Conversational Counseling
Episodes
S11 Ep. 8 / Barriers, Delays, and the Mystery of Prayer
18 Nov 2025
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S11 Ep. 7 / Guided Scripture Prayer
11 Nov 2025
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S11 Ep. 6 / Contemplative Prayer
04 Nov 2025
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S11 Ep. 5 / Lament and Process Journaling
28 Oct 2025
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S11 Ep. 4 / Lectio Divina
21 Oct 2025
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S11 Ep. 3 / The Immanuel Journal
14 Oct 2025
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S11 Ep. 2 / The Examen Prayer
07 Oct 2025
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S11 Ep. 1 / What is Prayer?
30 Sep 2025
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S10 Ep. 7 / You Have to Believe What I Believe
15 Jul 2025
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S10 Ep. 6 / Your Body Doesn't Matter!
08 Jul 2025
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S10 Ep. 5 / It Doesn’t Matter What I Believe
01 Jul 2025
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S10 Ep. 4 / I Can Fix That!
24 Jun 2025
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S10 Ep. 3 / My Life Has To Be Perfect
17 Jun 2025
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S10 Ep.2 / I Must Always Be Available!
10 Jun 2025
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S10 Ep. 1 / It’s All Up to Me!
03 Jun 2025
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S9 Ep. 8 / Trauma: Caring for Yourself as You Walk with Others
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Disclaimer: This season is about trauma, and it might be difficult at times for some listeners. It’s not graphic, but each episode does cover sensit...
S9 Ep. 7 / Trauma: Helping Someone Tell Their Trauma Story
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Disclaimer: This season is about trauma, and it might be difficult at times for some listeners. It’s not graphic, but each episode does cover sensit...
S9 Ep. 6 / Trauma: Safe in Relationship
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Disclaimer: This season is about trauma, and it might be difficult at times for some listeners. It’s not graphic, but each episode does cover sensit...
S9 Ep. 5 / Trauma: Safe in God
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Disclaimer: This season is about trauma, and it might be difficult at times for some listeners. It’s not graphic, but each episode does cover sensit...
S9 Ep. 4 / Tiffany Higginbotham: Safe in Our Body
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Disclaimer: This season is about trauma, and it might be difficult at times for some listeners. It’s not graphic, but each episode does cover sensit...
S9 Ep. 3 / Trauma: Walking with Others
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Disclaimer: This season is about trauma, and it might be difficult at times for some listeners. It’s not graphic, but each episode does cover sensit...
S9 Ep. 2 / Trauma: Two Types
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Disclaimer: This season is about trauma, and it might be difficult at times for some listeners. It’s not graphic, but each episode does cover sensit...
S9 Ep. 1 / Introduction to Trauma
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Disclaimer: This season is about trauma, and it might be difficult at times for some listeners. It’s not graphic, but each episode does cover sensit...
S8 Ep. 6 / The Good News for Sinners: Gospel Waltz (Love)
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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S8 Ep. 5 / The Good News for Sinners: Gospel Waltz (Believe)
29 Oct 2024
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S8 Ep. 4 / The Good News for Sinners: Gospel Waltz (Confess)
22 Oct 2024
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S8 Ep. 3 / The Capture of the Heart
15 Oct 2024
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S8 Ep. 2 / The Heart of the Problem is the Problem of the Heart
08 Oct 2024
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S8 Ep. 1 / Ten Reasons Why We MUST Talk about Sin!
01 Oct 2024
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S7 Ep. 6 / Telling One Woman's Story with Lauren Duncan
07 Aug 2024
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S7 Ep. 5 / You Have a Story (Part 2)
01 Aug 2024
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S7 Ep. 5 / You Have a Story (Part 1)
31 Jul 2024
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S7 Ep. 4 / Competing Stories
24 Jul 2024
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S7 Ep. 3 / Your Story and God's Story
17 Jul 2024
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S7 Ep. 2 / The Bible as One Story with Adam Coppock
10 Jul 2024
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S7 Ep. 1 / Counseling is Story Work
03 Jul 2024
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S6 Ep. 6 / Ginger Jacks: Help When Someone Has Lost a Child
11 Apr 2024
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S6 Ep. 5 / Peggy Bruning: Help When You Love an Addict
04 Apr 2024
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S6 Ep. 4 / Andrew Dealy: Help When You or Someone You Know is Suicidal
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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S6 Ep. 3 / Chris Torchia: Help When Your Child Reveals Gender and Sexual Identity Struggles
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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S6 Ep. 2 / Marnie Ferree: Help When Your Spouse Betrays You
14 Mar 2024
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S6 Bonus / Shauna Van Dyke with Association of Biblical Counselors (ABC)
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We are SO thrilled to share this bonus episode with you!! Our colleague and quickly becoming dear friend, Shauna Van Dyke, is the Executive Director a...
S6 Ep. 1 / Christine Chappell: Help When Depression Overwhelms You as a Mom
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Note: This episode is particularly one mother sharing her story, but this episode will not merely benefit moms. We think the principles we talk about ...
S5 Ep. 8 / Tim Challies: A Story of Immeasurable Suffering and Incomparable Hope
05 Dec 2023
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S5 Ep. 7 / When All Hope Seems Lost
28 Nov 2023
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S5 Ep. 6/ How Can I Suffer Well and Help Others?
27 Nov 2023
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S5 Ep. 5 / What is God Doing in My Suffering?
14 Nov 2023
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S5 Ep. 4 / How to Write a Lament
07 Nov 2023
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S5 Ep. 3 / Carol Collier on Lament: How to Cry Out to God in Suffering
31 Oct 2023
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S5 Ep. 2 / Where is God in my suffering?
24 Oct 2023
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S5 Ep. 1 / Why do I suffer?
17 Oct 2023
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S4 Ep.9 / Perfectionism
09 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever felt like you are constantly striving for something that is never quite good enough? Or maybe you just feel like you're always falling a...
Bonus Episode / Elyse Fitzpatrick
29 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this bonus episode of Conversational Counseling we are so excited to talk with Elyse Fitzpatrick! Elyse has spent the last 40 years in the biblic...
S4 Ep. 8 / Fear of Man
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Click HERE to get the FREE Anti-Psalm handout (it'll be sent to your email) Fear of Man, also known as people pleasing, is the common struggle Brenda ...
S4 Ep. 7 / Bitterness
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Click here for the Lament Resource mentioned in Episode 7. Bitterness is the complicated, yet common, struggle that Brenda and Alex take us through th...
S4 Ep. 6 / Depression
09 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For the Personal Lament Handout Click Here Depression is a common but complex struggle that all of us will encounter in our own lives or in the lives ...
S4 Ep. 5 / Guilt
02 Aug 2023
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For the Seven A’s of Confession Handout click here. In this episode Alex and Brenda explore guilt. By walking through the difference between subje...
S4 Ep. 4 / Anger
26 Jul 2023
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Click Here to have the Anger Journal Handout sent to your email In this episode Brenda and Alex begin to unpack Anger. Anger is an all encompassing re...
S4 Ep. 3 / Anxiety Part 2
19 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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S4 Ep. 2 / Anxiety Part 1
12 Jul 2023
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S4 Ep. 1 / Wisdom for Life's Common Struggles
05 Jul 2023
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S3 Bonus Episode/ Marty Solomon Conversation
14 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Conversational Counseling we are thrilled to have Marty Solomon, creator and executive producer of The BEMA Podcast join us!...
S3 Ep.7/ Miserable Counselors: Key elements of everyday ministry
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Let’s be honest, sometimes as we walk with one another, we just miss it. None of us are perfect and sometimes we get on people’s nerves and even o...
S3 Ep. 6/ Ministry of Words: Key elements of everyday ministry
24 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
So often when we think about feeling inadequate in ministering to others, it’s because we don’t think we’ll know what to say. We hope by now in ...
S3 Bonus Episode/ A Conversation with Dr. Curt Thompson
17 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Conversational Counseling we are thrilled to have Dr. Curt Thompson share about interpersonal neurobiology and embodying the gospel...
S3 Ep. 5/ Asking Questions: Key elements of everyday ministry
10 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Many of us can think of someone who is just really good at asking questions. It can seem like an unobtainable skill, yet it’s really something we ca...
S3 Ep. 4/ Listening: Key elements of everyday ministry
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
So often, when trouble comes to those we love, we are tempted to be quick to give advice. But the Gospel calls us to listen before we speak. And in ou...
S3 Ep. 3/ Ministry of Presence: Key elements of everyday ministry
24 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If we’re going to care for someone, we have to be present with them. But it’s not just being a body in the room, it’s being truly present. Reall...
S3 Ep. 2/ A Model of Personal Ministry: Key elements of everyday ministry
17 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ministry is to us, before it’s through us. Until we know how to receive it from the Lord, we’re not going to be able to let it flow through us to ...
S3 Ep. 1/ Preparing Our Hearts: Key elements of everyday ministry
10 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This season of Conversational Counseling is all about equipping you with frameworks to be able to minister more fully to those around you in your ever...
S2 Bonus Episode / Sherri Tate's story of forgiveness
28 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Season 2 was all about forgiveness, and we have a special treat for you in this bonus episode... Our dear friend and colleague Sherri Tate shares part...
S2 Ep. 6/ Restore: It's bigger than forgiveness
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This season has been all about forgiveness, both what it is, but also what it isn’t. This episode is about restoration. We have to orient vertically...
S2 Ep. 5/ Reconcile: It's bigger than forgiveness
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This season, we’re talking about forgiveness, both what it is, but also what it isn’t. This episode is about reconciliation. Reconciliation is whe...
S2 Ep. 4/ Overlooking or Confronting: It's bigger than forgiveness
28 Oct 2022
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This whole season, we’re looking at forgiveness… both what it is, but also what it isn’t. Our conversation on this episode is about discerning w...
S2 Ep. 3/ Release: It's bigger than forgiveness
09 Oct 2022
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In this season, we’re looking at forgiveness, both what it is but also what it isn’t. This episode, we talk through what it looks like to release ...
S2 Ep. 2/ Remember: It's bigger than forgiveness
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This season we're looking at forgiveness... what it is, but also what it isn't. In this episode we explore the reality that what we remember, what we ...
S2 Ep. 1/ Receive: It’s bigger than forgiveness
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This season is all about the topic of forgiveness. So often forgiveness is equated with complete repair and restoration of relationships. What we'd li...
S1 Bonus Episode: Introductions
22 Aug 2022
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Welcome to Conversational Counseling, where counseling and discipleship meet! In this episode, Brenda and Alex introduce themselves and their heart fo...
S1 Ep. 6/ Show Up, Shut Up, Speak Up
22 Jun 2022
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The episode in which Brenda and Alex say a "bad" word… listen to find out which one… One of the things that is the biggest danger to good listenin...
S1 Ep. 5/ Character of God: Sovereignty, Wisdom and Love
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, "These Three Things" we talk about are three aspects of God's character; His sovereignty, wisdom and love. There's something particul...
S1 Ep.4/ Gospel Waltz: Confess, Believe, Love
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we explore the themes of confession, belief and love as a beautiful ongoing dance that brings the gospel to life every single day. It is a ...
S1 Ep.3/ The "Tions": Justification, Sanctification, Glorification
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Justification is nothing to prove, nothing to lose. Because God says I'm not guilty, I don't have to prove anything. I don't have anything to lose. I'...
S1 Ep.2/ Superpowers
27 Apr 2022
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If you're asking yourself how you're going to do this, Brenda and Alex offer you some hope to know that you are not alone! For free visuals and discus...
S1 Ep.1/ The Lens: Saint, Sufferer, Sinner
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re suffering, it’s about suffering. If you’re sinning, it’s about suffering. And if we’re driving ourselves to clean up our act and g...