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Neff and McMinn Review: Part A Alexus Bryant Department of Psychology, Liberty University CEFS506: Integration of Spirituality and Counseling (D05 Alexus Bryant Department of Psychology, Liberty University

Neff and McMinn Review: Part A CEFS506: Integration of Spirituality and Counseling (D05 Corina Fezi- Alva Liberty University CEFS506 Integration of Spirituality and Counseling September 22, 2023

Neff and McMinn Review: Part A Abstract In this paper, I will discuss the book Embodying Integration, a fresh look at Christianity and the Therapy Room by Megan Anna Neff and Mark R. McMinn. I will be discussing my views and experiences as well as discussing chapters one through three in detail. We will be talking about God and having faith and about not having faith. Neff and McMinn Review Introduction Part A: Chapters 1-3 Summary

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Neff and McMinn Review: Part A Neff and McMinn Review Introduction The book Embodying Integration: A Fresh Look at Christianity in the Therapy Room by Megan Anna Neff and Mark R. McMinn is about what life is like in the therapy room. I will break down chapters 1-3 into a summary, reflection, and spiritual formation. From a psychological point of view, Embodying Integration: A Fresh Look at Christianity in the Therapy Room by Megan Anna Neff and Mark R. McMinn focuses on the understanding of the connection of God through the trials and tribulations through three phases: lament, uncertainty, meaning, and enjoyment; and imaging God. Lamont has three meanings, according to the book: suffering, deep cries, and resistance (Neff & McMinn,2020, p.48). These things allow all the trials and tribulations of life while holding on to nothing but God throughout the whole time. Anytime in life, people have hardships most turn to God for answers.

Neff and McMinn Review: Part A However, some people blame God instead of Praying and asking for help, healing, and finding a way Back to normal. When people blame God for their hardships and failures, it only makes things worse for them because they suffer more by not allowing God to take over and fix the situation that's going on in their lives. They don't understand that everything happens for a reason, and nothing happens by accident or that's not meant to be. Everything the Lord does for us is a privilege. Even our hardships lead us to a better place in life. The answer is to give God all of your hardships, all of your joys, all of your tears, pain, suffering, and happy moments because God is in control of everything. Understandably, it is hard for people who lose family members whose children die or whose marriages fail to automatically blame God because we know God is in control of everything, but what they don't understand sometimes is that God is doing that for a reason and it's only going to make them stronger.

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Neff and McMinn Review: Part A According to Neff and McMinn (2020), “There are righteous people who are treated according to the conduct of the wicked, and there are wicked people who are treated according to the conduct of the righteous” (Ecclesiastes 8:14, ). Many people wonder what their purpose in life is. Everybody's ultimate life goal is to be happy, surrounded by family, to be together for holidays, and in general, we should feel optimistic within our daily routines. Reflection Everything that I have read by Neff and McMinn has been on point throughout the chapters that I have read and expanded on. In this human life, we all go through trials and tribulations. We all deal with sadness, pain, and joy. Nobody's life is the same as anybody else's. We all deal with different issues on different days. One woman may know what it's like to miscarry a child. Another may not. A father may know what it's like to bury his teenage son who just got shot, while

Neff and McMinn Review: Part A another may know what it's like to watch his son walk across the stage when he's graduating. Growing up I had a lot of anger towards God because I never knew who my biological parents were, and I always felt unwanted and unloved but I learned as the years went by that it was not God's fault and I ended up being grateful with where my life went in my circumstance. My adoptive parents are both now deceased and I struggle now because they took the secret to their grave I don't know who my biological parents are there's no paper trail or anything names absolutely nothing and because I was born in a different country it makes it even easier to stay hidden so for many years I did blame God and even to this day I question him sometimes because I feel so alone in life. I don't think I've ever fully gone through the grief process for my parents after they passed that is something that I struggle with daily it's a feeling that never goes away it's just an empty feeling that I don't think anybody could ever fix except God. Chapter two helped me understand that I

Neff and McMinn Review: Part A need to be ready to deal with anything and any situation with my clients because we are two different people and their beliefs and thoughts are always going to be different than my beliefs and thoughts. Dealing with Greif dealing with grief has been a struggle for me throughout my whole life, starting at the age of 12 when I lost my grandma. It was very hard for me to deal with her death because I was underage while she was in the hospital, and I was not allowed to visit her. My grandma was in the hospital for six months before she died. For many years after her death, I was sad because I felt like I didn't get to see her talk to her before she died so it was hard for me to deal with because I never really closed that chapter. Things that I did that helped me deal with it were like asking my mom questions about her and learning about her life's brought me joy.

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Neff and McMinn Review: Part A Spiritual Formation After reading these three chapters I do feel spiritually fed. I struggle still to this day with and grief and loss I have a child that I lost custody of when she was born and I've dealt with guilt ever since she was born and taken away and I blamed God for a majority of that time. After about a year I ended up going to a drug treatment program and I learned how to forgive myself and love God and understand that it wasn't God's fault. These chapters helped put situations like this in perspective for me knowing that I will be able to help another girl who may be in the same situation that I was in and bring faith to her life and hope to her life gives me joy. (Philippians 4:4) “Rejoice in the Lord always. Again, I will say, rejoice!” The Good News: The only source of true happiness is the Lord. All the things you receive in your life that give you happiness are because you believe in God.

Neff and McMinn Review: Part A Conclusion From a psychological lens, Embodying Integration: A Fresh Look at Christianity in the Therapy Room by Megan Anna Neff and Mark R. McMinn focuses on the understanding of the connection of God through the trials and tribulations through three phases: lament, uncertainty, meaning, and enjoyment; and imaging God. Reading chapters one through three, I feel that God can do anything that we allow him to. And ultimately, we can be the humans that God wants us to be. Refrences Anonymous. (2022). King James Bible. Web. https://www.kingjamesbib leonline.org/

Neff and McMinn Review: Part A Harrichand, J. J. S., & Herlihy, B. (2019). Grief and loss: When the professional become personal. Counseling Today. PDF. https://www.counseling.or g/docs/default- source/ethics/ethics- columns/ethics_may_201 9_losing-a-client.pdf? sfvrsn=c018572c_2 Neff, M. A., & McMinn, M. R. (2020). Embodying

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Neff and McMinn Review: Part A Integration: A Fresh Look at Christianity in the Therapy Room. InterVarsity Press. https://www.scribd.com/r ead/449985271/Embodyi ng-Integration-A-Fresh- Look-at- Christianity-in-the- Therapy-Room# Anonymous. (2022). King James Bible . Web. https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/ Neff, M. A., & McMinn, M. R. (2020). Embodying Integration: A Fresh Look at Christianity in the Therapy Room. InterVarsity Press.

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