Jean Crane's guest appearances

Jean Crane

The Good Citizen Podcast

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April Bordeau

According to the National Alliance on Mental Health, 1in 5 Americans struggles with a mental health issue. Further, many government officials that we have met with in 2022 have pointed to mental health as a key and complex problem that they are spending time and resources to address. Churches and other ministries are also seeing a rise in these problems, and they are often the first place that people look for help with loneliness, anxiety, grief, addiction, and depression. So, how can we  best serve our communities in the midst of this crisis?  In this interview, I discussed the mental health crisis and the church’s response with April Bordeau and Jean Crane from Care to Change, a professional counseling community of licensed, experienced, highly trained counselors and therapists whose approach to helping people has been built upon a solid foundation of Biblical truth. April Bordeau founded Care to Change, is licensed as a clinical social worker, and has spent more than twenty years helping families overcome the challenges in their lives. You can find her full bio here. Jean Crane has an M.A. in Counseling/Psychology as well as related certifications, has spent fifteen years in the counseling field, and assists with the special counseling needs of missionaries, pastors, and their families. Her full bio is here.  Key takeaways: What led April and Jean into the field of Christian counseling.A practitioner’s overview of the causes of and recent developments in the mental health crisis.How Christians should think through the issue of mental health (Is this primarily a spiritual issue? Are there medical concerns as well? What about the professions/disciplines of psychiatry and psychology?)Thoughts on using evidence-based approaches but from a Biblical foundation.Why April started Care to Change, what makes it unique, and the center’s remarkable growth.What a day in the life of a Christian counselor looks like and how they manage their own mental health (especially relevant to church leaders that provide counseling).A note to parents on helping kids and teens develop and maintain mental health.How churches and committed Christians can impact the mental health crisis. The post #221 How to Impact the Mental Health Crisis with April Bordeau and Jean Crane first appeared on The Good Citizen Project.

According to the National Alliance on Mental Health, <a href="https://www.nami.org/mhstats#:~:text=aged%2010%2D34-,You%20Are%20Not%20Alone,2020%20(14.2%20million%20people)." rel="nofollow" target="_blank">1in 5 Americans struggles with a mental health issue</a>. Further, many government officials that we have met with in 2022 have pointed to mental health as a key and complex problem that they are spending time and resources to address. Churches and other ministries are also seeing a rise in these problems, and they are often the first place that people look for help with loneliness, anxiety, grief, addiction, and depression. So, how can we best serve our communities in the midst of this crisis? In this interview, I discussed the mental health crisis and the church’s response with April Bordeau and Jean Crane from <a href="https://www.caretochange.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Care to Change</a>, a professional counseling community of licensed, experienced, highly trained counselors and therapists whose approach to helping people has been built upon a solid foundation of Biblical truth. April Bordeau founded Care to Change, is licensed as a clinical social worker, and has spent more than twenty years helping families overcome the challenges in their lives. You can find her full bio <a href="https://www.caretochange.org/project/april-bordeau/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Jean Crane has an M.A. in Counseling/Psychology as well as related certifications, has spent fifteen years in the counseling field, and assists with the special counseling needs of missionaries, pastors, and their families. Her full bio is <a href="https://www.caretochange.org/project/1876/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Key takeaways: <ul><li>What led April and Jean into the field of Christian counseling.</li><li>A practitioner’s overview of the causes of and recent developments in the mental health crisis.</li><li>How Christians should think through the issue of mental health (Is this primarily a spiritual issue? Are there medical concerns as well? What about the professions/disciplines of psychiatry and psychology?)</li><li>Thoughts on using evidence-based approaches but from a Biblical foundation.</li><li>Why April started Care to Change, <a href="https://www.caretochange.org/how-were-unique/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">what makes it unique</a>, and the center’s remarkable growth.</li><li>What a day in the life of a Christian counselor looks like and how they manage their own mental health (especially relevant to church leaders that provide counseling).</li><li>A note to parents on helping kids and teens develop and maintain mental health.</li><li>How churches and committed Christians can impact the mental health crisis.</li></ul> The post <a href="https://www.goodcitizen.us/221-how-to-impact-the-mental-health-crisis-with-april-bordeau-and-jean-crane/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#221 How to Impact the Mental Health Crisis with April Bordeau and Jean Crane</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.goodcitizen.us" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Good Citizen Project</a>.