God places the Lonely into Families:
http://www.htb.org.uk/media/god-places-lonely-families
We are told to share “not only the gospel but our lives as well” (1 thess 2v8), so how do we in our communities become places that welcome the stranger providing practical, spiritual and emotional support within a context that is thriving and life giving. What are the practical needs that the community face as we do this? Hear from leaders who have been working in their church settings to see the hospitality of the kingdom established. Panel included: Sue Colman, Rob Waller, Ed Walker, Darrell Tunningly and Kat Osborn
Getting to know my community and the needs within in:
http://www.htb.org.uk/media/getting-know-my-community-and-understanding-needs-within-it
As we get involved in our neighbourhoods and the people within them we find a huge range of challenges; from debt to addiction, family breakdown to mental health disorders. As the local church we want to provide a holistic response to meet the needs of our neighbours. Nicky Lee will interview a panel of professionals to provide you with a basic understanding of these issues, equipping you with tools the church can use to respond. Panel included: Nicky and Sila Lee, Sir Paul Coleridge, Bruce Connell, Christopher West, Kay Dowd and Rob Waller.
GMC Guidance on Personal Belief
Rob Waller was on BBC Radio 4 this weekend talking about the place of faith in the doctors consulting room, especially from a psychiatric point of view (Author: Rob Waller)
What will my Mom think of her present?
Advent is meant to be about anticipation and waiting. For those who worry it can heighten insecurity and doubt. The Worry Book is to be released in the USA... (Author: Rob Waller)
Stop, Rest, Listen
The words of Scripture can be so restful, yet so often what is available is so cheesy that any mouse would be envious! Find out about a new online resource. (Author: Rob Waller)
Seminars at HTB Focus 2012
Audio now available too - as well as information, handouts and powerpoint for three seminars for this summer's HTB Focus (Author: Rob Waller)
Questions from Churches and Models of Illness
Writen in response to four questions asked by an Oxford church, this article looks at some common issues Christians and churches face when helping people with mental health problems (Author: Rob Waller)
Passion-ate Food
What will you be eating this Easter - sweet sickly chocolate, or something that more accurately captures both the pain and the promise - perhaps a tension you feel in your mental health as well. (Author: Rob Waller)
Religious Trauma Syndrome
When people leave cults, it can be very damaging. But does this also happen in main stream churches? And how common is it? Read about a recent debate. (Author: Rob Waller)
Deliverance and the NHS
Dr Rob Waller is quoted in an article in Times 2 [page 7] on the role of deliverance in the NHS - 1st November 2011. (Author: Rob Waller)
Sin, Sickness and Salvation
What happens when we lose our focus on mental health as sickness, or on Christianity as a gospel. Some thoughts on walking the line... (Author: Rob Waller)
Beyond the Violence
With all the street violence this week, should we be looking to blame or help those who behave like this. Where does the responsibility lie, and who should be blamed. (Author: Rob Waller)
Regaining Trust
All the phone-hacking stuff makes it hard to trust anyone! However, trust is a vital part of being mentally healthy. Here are ten things it is helpful to know about trust. (Author: Rob Waller)
Let's reverse the drought
With hose-pipe bans threatened, are there not similar droughts of love and compassion? What can you do to channel God's love, and receive a blessing too? (Author: Rob Waller)
Chaplains are very useful
Do you want to see your local hospital chaplaincy service cut. They are vital for mental health and a large number of other areas. (Author: Rob Waller)
YAMHS - not a fruit
How can we best understand growing up and the problems it presents? How should Young Adult Mental Health Services be set up to fit with this? (Author: Rob Waller)
Happy Christmas or Joyeux Noel?
Do the words Happy Christmas make you cringe, or worry that you are far from happy? Joyeux Noel is a different persepective - one that is achievable and yet also full of hope (Author: Mind and Soul Team)
Fasting and Easting Disorders
How does helpful fasting, as a spiritual discipline, relate to eating disorders like bulimia and anorexia? This article explores what true fasting is and how food restriction due to illness is very different. (Author: Rob Waller)
Future Orientation
As the old proverb says, a stitch in time saves nine. But what does it
mean to live with half an eye on the future. How is it possible to do
this well, and how is it possible to do this very unhelpfully? (Author: Rob Waller)
Animated Minds
Animated Minds is a series of short animated documentaries which use real testimony from people who have experienced different forms of mental distress. (Author: Rob Waller)
A GROWTH plan
How can we strive for growth? Look for growth in Grace, Relationships, Overflow, Wisdom, Truth and Health (Author: Rob Waller)
What's in a Diagnosis?
Last week, I was able to listen to Thomas Szasz and David Goldberg in the same day, Some will know these names, and their views on the benefits of diagnosis vary hugely (Author: Rob Waller)
Minds are Like Parachutes
What are you doing to keep your mind open at the moment? What have you heard, seen or read recently that has challenged you? How have you changed? (Author: Rob Waller)
No more self-centred help
How we use self help is vital to its success - we can easily use it to harm instead (Author: Rob Waller)
Christmas present
If depression is being tied to the PAST and anxiety is being tied to the FUTURE, how can we spend enough time in the PRESENT to enjoy the other Present that Christmas brings? (Author: Rob Waller)
When time stands still
Chronic complaints don't kill us but don't let us live as we wish. How can we live life to the full? (Author: Rob Waller)
Fractured self-esteem
Last month I broke my collar bone - and I am finding it hard to do what i usually do. My self-esteem has been affected... (Author: Rob Waller)
Building Resilience
As we face social stress as part of the recession, how can we build resilience - how can we make people more likely to be effective? A faith perspective has key things it can bring (Author: Rob Waller)
Good-enough God
How do you grow from being an emotionally fragile baby who cries at the drop of a hat to being an emotionally stable adult who can tolerate a large degree of distress? (Author: Rob Waller)
We agnostics
We keep on saying that spirituality is essential for your mental health - but what if you don't believe? (Author: Rob Waller)
Life in the burbs
In polite society we can wear masks so easily. Do we need a dose of reality to make us find a better way of life? (Author: Rob Waller)
The 7000
Do you feel alone? Are there others working along side you? There are, even if you can't see them, and we want to point them out (Author: Rob Waller)
Conviction or condemnation
You may be a sinner but let me ask you a question - do you tend to feel more guilty than you need to? (Author: Rob Waller)
Two-stage Resolutions
New Year again - just how do I make those changes and resolutions stick? (Author: Rob Waller)
TWLOHA
To write love on her arms - is better than her carving HATE into her skin. Read about self harm and a new charity that wants to help (Author: Rob Waller)
Joy to the world?
The carols promise Joy, but what if you are not participating in the Joy of Christmas? Depression and Seasonal Affective Disorder are not about being a Humbug or a Scrooge (Author: Rob Waller)
Snail's pace
Our logo is a snail. Find out why and learn from this wise beast! (Author: Rob Waller)
The new priests
Jung said psychiatrists are the new priests, but are they really and do they want this role? (Author: Rob Waller)
Opinion and Hubris
When am I dispensing pearls of wisdom and when am I merely enjoying the sound of my own voice? And how can I tell... (Author: Rob Waller)
A bias for the poor
Because of the uphill battle the poor and the mentally ill face, do we need to make the slope run downhill for them? Did Jesus? (Author: Rob Waller)
Inside-out Spirituality
Intrinsic and Extrinsic are two words used in researching spirituality - the man who embodies his religion vs the man who practices it. Is one more useful for mental health than the other? (Author: Rob Waller)
My fellow lepers
When we have something to say, we had better make sure we are not sharing it from a position of fragile and false superiority. We have so much to learn... (Author: Rob Waller)
The law of least love
Have you ever felt wronged and been unable to do something about it. Jesus understands because he has been there and felt the helplessness of love (Author: Rob Waller)
Beattitudes for today
The beattitudes require you to be something, not do something. For some barely being alive is a struggle, so this is good news (Author: Rob Waller)
How to talk usefully about the past
We often want to tell our stories - we believe we should and it will be good for us. But it is not always wise. Learn when to tell and how to reach that place (Author: Rob Waller)
The three degrees
My mental health is affected by my religiosity [behaviour], my spirituality [beliefs] and my personal relationship with God - which is paramount? (Author: Rob Waller)
Overlearning Conquerers
To get to where we want to be, we sometimes need to push beyond our goals to settle back to the right place (Author: Rob Waller)
Famous and Flat
Why do famous people often seem so unhappy? It is an issue to do with identity, aspiration and a need to keen on achieving (Author: Rob Waller)
Freud and Pharmacology
When it is right to talk and when it is right to take a tablet? And when is it right to do both? (Author: Rob Waller)