85. The Surprising Connection Between Therapy and the Psalms (w/Dr. Rick)

What can a therapist teach us about prayer?

John Ortberg sits down with his longtime friend and therapist Dr. Rick to explore the Psalms as a kind of “divine therapy with God.”

The Psalms are messy. Angry. Afraid. Contradictory. Unfiltered.

And according to Rick, that's exactly where healing begins: ruthless honesty inside a relationship where we know we're accepted.

So what would happen if we approached God that way?

Can we tell Him what we actually think and feel, not merely what we believe we're supposed to say?

Can God become our fully disclosing friend?

Maybe the path toward becoming who God made us to be begins by bringing Him who we actually are.

In this episode: prayer • therapy • Psalms • emotional honesty • healing • friendship with God

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00:00 Salvation, Healing & the Psalms
 00:27 The Psalms as Divine Therapy
 00:48 What Can Therapy Teach Us About Prayer?
 01:13 The Psalms Are Messy
 01:36 How Raw Are Our Actual Thoughts?
 01:56 Psalm 88: Darkness and Despair
 02:19 Psalm 83: Angry, Contradictory Prayers
 02:39 Psalm 89: From Anguish to Praise
 03:24 What Therapy Is Trying to Do
 03:58 Your Ideal Life vs. Your Actual Life
 04:35 The Me I Want to Be
 04:54 Ruthless Honesty
 05:18 “I Don't Talk Like This Anywhere Else”
 05:51 The Psalms as an Emotional Handbook
 06:18 Do You Actually Understand Yourself?
 07:03 Why We Resist the Truth About Ourselves
 07:20 We Need Feedback
 07:49 Getting Under Our Defenses
 08:06 Rick Blackmon, Sneaky Psychologist 😂
 08:31 Pain Drives Personal Growth
 09:22 What Is a Therapeutic Alliance?
 09:48 Why the Relationship Matters
 10:21 No Secrets. Tell the Truth.
 10:52 Acceptance Creates the Place for Change
 11:35 Why Rick Reads the Psalms
 11:56 Do You Have a Therapeutic Alliance With God?
 12:22 Do You Feel Safe With God?
 13:04 The Power of a Fully Disclosing Friend
 13:35 Can God Be That Friend?
 14:04 Why Honesty Feels Risky
 14:30 “I Feel a Little More Whole”
 14:57 A Healing Relationship With God