PSYCHOLOGY AND “GOD IMAGE”

December 2021

Theology’s understanding of Imago Dei from psychology’s “God Image” theory & research

POWER OF Gratitude

NOVEMBER 2021

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgiving, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.

— William Arthur Ward

PREGNANCY AND INFANT LOSS

October 2021

Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning. I say to myself, ‘The Lord is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in him!’

— Lamentations 3:17-24

SUICIDE PREVENTION & AWARENESS

September 2021

If you or someone you know is thinking of suicide, seek professional help. If immediate emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.

“There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.”— Proverbs 23:18

iNTEGRATED TRAINING & FORMATION

aUGUST 2021

The Immaculate Heart of Mary Counseling Center offers the only Catholic APA-accredited pre-doctoral internship program in the nation as part of the Nebraska Internship Consortium in Professional Psychology.

Our Clinical Program funds one or two doctoral interns in the clinical track each year, beginning August 1 and concluding the following July 31.

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

JULY 2021

Guided by mission and evidence-based psychological principles, we at the IHMCC are privileged to enjoy the religious freedom to provide faith-integrated services consistent with Catholic Church teaching. We believe the ability to incorporate religion, faith, and spirituality into the therapeutic environment allows us to provide the highest level of care to our clients.

Fatherhood

June 2021

“Saint Joseph is the model husband and father. The vocation of all men is to be at the service of those entrusted to their love and care. Many men have forgotten this today, but St. Joseph will help them remember. He will help men be holy and chivalrous again. All men discover in St. Joseph a model of strength, fidelity, heroism, and virtue.”

-donald h. calloway, mic

Mental Health Awareness

May 2021

According to SAMHSA, “Any Mental Illness (AMI) is defined as having a diagnosable mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder, other than a developmental or substance use disorder. Any mental illness includes persons who have mild mental illness, moderate mental illness, and serious mental illness."

SOURCE: HTTPS://MHANATIONAL.ORG/ISSUES/2021/MENTAL-HEALTH-AMERICA-PREVALENCE-DATA

Child Development & parenting

April 2021

“Children, be obedient to your parents in the Lord — that is what uprightness demands. The first commandment that has a promise attached to it is: Honor your father and your mother, and the promise is: so that you may have long life and prosper in the land. And parents, never drive your children to resentment, but bring them up with correction and advice inspired by the Lord”

— Ephesians 6:1-4

Forgiveness

March 2021

“For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son He loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”

— Colossians 1:13-14

faith, hope, and love

February 2021

Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, [love] is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

— 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Faith, HOPE, and Love

January 2021

“I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe.”

— Ephesians 1: 18-19