May is National Mental Health Awareness month, the purpose of which is to reduce the stigma of mental health issues and promote support for those affected by them.
Our Daily Bread University provides helpful online courses that shed light on how mental health issues impact the global Church and its people. Here are a couple of our courses that you can check out.
Understanding Mental Health and Trauma. In this course Dr. Brent Burdick, Director of the Lausanne Global Classroom, examines the many resources available to create a mental health support system in diverse contexts. Listen to this interview with Dr. Burdick where he discusses the issues facing the global Church.
SoulCare Foundations I. This is the first in a four-course series by Dr. Larry Crabb that explores what it means to care for others’ emotional and spiritual needs. You can learn about SoulCare in this introductory video.
For premium subscribers, ODBU offers a Learning Path that includes other courses that focus on topics related to Christian Counseling, such as Ministering to People in Pain, and Coping with Loss.