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peacebringer -> RE: Theophostic Prayer Ministry (7/23/2008 5:18:22 PM)
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I have never received training nor researched it extensively.
Here is a general article with a good overview. http://www.religioustolerance.org/theophostic3.htm
Reading over the information and as a mental health professional I would have serious issues with that approach. Anyone going looking for something may well find something, something that isn't there. I believe that when there are issues of abuse and repressed memories, they will come to surface at the appropriate time, as God leads. No need for a prayer or counseling technique to go looking for things to go wrong.
I also would have trouble with the heavy attribution to demonic.
A positive focus is that of looking past and getting beyond deception but it leaves wide open prospects for anyone to be deceived. From what I just read, I would personally have no interest in being "trained" in TPM.
Another concern I would have, for those that are trained in TPM, they are "not counselors" and there can be all sorts of serious mental health issues that may not be recognized or attended to. If someone who is manic partakes in such a setting, I can see all sorts of weird things coming up. If someone was psychotic, this clearly wouldn't be helpful.
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