Kate Motaung

Major Depressive Disorder can be one of the most debilitating and frustrating hands that life can deal you. In the United States, the lifetime prevalence of Major Depressive Disorder is around 20%, meaning that 20% of people will at some point experience Major Depressive Disorder, and at any given point the number is around 1 in 10 are presently experiencing it. These numbers go up for younger adults as well, who are the most likely to experience it. However,

It’s no secret that anxiety rates are increasing across the board, including those of children, and for parents, this can become a major concern. The latest statistics on child mental health state that 7% of children 12 and younger are now being diagnosed with anxiety disorders (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2019) and as many as 30% of children are impacted by anxiety issues at some point in their childhood (Child Mind Institute, 2019). As your child’s protector,

Your alarm goes off. You roll over and hit the snooze button, but immediately your heart starts racing. Your mind is already a jumble of all the things you need to accomplish, people you need to contact, and fears you’re facing. You close your eyes and try to still your heart and mind, but to no avail. It’s 6 am, and your anxiety is already driving up your heart rate so that your heart thumps loudly in your chest.

Let’s start by defining exactly what we mean by love, in light of Paul’s teaching: Biblical love in marriage flows out of our relationship with Christ into a covenantal commitment to self-sacrifice in small and large ways for the spiritual, emotional, and physical well-being of my spouse. This definition embodies the heartbeat of what biblical love in marriage is all about. Biblical love requires not only understanding the love of God but functioning and living out the reality that

In the world of love, everyone speaks their own language. This is partially why couples end up on my couch—each person is speaking their own language and they need an interpreter. In his work, Dr. Gary Chapman took the time to define these languages, discovering people experience love in different ways. The type of love that make the greatest impact on a person is what he would refer to as their primary “love language.” He identified five distinct love

It’s no mystery that teenagers often struggle through their adolescent years. As you are reading this you may recall what it was like for you as a teenager, pushing through school, social constraints, family dynamics, and just your own body may have felt like an overwhelming load. For your teen, all the same things you dealt with in your teenager years still exist, but now may be exacerbated by the pressures of an ever more connected society. Three Reasons

Our culture has bought into the lie that humans are inherently good, but unfortunately, the church often promotes this message as well. While the church proclaims the message of the gospel, I still encounter many Christians who don’t think they are sinful. Typically they are people who grew up in the church, possess moral virtue, and exhibit good behavioral tendencies. Of course, they need to be saved, but to them, salvation is more of a costume change than a

Body image—we’ve all heard that buzz phrase. It’s become an umbrella term society uses to encompass anything from low self-esteem to eating disorders, and is especially common to hear in relation to women’s health. What is Body Image? Everyone has a body image, men included. Put simply, it is the way we view our body’s makeup, literally and figuratively. This can include our opinions on our weight, shape, height, muscle composition, and bone structure as well as how we

Allow me to introduce myself; my name is Spencer Fox and I get to sign my name Spencer Fox, LMFT on all sorts of documents. That little LMFT after my name stands for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. This describes what I get to do every day, but often confuses people as to the exact nature of my work. My hope is that this article will demystify those four little letters and help you to understand how I or

Anger is an emotion that can cause a lot of harm and get people into a lot of trouble, but anger in and of itself isn’t bad. In fact, experiencing righteous anger towards injustice can be a positive catalyst for change. We should get angry about injustice, especially towards the weak or poor. God experiences anger and his wrath and anger are talked about in the Bible. We may be very familiar with Numbers 14:18 which says: “The Lord is

Imagine rooms full of babies where none of them cry. Picture children sitting in a room together completely silent with blank looks on their faces. Walking into this space you might not even realize there were dozens, sometimes hundreds, of children present because it is so quiet. At first we wonder if there’s some sort of powerful abuse going on. Perhaps they are hurt or filled with fear of being loud? Then we realize these infants and children are

Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD or Complex PTSD) is different from other types of PTSD. The clue is in its name – Complex PTSD is more complex than “regular” PTSD, which makes the condition more difficult both to live with and to treat. That’s not to minimize the impact that PTSD has on sufferers’ lives, of course. For sufferers of C-PTSD, hope is often very difficult to find. In addition to the symptoms such as flashbacks and avoidance that