Medication? Be Wise and Loving
With nearly 20% of the general population on psychoactive medications, how do we as counselors best navigate this topic with our counselees? Continue Reading →
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Author: Jason Ho
Help the (Physiologically) Weak
“I can’t help it, I’m just a natural-born worrier.” As counselors, when we hear statements like this, our victimhood/blame-shifting/rationalizing/excusing antennae spring to life. To be sure, it is important for us to parse out behavior and thinking that is simply covering up sinful heart issues, but what if some people really are innate worrywarts? Is that even possible? And if so, how might that change our approach to counseling? Continue Reading →
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Frenemies
There’s a lot to disagree about these days. Politics, race issues, elections, and Covid are but a few of the current hot-button topics that have led to strong disagreements, even amongst friends. A culture that is becoming more polarized, news feeds that turn into echo chambers, and conversations with no middle ground have left discord, pain, and distance in many of our relationships. When we don’t see eye to eye with friends, how are we to wisely navigate through these disagreements while maintaining a relationship that is important to us? Continue Reading →
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Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?
In a perfect world, we’d all be on the same page, we’d all agree on everything, and we would all just get along! But if ongoing current events have taught us anything, it’s that unity can be tenuous, fragile, and challenging. Differences, disagreements, and conflict threaten togetherness—and there has been no shortage of these this past year. What also became readily apparent is that the church family of like-minded, Christ-centered, loving folks is not immune to conflict. In fact, with the polarizing heat from the confluence of COVID, political, social justice, race, and equity issues, there may be no greater threat to Christian unity in recent times than now. Continue Reading →
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Clueless, Worried, and Sick
As an Urgent Care doctor in this season of COVID-19, I’ve had to make some adjustments to the way I see and care for patients. Many are hesitant to come in, but of those who are showing up for care, I’ve noticed three main types: the clueless, the worried, and the sick. There are those who really don’t seem to understand what’s going on—coming into a fever clinic with a chronic shoulder problem. Then there are patients who aren’t really sick but are just terribly anxious about this whole season. Finally, there are folks who definitely need care, evaluation, and even hospitalization. The clueless, the worried, the sick. Continue Reading →
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