisdom, and hope to those that we serve in our offices. However, that voice sometimes needs to extend to communities that need our voice outside of our...
by Gary W. Moon, M.Div., Ph.D. | Dec 1, 2025 | Christian Counseling Today, Reflections
reflections Is it Time to Give the Mind its Decade in the Sun? Have you ever noticed how modern psychology seems to have given each of the five aspects of the person—the only five things a person can do—about one decade in the sun? I began studying psychology in the...
by Dr. Shannae Anderson | Dec 1, 2025 | Christian Counseling Today, Looking Inward
looking inward Healing Through Interpersonal Neurotheology God is the Grand Maestro of taking chaos and creating order. From the beginning of time, when “The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep…” (Genesis 1:2, NKJV), He created...
