I have mentioned before that Anxiety and Depression are more frequent today than they were when my Grandparents were rearing a family. Why??? Their lives were much tougher and had many more more challenges. I don't want to speculate much on the causes and focus on the potential answers to many episodes of Anxiety and Depression.
Some of you read and took my classes in Rational Christian Thinking over the years when I was at College Hill Presbyterian. We offered classes in RCT, now called Power Christian Thinking, several times each year. (Along with Apples of Gold/Listening for Heaven's Sake). We counted up the numbers once and came to the conclusion that 3,000 to 4,000 people had been through those classes.
Why Classes rather than Personal Counseling?
1. We also offered to meet with people personally and listen with love, prayer and RCT.
2. Psycho-educative Classes are usually more effective than individual classes.
3. Classes are Positive Activities rather than Negative Interventions.
4. Students are active learners not passive victims. (No Stigma)
5. In classes we practice skills and changed behavior.
6. We get to see that others are struggling just as I.
7. There is group support.
Reminder: We covered the ABCD's of Emotions
A=Activating Event
B=Belief System that perceives Activation Events and Interprets them as good or bad
C=Consequential Feelings that come as a result of my Beliefs and Interpretations
D=Decisions that I make based on how I think about the Activating Events
Pain is inevitable but Misery is Optional
Get Power Christian Thinking for a full exposition and freedom from misery. It is only $4.00 right now so go download the PDF asap!You can read it on a computer, a pad, a Kindle or print it out. COOL!
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