Lies My Therapist Told Me by Greg E Gifford

Lies My Therapist Told Me by Greg E Gifford

Winner of the 2025 ACBC Book of the Year "Few books combine theological precision with practical wisdom as skillfully as Lies My Therapist Told Me." — Jonny Ardavanis "Dr. Gifford is an incredible resource." — Allie Beth Stuckey "Lies My Therapist Told Me is a worthwhile, thoughtful read." — The Gospel Coalition From beloved Christian counselor, professor, and podcaster Greg Gifford comes a bold and balanced critique of the mental health establishment. Too many people are caught in a vicious cycle of visiting every doctor, psychiatrist, psychologist, and therapist in their area only to find frustrating labels and numbing medications at the end of each path. Rather than eradicating anxiety in the same way vaccines conquered smallpox, the mental health establishment has seen the number of diagnoses and prescriptions skyrocket on its watch. How did we get here? And does Christianity have any answers for this mental health crisis? In Lies My Therapist Told Me, Dr. Greg Gifford delivers the definitive Christian critique of secular psychiatry and psychology. With encouragement, humor, and conviction, Gifford: • Debunks mental health myths such as “the body keeps the score” and “addiction is a disease.” • Offers biblical insights and solutions for struggles like anxiety, narcissism, OCD, and Binge Eating Disorder. • Points to Christ and the power of the Gospel as the all-sufficient answer for our fears and frailties. This book brings clarity where secular therapy has created confusion, and offers hope even for those struggling with the hard cases. Through deep research, biblical teaching, and the inspiring stories of real counselees, he shows why we can’t blame the past—or even a diagnosis—for our bad behavior, and why our society’s growing unhappiness is not primarily a medical issue. With a foreword by Todd Friel of Wretched Radio, this book is a must-read for counselors and counselees alike. You can read all the mental health research in the world, but you still won’t learn God’s answers for winning the battles in your mind. Lies My Therapist Told Me is a powerful, cutting-edge argument that the supernatural wisdom of the Bible is truly enough for every need.

Greg E. Gifford is the host of the Transformed podcast and television series, the Chair of the School of Biblical Studies at The Master’s University, and a fellow at Fortis Institute. He is also the Executive Director of Transformed Biblical Counseling. He holds a PhD in Biblical Counseling from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, an MA in Biblical Counseling from The Master’s University, and a BA in Pastoral Ministry from Baptist Bible College. He served as a captain in the United States Army from 2008–2012 and is the author of Helping Your Family Through PTSD, as well as Heart & Habits and Lies My Therapist Told Me, both of which were awarded Biblical Counseling Book of the Year for 2021 and 2025. He is married to his high school sweetheart, and they reside in California with their three sons. Todd Friel is the host of Wretched TV & Radio, the executive director of Fortis Institute, and a pastor at Alpharetta Bible Church. He has produced of over two dozen Bible study courses and authored several books and evangelistic booklets.

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ISBN 13	9780063416734
ISBN 10	0063416735
Title	Lies My Therapist Told Me
Author	Greg E Gifford
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Year published	2025-05-27
Number of pages	336
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