91 - Spiritual Bypassing (feat. Dr. Jesse Fox)

Content warning: brief mentions of various traumatic events such as burn injuries, torture, grief, and sexual assault. All mentions are used in illustrations and aren’t focused on in-depth or with details.

What is Spiritual Bypassing? We talk with Dr. Jesse Fox about his work in this area, what it looks like to use spirituality as a resource (or as a method of avoidance), offering unhelpful platitudes vs. helpful responses, and more. In the intro, Robert & Holly talk about a recent Wall Street Journal article that discussed pastors and their mental health.

Things we mention in this episode/other resources:
- Dr. Fox is the co-author of Bringing Religion and Spirituality Into Therapy- the Wall Street Journal we talk about in the intro is here: ‘It’s Like I Got Kicked Out of My Family.’ Churches Struggle With Mental Health in the Ranks.
- the Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling
- the spoons metaphor we use in the intro is one we originally discussed in depth in episode 65 - Maintaining Your Mental Health In Ministry

Connect with Dr. Fox on his faculty webpage. Buy Bringing Religion and Spirituality Into Therapy on Amazon and keep an eye out for his new book in the next few months!

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Intro/Outro music for this episode is ‘Fall Down’ by Rivers & Robots.