Church on Wheels: Can you pray away mental illness?

Discussion of Christianity and Mental Health, Depression and Suicide, Attachment Issues and Absent Fathers, Faith and Clinical Therapy.

Bishop Mick Fleming interviews Alastair, a Professional Psychotherapist and Christian.

00:00 - Introduction and Welcome
01:05 - Introducing Alastair: A Psychotherapist's Background
03:38 - Mental Health, Faith, and Personal Experience
05:19 - Biblical Perspectives on Suffering and Mental Anguish
06:11 - Understanding Mental Health: Normal Patterns Gone Awry
07:46 - Addressing Suicide, Identity, and the Crisis in Men
09:49 - The Impact of Absent Fathers and Family Breakdown
12:44 - What the Church Can Learn from Professional Mental Health
15:08 - Emotional Release in Therapy and Spiritual Contexts
18:06 - Navigating Misunderstandings Between Faith and Medical Reality
21:36 - Therapeutic Outcomes for Trauma and Personality Disorders
23:47 - Therapist Self-Care and Maintaining Personal Well-being

Church on Wheels follows Bishop Mick Fleming of Church on the Street, Burnley, UK, who in September 2025 left his house for good to live fulltime in a motorhome and minister on the road.

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