Who is the Real Psychiatrist?
Do you understand the exact meaning of the modern word “psychiatry?” It originated
from two Greek words “psyche” and “iatreia.”
The word “psyche” really means the person variously translated as follows: mind, soul, breath, and spirit. The word “iatreia” means treatment, healing, and recovery.
Combine the 2 words together and we have “healing of the mind.” Or, as king David might have pointed out, “the restoring of the soul.”
In view of that original meaning of the word “psychiatry,” it’s therefore not limited to the medical profession.
Oftentimes, a minister, pastor, or clergy is a psychiatrist. Such is so because he deals not only with the renewing of people’s minds but also with their spirits and souls.
The word “psyche” really means the person variously translated as follows: mind, soul, breath, and spirit. The word “iatreia” means treatment, healing, and recovery.
Combine the 2 words together and we have “healing of the mind.” Or, as king David might have pointed out, “the restoring of the soul.”
In view of that original meaning of the word “psychiatry,” it’s therefore not limited to the medical profession.
Oftentimes, a minister, pastor, or clergy is a psychiatrist. Such is so because he deals not only with the renewing of people’s minds but also with their spirits and souls.
Beyond our physical bodies, thoughts, and emotions are our souls. The minister is primarily concerned with man’s soul.
The minister as a psychiatrist believes that if a man’s soul is ill, he is ill indeed. And only God can truly heal and redeem the soul.
As a psychotherapist and minister myself, it has been my privilege to counsel many individuals, couples, and families who needed help.
As a result of my books, blogs, and TV appearances as well as my work as a conjoint psychologist/pastor, my mail has brought me many emails from around the world seeking help for their problems.
Not one of them I’ve found had not violated the basic healing principles that God has ordained to govern the life of man.
Believing as I do, that if man lives according to these principles, his life will be healed, whole, and healthy.
The minister is a psychiatrist. He practices God’s psychiatry. He takes the stand that most of all we need God’s psychiatry in our lives.
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