I'm Andrew Rodriguez, a Christian therapist, speaker, and former youth pastor. In my counseling, I specialize in sexual and relational issues. PsychoBible is my outlet for discussing ideas about the intersection of Christianity and psychology, especially regarding sexuality and cultural issues.
Some topics to expect: Theology of the Body, therapy for unwanted same-sex attraction, and the culture war.
This brief exercise is a homework routine you can use to transform outdated schemas (templates for how you feel, believe, and act). In this video, we'll review schema formation and the counteractive and memory reconsolidation approaches to changing schemas, then learn how to practice changing your implicit learning on your own. This schema disconfirmation exercise is an excellent follow-up to the coherence script I previously taught.
#Schema #Transformation #SelfHelp #PsychotherapyHomework #ChangingEmotions #MemoryReconsolidation #Attachment #ImplicitLearning
I'm honored to present this interview with Christine Sneeringer, director of Worthy Creations. We discuss her story of sexual redemption, coming to Christ as a lesbian in a church softball team. She served alongside the late Sy Rogers for 20 years, producing his videos, so we reminisce about Sy. And we cover Christine's new book, "Answers to Gender Madness," reviewing the chapter on do's and don'ts for parents when their child announces a trans identity. There are some great nuggets in this conversation. Be blessed!
#ChristineSneeringer #WorthyCreations #AnswerstoGenderMadness #GenderMadness #TruGender #Transgender #GenderIdentity #GenderIdeology #LGBT #Sexuality #exLGBT #Changed
Here is a brief script you can use to understand the way you feel, think, and act (even the way you tend to sin) as part of double-looping with yourself (a strategy for gaining understanding and acceptance of yourself). Instead of viewing yourself just as crazy, weak, or depraved, the Coherence Script (which I borrow from Bruce Ecker's Coherence Therapy) helps you compassionately make sense of your experience and choices.
#Schema #SelfRegulation #SelfCompassion #SelfUnderstanding #Shame #CounselingIntervention #SelfHelp #ImplicitLearning
Here's a brief instructional video explaining how to do the Shame-Based Self-Statement (SBSS) Exercise that I learned from Joseph Nicolosi. It's a strategy you can use to double-loop with yourself, which is a way to show understanding and acceptance to yourself when you're facing the shame self-state.
#Shame #SelfState #SelfHelp #CounselingIntervention #SelfRegulation
