In two years time, hundreds of individuals inside and outside of our church have been able to receive care through the City Church Counseling Center. While for some the idea of therapy can still seem taboo or unmentionable, we’ve seen an increased openness to professional and clinical counseling from a Christian perspective.
Recently, Q Ideas, an organization dedicated to spreading ideas for the common good, asked our counselors to write about the de-stigmatization of therapy. Here’s a quick snippet:
“I’m not sure who isn’t in therapy or hasn’t been to therapy on our church staff at City Church San Francisco. And it’s not because we’re all suffering from a psychological disorder or need to process a significant grief. No, counseling has become one important conduit of spiritual and emotional maturity, and its impact on us has freed many others within the church to utilize it for their own transformative process...”
Read the rest HERE.