I have been asked by Interns what sustains me as a therapist after many years of practice. For me the answer to that question is clear. In addition to my gifts, calling and professional training, it is the joy I get when I see people healed and transformed. I love to see couples stop fighting, begin to laugh again and have hope for the future. Does every individual and every couple get completely healed and transformed? No, but whatever work they do in therapy takes them closer to their ultimate goal.
I believe that the ultimate goal of therapy is freedom, freedom to love and be loved and freedom to be fruitful in the Kingdom of God. Personal growth is important but it is not the ultimate goal. What sets us apart from secular therapy is the understanding of ultimate accountability to the Lord for the way we live our lives. Yet, we consider it of the upmost importance to respect the values and goals of our clients as an expression of their free will.
I never get tired of hearing about people’s lives. We provide a safe place for our clients to deeply express their pain as well as their joy. The founder of CCCC, David Gatewood, taught us that healing comes when we face the pain rather than avoid it. Facing the pain with a trained therapist who is trusted allows us to feel safer, knowing we that are not alone. Sometimes things feel worse before they feel better. But they do get better, as together we follow your pathway of healing. Part of our role is to help you discover that pathway of healing.
Prayer is an integral part of our therapy. Listening to the Holy Spirit is part of that prayer time. The question on my mind with clients is, "What is the Holy Spirit doing in their lives?” He is the ultimate Comforter so we join with the Holy Spirit in that work.
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God” 2 Cor. 1:3 NIV.
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Very well put -- being transformed into the image of Christ is the highest goal.
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