Psiyina Davis, Nehemiah Church COGIC - "What’s the Church Got to Do With it?"
What’s the Church Got to Do With it? Psiyina Davis, LMFT Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Pastor of Congregational Care – Nehemiah Church COGIC Mental health continues to exist as a challenge for some Christians to acknowledge and discuss without contempt. Stigma hinders some from getting the help they may need to overcome their soul's challenges. In recent years, churches have increasingly been discussing mental health topics in creative ways. For example, churches have invited mental health professionals to talk about anxiety or depression to their congregants. Some denominations have included mental health topics in their major annual conferences—for example, the Church of God in Christ began discussing mental health even before the COVID-19 pandemic. What needs to be done to expand the normalization of mental health conversations in the church world? I believe at least these three things are necessary: 1) establish the historical foundation of addressing menta