Please, Father, say a short prayer for my brother Zoran. He is sick mentally and I am deeply worried for him. He eats very little, hasn't showered in a month or two, unwilling to talk about his condition and unwilling to go outside. Please, just say one prayer in good faith for his health and salvation! Thank you and may God be with you, Father.
Aaaaah! Father! As an ex clinical psychologist I thought Met.’s book was to help me be a better shrink!!! I found out that I AM THE PATIENT, THE CHURCH IS THE HOSPITAL AND THE medicine is the Sacraments…. And asceticism. The priest is the PA and Jesus is THE physician!
@@living_orthodox How does this, if at all, tie into pharmaceuticals (Greek pharmakia- or sorcery)? It is my understanding that every "medicine" is a drug, but not every drug is a medicine. I'm speaking strictly about non-psychotherapeutic means of treating diseases.
Thank you Father Mikhail. This was such a good talk full of wisdom and powerful messages that really resonated with me. If I may, I'll write down some powerful quotes you shared. "The aim of the Church is to restore the man; body and soul; to God. Man has fallen into darkness and as a result has fallen into disorder." "The Christian realises that the fulfillment of life can only be had in Christ; that Christ is what makes life worth living. He is what makes life full, He is what allows us to turn from sin and to turn from self-love to a love for God, a love for others; and to give that love that God has for man; without reserve; without prejudice; towards our fellow man." "If the body falls weak or ill; this will not cause despair; because the joy and the hope is in the Saviour; it's in Christ, it's in our Lord, our God; our faith is in the Trinity."
Father, I really enjoy your videos! Given that not many English speaking priests from Russian church tradition do videos like this, I do look forward to yours.
Thank you Father, you helped me a lot on my path to Orthodoxy. Yesterday I arrived in Greece coming from Germany to get baptized next week. Please continue with your work and content. Thank you very much!
I like Hierotheos Vlachos a lot. Fr. Gregory in Idaho recommended him. I’ve read Illness and Cure of the Soul, Entering the Orthodox Church (a catechism guide), and Orthodox Spirituality. I don’t yet understand noetic prayer but I do understand the sacraments, asceticism and commandments. I have faith that continuing to repent as I am guided will bring me closer to noetic prayer and deeper illumination. I bought the newer book The Science of Spiritual Medicine yesterday. I have a set of interviews with a Cyprus monk to read first, though. It’s a relief that I don’t need to fuss over the elect, atonement or specifics about the afterlife to be healed!
I'm currently a catechuman, and this is exactly what I am seeking - spiritual therapy. Healing. My current priest is a good man, but I do not feel I have received much of this yet. He really only ever has time before Vespers on Saturdays. He doesn't want to do a full life confession before my baptism because he's "getting too old to stand for that long," which I totally understand. But these little mini confessions we [only sometimes] do... It just... doesn't seem to go anywhere. No treatments or practical methods for healing. A lot of the time we'll just talk about one topic, like monks, iconography, and other historical topics (he is a historian, which is very interesting but... Yeah, healing is what I need). And most of the time myself and a few other younger able bodied men will do physical work around the church before vespers, which I am more than happy to do, but it leaves very little time for spiritual counseling. So, this is my struggle. I don't really know how to approach it or how I can convey it to my priest in a respectful and obediant manner.
This was a fantastic video, I studied existential bibliotherapy in college and it’s something I struggle to keep up with, I need to get control of my thoughts Thank you father
Thanks Father for sharing this. I started reading Orthodox psychotherapy a couple weeks ago. I would like if you could do another video or two on the book.
Currently in graduate school in order to become a therapist, while a catechumen! So thankful you discussed this topic as I have been wondering how to move foreword with my career in the light of my newfound orthodox faith. God bless! Definitely going to give this book a read
It is definitely possible to become a therapist whilst being a Christian, and even incorporating and addressing a client's religiousity in a therapeutic session. I am also studying clinical psychology, and I just finished a course about religous and existential care in therapy. If I may, I'd recommend some reading material that could be interesting for you: Kenneth Pargament, a researcher and clinican, has written extensively on how to incorporate spiritual and religious dimensions of client's life in therap. His book 'Working with spiritual struggles' is especially good, since it provides a broad framework that can be applied on clients coming from different religious backgrounds, not only the ones that are Christian.
Some great points here Father, thank you! I have never struggled with mental illness, but it is everywhere around us and so obvious that it is a spiritual sickness that has been magnified in recent decades. (I’m not downplaying chemical imbalance or other factors as well, but I hope we can all agree that much of the cause is spiritual and that taking pills will not solve the deepest problems of both our bodies and souls).
I’ve been really wanting to go to graduate school for a PhD in Psychology but I am stuck on how truly effective I can be when treating the heterodox or atheists
When you are saying, "Orthodox" are for example the True Church ... Ok, but there are Oriental Orthodox Churches that differ in doctrine. You should probably be more clear about your claim and say, "Eastern Orthodox".
@@living_orthodox Actually, there are 5 Churches in communion with them. Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria (Egypt) Syriac Orthodox Church (based in the Middle East) Armenian Apostolic Church Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (India)
I am from Nepal but nowadays I am working in India. So i want become an orthodox christian, How can i become orthodox christian please tell me waya. Here is not any orthodox church.
