by Rhett Smith | Apr 18, 2019 | Marriage, Podcast, Restoration Therapy
In this episode I had the privilege of sitting down with my good friends Jeff and Robin Reinke. Besides being colleagues of mine in a workshop we lead in equipping ministry leaders in a variety of issues impacting the church, we are also co-authors in Vital Tools for...
by Rhett Smith | Apr 11, 2019 | Podcast, Restoration Therapy
In this episode I discuss the topic of singleness with my colleague Kelly Haer. Kelly is on staff at Pepperdine University in the Boone Center for the Family where she is the Relationship IQ Director. Kelly is a part of the teaching group that I am a part of that...
by Rhett Smith | Mar 27, 2019 | Mental Health, Podcast, Restoration Therapy
In this episode I get to sit down with a colleague of mine who I have been getting to know more over the last couple of years in our collaborative work together around Restoration Therapy and ministry leaders. Robert Scholz is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist,...
by Rhett Smith | Mar 21, 2019 | Podcast, Restoration Therapy
In this episode I spend some time in conversation with Terry and Sharon Hargrave. Terry is the founder of Restoration Therapy and is the Evelyn and Frank Freed Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy at Fuller Theological Seminary and Sharon is the Executive Director...
by Rhett Smith | Mar 4, 2019 | Intentional Living, Podcast
“for dust you are and to dust you will return.” (Genesis 3:19) In this episode I reflect on the passage found in Genesis 3:19 that is repeated every Ash Wednesday. It’s a beautiful, but harrowing passage that reminds us of just how fragile and short our...
by Rhett Smith | Feb 28, 2019 | Intentional Living, Podcast
And he said, “Hagar, slave-girl, of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?” Genesis 16:8 Where have you come from? Where are you going? Perhaps these are two of the most important and fundamental questions we can ask ourselves. I...
by Rhett Smith | Feb 21, 2019 | Marriage, Podcast, Restoration Therapy, Uncategorized
This episode is somewhat of a continuation of Episode 115 where I reflected both theologically and psychologically on the biblical text found in Genesis 1-3 (and a little of 4). Those opening chapters have lots of insight and implications for us relationally. In this...
by Rhett Smith | Feb 13, 2019 | Anxiety, Depression, Podcast
I had the opportunity this last Monday to record a video on anxiety with another therapist, and one of the pastors at Preston Trail Community Church in Frisco. And then a few hours later, I talked to a group of parents at Legacy Christian Academy in Frisco about...
by Rhett Smith | Feb 7, 2019 | Intentional Living, Podcast
As I mentioned in a previous podcast, I thought I would take some time this year (on occasion) to stop and reflect on my reading of the bible, and how it connects at the intersection of theology and psychology. So in this episode I want to take some time and just...
by Rhett Smith | Feb 2, 2019 | Intentional Living, Podcast
It’s been about 5 months since my last podcast episode, as I was needing to take a break for a while why I focused on some other goals. But it’s time for a new podcast season, and in this episode I talk about some new topics I am going to explore this...
by Rhett Smith | Sep 19, 2018 | Intentional Living, Podcast
“Love consists in this, that two solitudes, protect and border and salute each other.” — Rainer Maria Rilke A couple of weeks ago my wife and I returned from a “marriage adventure” on the Inca Trail in Peru. This adventure (through...
by Rhett Smith | Sep 10, 2018 | Podcast
As many of you know from listening to my podcasts, or reading my blog over the years, is I’m pretty obsessed with the novels of Susan Howatch. Particularly her Starbridge Series of which I’m about to finish my 9th reading of the series in the last 15...
by Rhett Smith | May 23, 2018 | Anxiety, Depression, Restoration Therapy
“I want to create a clear roadmap for you for next steps, and how we can go about creating change in our therapeutic work together.” “You don’t need a bunch of tools to practice. You just need one or two that you practice over and over and over...
by Rhett Smith | May 23, 2018 | Anxiety, Restoration Therapy
On the night of October 18, 2015 I was unable to sleep. I tossed and turned all night, my mind filled with anxious thoughts, and an anxiety that I was unable to shake. The reason for all this anxiety was that at 7:00 am on October 19th, I would be running my first 50...
by Rhett Smith | May 20, 2018 | Anxiety, Depression, Restoration Therapy
The Hideaway Experience In October 2010 I was sitting “third chair” at The Hideaway Experience in Amarillo, TX. The Hideaway Experience is a four-day marriage intensive that I had decided to go check out after hearing about it from a colleague of mine. My...
by Rhett Smith | May 19, 2018 | Depression, Restoration Therapy
I have written extensively on various ways to work with people who are struggling with anxiety, but I find that working with people who are struggling with depression, to be quite different, and more difficult. The main factor that I have experienced is in the level...
by Rhett Smith | May 19, 2018 | Depression, Restoration Therapy
Discerning Depression I have written extensively on anxiety, especially on my own anxiety, focusing on the roots of it and how Restoration Therapy has really helped me transform it into a life-giving force. But when it comes to depression I have not written as much on...
by Rhett Smith | May 19, 2018 | Depression, Restoration Therapy
Often, when someone expresses anxiety in the context of the Church or Christian community, more than likely they will hear somebody, at some point, recite the famous words of the apostle Paul in Philippians 4:6. “Do not be anxious….” is the beginning...
by Rhett Smith | Apr 22, 2018 | Depression, Restoration Therapy
The Depression Equation I am a big believer in the equation that insight + practice = transformation. In fact, in an earlier post on anxiety I shared the same equation, highlighting Angela Duckworth’s work on the concept of deliberate practice in her work. In...
by Rhett Smith | Apr 22, 2018 | Depression, Restoration Therapy
Reframing Depression “What if this depression you are experiencing is helping inform you about your life? What if we listen to it together, it may give us some clues about what is going on with your life. Maybe it will give us some direction about what kind of...
