The truth about trauma from our past is that it keeps us from believing in our hearts that we really ARE Brides of Christ. Trauma interrupts the process of BELIEF. Our minds go to the information stored there from the trauma. We look to this incorrect definition in our minds as a blueprint for our…
Trudy M. Johnson, MA, LMFT, CTSML
Certified Trauma Specialist – Master’s Level
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I’ve gotten some “flack” from Christian leaders about the work I do surrounding trauma, specifically in the past lives of women and some men I work with. Why not let sleeping dogs lie? Why not just renew our minds and get on with life? Let the past stay in the past. Do not call to…
Christian women who do NOT feel like a Bride have many struggles with their Identity in Christ. If they don’t view themselves as “pure and spotless” before their husbands, how can they feel “pure and spotless” before their Savior? Helping Christian women “become the beloved” in their hearts seems to be a new message God…
When we are weighed down by the world and all the challenges it brings us it is hard to care. Really it is. So those of us in ministry as we manage our daily lives…money, kids, loneliness, disconnected husbands…we balance all this in our secret places. When the weight becomes unbearable with our own personal…
Depression keeps creeping into the Body of Christ at mach one speed. Trouble is for pastor’s wives or Christian women in general there is a lot of shame and fear surrounding the issue of depression. Biblically, depression is usually referred to in the context of sin. Cain was “downcast in his soul” after slaying his…
There’s a real sense with the women I work with that they’ve run away. They are away from the world for one whole week. They’ve packed their bags and they are outa there. It’s a great feeling to be away from the problems of your life. Trust me, I know. I did it myself once.…
Part of working with women is listening to their stories. Much of their stories include the disappointments and incredible pain from their marriage. It is good to have a safe place to be able to purge the pain. It is good to have a non-judging person listen and acknowledge the pain of the relationship. I…
Everyday I work with women of all sizes, shapes, stature, financial positions, married, single…on and on. What is the common longing of the heart for these hurting women? It’s a question a popular movie some years back tried to answer. As a matter of fact it’s the question that the male population has been asking…
The ache to “be known” is a common cry of the heart of the women I work with. Their dad’s didn’t know them, their mother’s didn’t know them, their husband doesn’t know them…etc etc. Along these lines I am surprised (but why should I be) in marriage counseling when I ask each party to answer…
I’ve only been counseling marriages professionally for seven years. I am getting increasingly discouraged by what I see. Am I just getting jaded because I only see the bad side of marriage or are Christians as a whole becoming more and more selfish? I no longer see an attitude coming into marriage counseling of “we…