Therapy & Theology: The Stages of Trauma | Part Three With Lysa TerKeurst

Is This Going To Hurt Forever? Part Three
Welcome to "Therapy & Theology." When you've experienced something devastating, it's easy to question if you're on your way to healing: Is it normal to feel this way? How do I stop hurting? Is this going to hurt forever? Maybe you've even said out loud to a friend, “This has been so traumatic, I’m not sure I’ll ever feel like myself again.”
Is it really possible to move forward after we’ve experienced significant trauma?
With theological research and therapeutic insight, Lysa TerKeurst, Dr. Joel Muddamalle and licensed counselor Jim Cress will help you understand the stages of trauma so you can process your pain in a healthy way and move toward healing today.
Make sure you watch [Part One] and [Part Two]! • Therapy & Theology: Is...
Related Resources:
-We can’t assume the broken pieces of our life circumstances are terrible and pointless - not with our God. Gain healthier ways to process your pain and learn to see even your most hurtful situations through truth-based perspectives with Lysa TerKeurst’s new devotional, Seeing Beautiful Again: 50 Devotions to Find Redemption in Every Part of Your Story. Get your copy here. www.p31booksto...
-Check out our [KZbin channel] to watch these episodes in shorter installments. • Therapy & Theology: 10...
-Ready to take the next step in finding a Christian counselor? Here’s a good place to find the right fit for you and your circumstances: American Association of Christian Counselors. aacc.net/
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[@KittyClark4433]

As a person recovering from an unexpected divorce 3yrs ago, i can confirm this 3 part video is spot on. I want to encourage anyone going thru the thing that blindsided you, to hold on. It's a terrifying ride I know. But hold on, you can & will survive this. Dont give up. You can emerge whole & healed. It wont be fast, it wont be easy, but it will be worth it in time. You can come out wiser, more compassionate, a deeper understanding of what really matters & most of all a deeper faith in God. Hold on, dont give up. You are worth the better to come. You are loved, you matter.🙏❤️

[@samg2570]

Thank you !!

[@peggyhavard1546]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 , after 51 yrs. 2yrs divorced! Love these video!!!

[@peggyhavard1546]

He’s already remarried after meeting women 3 1/2?months! Plus we’re both going to be 74 this year! WOW just wow!

[@mtlke09]

Thank you for the reminder! It’s the hardest thing to do but God is with us all ❤

[@MB-sg8dx]

Thank u. These videos are gold… help me to know I’m not nuts, and that it’s ok that my healing is cyclical…

[@KRzzzzzzzz]

You can even go back into the hurtful relationship that you didn’t leave because you think now you can handle these things and you are strong enough to not get hurt when in fact it doesn’t matter how healed and strong you have gotten no one deserves that abusive treatment

[@victoryamartin9773]

Good point. I regretted for years not going back after escaping to get some recovery and find my voice. He ended up divorcing me to find someone more sexually compatible, and I lost my chance to make my marriage work. But looking back, I see you're right. I would have gone right back to his abuse and been retraumatized. The healing I had acquired would have been lost. It never would have worked.

[@jeaniewright8817]

Thank you Lysa for allowing God to use your pain to help others

[@karylpowell-booth6674]

These videos are spot on, authentic and Bible based. Lysa, it’s as though you’re in my head and in my heart sometimes. Thank you for being vulnerable. God bless all of you in this important ministry.

[@desireezeleznikar552]

My husband shot himself four days after I found out devastating news, turning my devastation into a nightmare. Thank you for sharing your story. I am still in many stages of the grief process.

[@OfficialProverbs31Ministries]

We are so sorry to hear about your loss, Desiree. We're lifting you up in prayer and asking the Lord to be so very near to you as you grieve.

[@beauty4ashes62]

Thank you so much for this. It’s been 14yrs since he left. After 19yrs of marriage. This is so helpful. Please keep sharing with us. God bless, strengthen & comfort you in this season♥️🙏

[@bygraceonly182]

Thank you guys for diving deep into these topics. Props to Lisa for leaning into the Lord and Praise Him for allowing and empowering her to function to provide this ministry to others even in the midst of her own trauma. I have been a useless puddle for well over a year. I’m so blessed to be the beneficiary of the wisdom and life experiences expressed here.

[@lizgeorge4433]

Thank you for this series. I will probably be listening to them over and over. I'm currently dealing with MBC and have been going through some of these stages of grief. I also know that everyone will experience different stages of grief at different times, not always in the listed order that is laid out before us. May God continue to bless this ministry in helping those in need not only spiritually but also emotionally and mentally.

[@suemuoio8440]

Wow! I'm working thru grief with my husband's home-going 4 years plus ago and it's such a struggle even now! I facilitate a GriefShare group for the last 2 years and wonder if I even should be doing that at times! Thank you so much for these videos!!!

[@jeaniewright8817]

I sure can relate to the loneliness , definitely true of what we plant in that season

[@autumn_o-222]

Yes.. so good! New wine and new wineskins!!! Thank you Lord Jesus for this confirmation.

[@jacquelinesharpe7597]

Thank you guys! This is so needed in today’s world. Praise the Lord! 🙏🙏🙏

[@celebratelifetodaywithcele8428]

Awesome, Lord, thank you. I appreciated this session more than you may know. Not a matter of right or wrong! Though from what I've hearing I'm following a good path. Utilizing wisdom. I so love the Lord. His work is tough. 😊

[@marketapryer6704]

This was an excellent conversation. Most helpful!

[@victoryamartin9773]

I enjoyed your series on working thru trauma. Can you do one on how to manage ongoing trauma, as in inescapable abusive relationships? I am being held hostage and am enslaved by houseguests that became squatters once I realized they have no respect for my boundaries. I am traumatized by their continual threats to call the sheriff and to sue me every time I do something to protect myself from their further takeover of my house. I have no support outside of my church that laughs when I tell them how I am getting screamed at and chased around by people yelling at me. I can't seem to impress them with how this is killing me. The stronger my language in describing it, the less seriously they take me. My family said they would help me evict the squatters, but after I traveled 3 hours by bus to their house to get their help filing out court papers, I ended up getting screamed at by my daughter-in-law and thrown out at midnight from their house, so I seem to have exhausted all my resources. I am elderly and disabled, and these people are draining my financial resources, making it hard to find any outside help.

[@catherinemiss6360]

i know it's irrelevant but you're looking beautiful lysa. I find the thought of moving on scary, and like I want it to stop some days x

[@res6769]

Can you do a session or sessions on prodigal adult children who have cut off all communication with their family?

[@issapolanco]

Wow timely in my life 🥺 Thank you for sharing this!!! This is such a blessing to the body of Christ

[@ericamonroe6806]

You are just incredible, Lysa. Thank you so much for this - I absolutely LOVE these videos. You are a strong, amazing woman and you are helping so many of God’s people

[@leonapietsch4367]

Im never going to remarry. Would not trust any man. It’s lonely but it’s quiet and peaceful now. Wouldn’t trust myself to ever make the right choice if a new spouse.

[@leahingraham5509]

I don't wanna let go of my ex husband 😢..or the life we had with our kids. Even with all the bad..

[@angelag4157]

This is very helpful for those of us that have had cancer, treatment and long term side effects…thank you for sharing your wisdom!

[@adlinquiles6986]

This was wonderful! As I listened to you guys, I could see myself cycling through the stages. Thank you so much. May the Lord continue to bless you!

[@leonalirangues3340]

I am looking for a church with this level and depth of respect for scriptures and depth of compassion. A beautiful synthesis of gospel and what we know about human psychology. Thank you. Any suggestions for churches with this spirit in New Jersey?

[@victoryamartin9773]

Any in America?

[@sharonlievens1076]

Thank you! This teaching is so needed. I needed to hear this tonight.

[@Brenda-st6nm]

Yes big one

[@Ali76564]

This is amazing

[@bonniehafeman9757]

The new testament. Beautiful and good. Amen ❤

[@chabelyaldunez2665]

What a great conversation. So important. What about soul tights ? Is so hard for me. Trauma and healing at times is not easy to move forward.

[@parispoet]

You mean soul ties? It's very important to say a prayer to CUT every soul tie you have made with any man. Someone told me about this years ago.

[@leecooper1459]

it seems I've been left with no doing life together friends in this renovation process

[@victoryamartin9773]

Same here. Ditto.

[@bethann80]

Where can we get these handout’s? I wish I’d had this typo of video when I went through a divorce many years ago! I’m loving this whole podcast!

[@Luisa-cs2pd]

Thank you so much for giving us these explanations on the road towards healing. It gives some kind of stability and understanding, and even explanation to how past trauma can affect us and that we can learn in our suffering, to use it for something good.

[@angelalaurel5329]

Thank you

[@TheNinoshkaRivera76]

Thank you ..so if I just go to be assisted..I'm just protecting myself ..

[@shyshalewis6851]

So good!

[@jamjayne12]

Going back to the past is like "going back to Egypt." Move on to your promised land.

[@Star-ts5re]

Thank you for sharing!

[@melindercaudell9120]

Thank you Lysa.

[@lyzettevega1234]

Oh my, so good 👍🏽 😍

[@emcladybug22]

This was spot on!

[@chrisslova1613]

Thank you so much. This has helped me so much.

[@debbiegambino2407]

Wonderful words!

[@janm9610]

Excellent series. Thank you ❤

[@OfficialProverbs31Ministries]

Thank you for watching, friend!

[@vickileonardson9130]

Thank you...

[@sherirunyan5650]

Thanks this message was much needed. Do you have the chart available somewhere to print off ?

[@nicolecilley3100]

I took a screenshot of the chart to refer to later

[@LindaHand-qy2vb]

My sleep is horrible. Or lack of to falling asleep and feel super terror or suicidal Only when I try to fall asleep. I'm so sick and tired How do you get to sleep w flashbacks , dreams and traumatic memories? How do I get to sleep without being scared? I'm continualisy avoiding sleep now!!😢😢

[@OfficialProverbs31Ministries]

Hi Linda - We are so sorry you are walking through this difficult situation with your sleep. We know life can be incredibly hard, and there are times you might feel like it's not worth living. Proverbs 31 wants you to know: There is help for your situation. God loves you so desperately and offers grace and strength in times of need. It's ok ask for help. And Proverbs 31 is honored to pray with you and for you. While we are not a counseling ministry, if you feel that you do need counseling, please contact Focus on the Family’s counseling services or call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255. You can also text the word NAMI to 741741 for someone to text you back and communicate with you about options to help you in your situation. afsp.org Is a Suicide Prevention site you may contact for resources to assist you during your struggle if you feel like giving up today. aacc.net can also help you find a counselor in your area by zip code. Our staff and ministry friends would love to also pray for you on our prayer wall. You are welcome to submit your prayer requests here: prayer.proverbs31.org/

[@billrisch2643]

This stuff resonates. I would like to ask Jim to talk a little louder. It's hard to hear him

[@OfficialProverbs31Ministries]

Thanks for watching, Bill!

[@maryannhurlburt7213]

❤️

[@shinrin-yoku3877]

Shame = self hatred at myself

[@Ali76564]

Devil does works thru people to victimsise

[@eileenpillmeier3270]

Self hatred at my expense. SHAME

[@liliherndz5792]

Listening 🫶🏻🤍🫶🏻to ea of you …is a Treasure of LIFE GIVING WISDOM I personally knock the experience of TRAUMA … It’s been over 20 plus yrs and in my Golden Yrs now still find myself experiencing on and off the inner circle of the STEPs in HUMAN LOSS & TRAUMA… We are ALL UNIQUE yet HUMANLY sooo the same 🫶🏻🕊🫶🏻