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The Chimes
The Student News Site of Biola University

The Chimes
The Student News Site of Biola University

The Chimes

Therapy should be more normalized in the Church

There should not be a stigma around therapy within the Church.
Here's why the Church should remove the stigma around therapy.
Zoe Ware, Freelance Writer • February 10, 2023

In an article published by Independent in 2017, the anonymous author talked about their experience with mental illness as a black person who grew up in a Caribbean Pentecostal household. More specifically, the article detailed how the culture of the church did not deal with mental illness well. “It...