Hi,
I wanted to reply to the question about why we, as Christian’s, question going to mental health professionals. It is because of the poor science when it comes to the study of the mind versus the study of the physical body.
I am so thankful for those who are studying Biblical counseling and using the Bible and its principles as their guide.
When you study how the psychologists have studied mental health through history you would be shocked. It has changed so much over the last century and a half.
Every time there have been new discoveries that then showed how bad the previous “solutions” were. Example, lobotomies. Newest example, the antidepressants and the theory that measuring serotonin levels were the answer. That has now been proven false.
You can trust a physician to study a physical body and do tests. But testing minds is so subjective. There are not definitive studies that show what to do that you can see and measure.
I think the measurements of hormones is far more reliable. And using a good mental help therapist that uses the Bible is the way to go.
