Blog Category: Mental Health
Equipping Christian Care
Who Is Carrying the Pain in Your Community? Why the Church Needs More Trained Listeners Most churches and Christian communities know that people are struggling. Increasingly, trained Christian counsellors are becoming essential to how responsibility for care is understood, shared, and sustained over time. Pain rarely announces itself publicly. It shows up in the quiet…
Why Celebration Matters
Celebration: A Practice That Restores Soul, Body, Relationships, and Spirit As Christmas and the holiday season approach, celebration becomes more visible around us — lights glowing in windows, gatherings filling calendars, and moments of reflection marking the close of another year. Yet in the busyness, the deeper purpose of celebration is often overlooked. This leads…
Do You Want to Get Well – Part 2:
Entering the Deep, Life-Giving Restoration of God Christian healing is one of the most misunderstood words in the Christian vocabulary. For many people, healing sounds like “getting fixed,” “getting over it,” or “getting back to normal.” But the biblical and theological vision of healing is far more expansive, richer, and more deeply hopeful than anything…
Christian Revival in Australia – We Need Counsellors
Revival Is Here. Are You Ready? Across the world—and here in Australia—we’re seeing signs of a Christian revival. In the middle of rising anxiety, fractured communities, and a search for stability, more people are returning to faith. And not just in theory—church attendance is increasing, interest in Christianity is growing, and spiritual conversations are becoming…
Mid-Life Career Change: From Overwhelmed Learner to Qualified Christian Counsellor
“You have been equipped for this” Sharon’s journey from overwhelmed learner to qualified Christian counsellor At her recent graduation, Sharon stood before a packed room and opened her speech with honesty and grace: “There were definitely moments when I was practically begging for divine intervention. But just when I thought I had nothing left, God…
R U OK? Listening, Caring, and Pointing to Hope
R U OK? Day: Listening, Caring, and Pointing to Hope Today is R U OK Day checking in with care, a national reminder of the power of a simple question. Four small words—“Are you OK?”—can open the door to a conversation that brings light into someone’s darkest place. As someone with compassion and a heart…
World Suicide Prevention Day | Every Life Matters
World Suicide Prevention Day: Every Life Matters Every year on 10 September, World Suicide Prevention Day invites us to pause, reflect, and respond. Suicide isn’t just a statistic—it’s a deeply human and heart-wrenching reality affecting families, churches, and communities. Each life lost is a story that’s been silenced, and each grieving community underscores our urgent…
Counselling Careers in Australia: Growth, Opportunity, and Real Impact
Is now the right time to become a counsellor?According to the latest national data, the answer is yes. Counselling careers in Australia have never been in more demand. The 2024 ACA Workforce Census confirms a growing demand for qualified counsellors across Australia. The profession is gaining recognition in schools, community organisations, and private practice—offering career…
The Two Reasons we Hide from Love
For a variety of reasons, most of us live two lives: an external life and an internal life.
The Urgent Need for Christian Counsellors in Our Community
Our world is in crisis. Anxiety, depression, trauma, and loneliness are on the rise, and people everywhere are searching for hope, healing, and understanding. The need for Christian counsellors has never been greater. Counselling is not just about helping someone navigate their emotions but about creating a sacred space where healing begins. When pain feels…
A Lament for Overthinkers Everywhere
Many of us struggle with habitual feelings of guilt and shame, worried that we are not doing, earning or being enough.
Siblings, Snacks and Social Media
Here are some helpful tips to help you deal with three of the most common issues reported by parents under pressure: sibling rivalry, food habits, and how to safely manage technology use.
Relationships Under Pressure
Whether you’re single, married, in a relationship, young, or not-so-young, chances are your relational world is under pressure as a result of the pandemic and the various levels of social distancing measures. So how do we navigate the next few months in ways that normalise the relationship struggles and equip us to redeem this time in the best way possible?
Reaching up, down, in and around
Franekel and Cho’s four-part framework can help couples and families cope in isolation and lockdown, and help mitigate the negative effects on our relationships.
Finances Under Pressure
Due to COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions, many of us may have experienced a reduction in our household income over the last 18 months. Like a lot of other parts of life, our finances are under pressure, with counsellors telling us they are fielding callers to financial support and related mental health services - many for the first time. The following tips can help us cope and provide important perspective.
Where Does my Treasure Lie?
There are many different opinions surrounding wealth. Through this lens of ultimate truth, we explore two key questions that if answered honesty and reflectively, can serve to ground us in uncertain times.
Faith Under Pressure: Where Are You Looking?
Where can we turn to? Where can we look during times when we are being bombarded relentlessly, it seems. I'd like to suggest three places to look, if you will, all drawn from God’s Word that will hopefully enable us to move forward even when our faith is under pressure.
The Story of Tim
These are stressful times, and different brains respond in different ways. What exactly is happening here when social anxiety kicks in?
5 tips to manage your Anxiety
Those of us who have a tendency to worry know what it’s like to feel constantly in fight or flight battle mode. It can leave us feeling exhausted. Here are 5 tips to help keep a check on your anxiety and manage it in ways that have been found to work.
The shortest Psalm and the greatest wisdom
Psalm 117 is the shortest chapter in the Bible: just two verses, approximately thirty words. The message is powerful, especially for those who struggle with worry and anxiety. Here’s four take-away points from it.
Here’s What it’s Like Being a Church Leader and Depressed
Blameless. A leader and lover in the home. Self-controlled. Disciplined. Honest. Hospitable. One who holds firmly to the truth. These are just some of the qualifications that the Bible holds out for leaders in the Church (Titus 2, 1 Timothy 3). As a church leader these qualifications can seem daunting. They set the bar…
Understanding the Times: Navigating the Challenges of Mental Health in Today’s World
Australia faces a mental health epidemic. Recent data reveals that 2 in 5 Australians have experienced or are currently experiencing mental health disorders, highlighting the urgent need for understanding and support. Young people, in particular, are disproportionately affected, with almost 1 in 5 experiencing a mental disorder within a 12-month period. Church leaders, who play…
How Community Can Impact Our Wellbeing
In recent years, society has made significant strides in understanding mental health. We’ve come to recognise that mental health issues are not isolated problems faced by individuals alone but are deeply rooted in our communities. Mental health is a community issue, and the impact of our communities on our wellbeing cannot be overstated. Communities can…
Nurturing Mental and Emotional Wellbeing
In the tapestry of life, mental health forms an integral thread, weaving through our thoughts, emotions, and actions. It’s a journey that many navigate, sometimes encountering rocky terrains and stormy weather. In these moments of struggle, the guidance of a compassionate professional Christian Counsellor can illuminate the path towards healing and emotional balance. This blog…
