Episode 005 - Jesus + Therapy Part 2

Special Guest: Corina Kojack

Scriptures: Proverbs 11:14; James 5:16 

This podcast was created to offer tools and tips to help you rewrite your story personally, professionally, spiritually, or relationally. Tune in each week as we:

1)    Share real-life stories

2)    See God’s hand in everything and 

3)    Offer tips and tools to rewrite your story for God’s glory

In this episode, Chandra and Sarah continue their discussion about Jesus + Therapy along with a special guest, Corina Kojack. Corina gives her perspective as a therapist who loves Jesus and welcomes Him into her counseling sessions. 

The discussion begins with Corina introducing herself (3:30) and explaining why Jesus plus therapy is important to her (6:15). Don’t miss how Corina “cheats” in her sessions! They continue with Corina addressing challenges and myths about therapy that can make it difficult for Christians to seek professional counseling (8:20). 

They also talk about how Christian counseling can be a joint process with believers and the Holy Spirit – leaving room for Jesus to work and heal alongside an equipped counselor (11:00). Corina continues the discussion by giving examples of why a pastor cannot always be the “go to” (12:35) and Chandra shares a healing experience in her own life (16:15). Corina then shares details about the training she has gone through and describes different types of therapy (17:45) which leads Sarah to ask how one might know when to seek out therapy that they are not currently engaged in (21:45). 

The episode wraps up with a discussion about “trauma dumping” on friends and family (31:00), how God can take pain and hard places to rewrite our stories to give Him glory (39:30), and Corina addresses using insurance (or not) in mental health care (40:00).

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