TacklingtheUnspokenIssues• Sunday:MakingChanges• Monday:Stayin’Alive• Tuesday:HealingTogether• Wednesday:Food,Thursday:AddicHon• www.mindandsoul.info/focus
making changes “toliveistochange”• …orsogoesmanyaninspiraHonalquote.Butweare
notoriouslybadatthis.Youwilllearnhowhumanscanchangeandhowtheydigtheirheelsin.Wewillcovertheroleoffriends,faithandferapists[sorry].
• Whatdoyouthinkofwhenyouheartheword‘change’
Youcantellasubject…• HowmanyAnglican’sdoesittaketochangealight‐bulb..?
• HowmanyCharismaHcsdoesittaketochangealight‐bulb..?
Toliveistochange• Thereisnothingpermanentexceptchange…– Heraclitus535‐475BC
• RT: Plato, Darwin, Checkov
Changeisserious!• Not:
– Prosperity,feelingbe_er,an‘illusion’,agame– Forothers:whoishereforsomeoneelse?
• But:– ThereisnosuchthingasstandingsHll…– Thisisaboutge`ngthearmyreadyforba_le…
Selfassessment• Whyareyouhere?Whatchangeareyoufacing?
• Howconfidentareyouaboutthechangeyouarefacing?
Trapped Able to change
Icannotchangeothers…• DoyoureallywanttoseeaRevival?• Thengobackhome,anddrawathree
footwidecircleonthefloor.ThenkneeldowninsidethatcircleandaskGodtocoverteverybodyinsidethatcircle.Whenyoudothat,youareexperiencingthestartofaRevival…
• GypsySmith,BriHshEvangelist,1860‐1947
FoundaHons• WhatdoestheBiblesay?• Howischangetohappen?
– SpiritualDisciplines[Mt19v21]– Prayer[Phil4:13]– It’scomplex…[2Tim2v25‐6]
BiblicalCounselling• What:ourimage[intoimagodei]• Why:forGod[notourselves]• How:repenHng[asthefirststep]• “Youcanchange”
– TimChester– ISBN:1844743039
TheBlackBox• DiagnosisvsPrescripHon• DesHnaHonvsPath• DecidingvsDelivering
• “Ifyoudon’tknowhowyoudidit,howcanyoudoitagain?
ThePsychologyofChange• PatrickDixon
– AllmodelsareChrisHan…
• Evere_Worthington:– Yourpsychologyinformsyour
theology
• SocraHcQuesHoning:– Knowhowyougotthere,
knowhowtogetout
• Changeispredictableifyouknowthepa_erns
– Acompassishelpful
• Changecanbemadetohappen
– Anengineishelpful
• Two models
Autopoiesis• Lifehascertainpa_ernsandisself‐organising
– Changeispredictable
• Autopoiesis:self‐producing– MaturanaandVarela[1972,Chile]– ThisdisHnguisheslifefromdeath
LivingWithChangeDisrupHon/InterrupHonLoss NewOrderCalm
Disorder/ChaosFearNewRelaHonshipsHope
MargaretWheatleyDianeFosha
ChangeandYou• Thinkofarecentchangethatyouaregoingthrough.– Whichstageareyouin?– HowdoesperspecHvehelp?
• Canyouseethiscycleinyourfaith?
AdultEducaHon• TheKolbCycle1
– RelaHonships:• God’sgiqtowomen• Differentbutequal
– Evangelism• BrowbeaHng• RelaHonship!
1KolbDA(1984)ExperienHalLearning:experienceasasourceoflearninganddevelopment.NewJersey,PrenHceHall
Experience
Reflec<on
Understanding
Planning
LearningonAlpha• Understanding
– Lifeisworthexploring,Theremustbemorethanthis
• Planning– Anopportunity,Findingacourse,FreeingupHme
• Experience– Thefoodwasgood,ChrisHansarenotsoweird
• ReflecHon– Onthetubeonthewayhome,TheHolySpirit
• Understanding– Lifehasmeaning…
CogniHveTherapy• AaronBeck2
– Ihavenofriends• Avoidance• Lowmood• Thedownwardspiral…
– Ihavefewfriends• Textsomeone• Haveacoffee• Theupwardspiral…
2BeckAT(1967)Thediagnosisandmanagementofdepression.UniversityofPennsylvaniaPress
Experience
Reflec<on
Understanding
Planning
ChrisHanCogniHveTherapyExperience
Reflec<on
Understanding
Planning
Helpful Experience
Informed Planning
Deeper Understandi
ng
BeDer Reflec<on
IntegraHngFaithandTherapy• Philippians4v8‐9
– “Whatever is good, think about such things. Whateveryouhavelearnedorreceivedfromme,orseeninme‐putitintopracHce.AndtheGodofpeacewillbewithyou.”
• “TheWorryBook”– WillVanDerHartandRobWaller– ISBN:1844743039
Abletochange–together
God
Me
Change
Others
• Friends– Importantforthejourney–its
upsanditsdowns
• Faith– Toowisetomakeamistake– Toogoodtodousharm
• Ferapists– tobringstructuretoour
reflecHonandplanning
Psychological Models of Spirituality • Making the therapist feel
comfortable! • Challenging for both therapist
and client • The advantage of an agnostic
position? – Yes 1 vs No 2
• Is there a 4th level?!
• Behavioural – ‘Religion’
• Church, Mosque, Temple, Ritual • We can all encourage this
• Cognitive – ‘Belief’ and ‘Faith’
• Identity perspectives • Negative emotions
• Existential – ‘Spirituality’
• What my faith adds to my life 1 Enoch D (2006) I want a Christian Psychiatrist. Monarch Books
2 Gormley, T (2000) Intrinsic Christianity, Psychological Distress and Help-seeking. Unpublished DClinPsych Thesis, University of Leeds