85. The Surprising Connection Between Therapy and the Psalms (w/Dr. Rick)
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What can a therapist teach us about prayer?
John Ortberg sits down with his longtime friend and therapist Dr. Rick to explore the Psalms as a kind of “divine therapy with God.”
The Psalms are messy. Angry. Afraid. Contradictory. Unfiltered.
And according to Rick, that's exactly where healing begins: ruthless honesty inside a relationship where we know we're accepted.
So what would happen if we approached God that way?
Can we tell Him what we actually think and feel, not merely what we believe we're supposed to say?
Can God become our fully disclosing friend?
Maybe the path toward becoming who God made us to be begins by bringing Him who we actually are.
In this episode: prayer • therapy • Psalms • emotional honesty • healing • friendship with God
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00:00 Salvation, Healing & the Psalms
00:27 The Psalms as Divine Therapy
00:48 What Can Therapy Teach Us About Prayer?
01:13 The Psalms Are Messy
01:36 How Raw Are Our Actual Thoughts?
01:56 Psalm 88: Darkness and Despair
02:19 Psalm 83: Angry, Contradictory Prayers
02:39 Psalm 89: From Anguish to Praise
03:24 What Therapy Is Trying to Do
03:58 Your Ideal Life vs. Your Actual Life
04:35 The Me I Want to Be
04:54 Ruthless Honesty
05:18 “I Don't Talk Like This Anywhere Else”
05:51 The Psalms as an Emotional Handbook
06:18 Do You Actually Understand Yourself?
07:03 Why We Resist the Truth About Ourselves
07:20 We Need Feedback
07:49 Getting Under Our Defenses
08:06 Rick Blackmon, Sneaky Psychologist 😂
08:31 Pain Drives Personal Growth
09:22 What Is a Therapeutic Alliance?
09:48 Why the Relationship Matters
10:21 No Secrets. Tell the Truth.
10:52 Acceptance Creates the Place for Change
11:35 Why Rick Reads the Psalms
11:56 Do You Have a Therapeutic Alliance With God?
12:22 Do You Feel Safe With God?
13:04 The Power of a Fully Disclosing Friend
13:35 Can God Be That Friend?
14:04 Why Honesty Feels Risky
14:30 “I Feel a Little More Whole”
14:57 A Healing Relationship With God
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