Welcome to Season 1, Episode 5 of the Being Human Podcast: The Frame

 In this episode, we talk about:

• The kind of life we were created for
• The current frame of secular psychotherapy
• The difference it could make to have daily interaction between therapist and patient as a part of daily life

Resources mentioned or relevant:

• “Christ reveals man to himself and makes his divine calling clear.” - Redemptor Hominis
• To learn more about therapy offered by the CatholicPsych...

Welcome to Season 1, Episode 4 of the Being Human Podcast: How Did We Get Here?

 In this episode, we talk about:

• Understanding the human person through Church Fathers like St. Augustine
• Mistakes being the way we grow
• The historical development of psychotherapy
• The need for a shift in how therapy is delivered

Resources mentioned or relevant:

• The Confessions of St. Augustine
• Sigmund Freud
• Carl Rogers
• To learn more about therapy offered by the CatholicPsych Institute, click here.
• ...

Welcome to Season 1, Episode 3 of the Being Human Podcast: Where is God in Psychology? 

 In this episode, we talk about:

• The place for God in the field of Psychology
• God as the agent of change in our lives
• The need for God to reveal to us what it means to be human.

Resources mentioned or relevant:

• To learn more about therapy offered by the CatholicPsych Institute, click here.
• To read the CatholicPsych blog, click here.
• For more resources from the CatholicPsych Institute, click...

Welcome to Season 1, Episode 2 of the Being Human Podcast: The Human Blueprint 

 In this episode, we talk about:

• How good it is that you exist!
• The need for a blueprint of what a “human being” is
• The error in worshipping at the altar of “science”
• Flaws in the secular field of psychotherapy

Resources mentioned or relevant:

• Dr. Peter Kreeft on Moral Relativism
• To learn more about therapy offered by the CatholicPsych Institute, click here.
• To read the...

Welcome to Season 1, Episode 1 of the Being Human Podcast: The Beginning 

 In this episode, we talk about:

• What “Being Human” means
• Dr. Greg Bottaro’s personal journey to becoming a psychotherapist
• The conversation that is needed about a Catholic vision of psychotherapy

Resources mentioned or relevant:

• Dr. Peter Kreeft
• Franciscan University of Steubenville
• Franciscan Friars of the Renewal
• Fr. Benedict Groeschel, CFR
• Divine Mercy University (formerly Institute...

In the encyclical put forth by Pope Francis back in 2013 titled On Faith (Lumen Fidei), he talks about faith as being a guiding light for us.  I remember reading it with my psychology lenses on, and had a few thoughts to share, especially as we now find ourselves in such dark times.

The introduction to the encyclical reminds us that Christ says, “I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.” It is this distinction...

Introducing the Being Human Podcast from Dr. Gregory Bottaro and the CatholicPsych Institute! It's a year of big changes from CatholicPsych, one of which is this podcast - tune in to hear all the news!

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“Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross.” (Ph 2:5-8)

The reality of the Incarnation is one of the greatest mysteries of the Christian faith. If we don't stammer and stutter in its recitation, stumbling over ways to think about...

As we near the end of what has been an unpredictable and difficult year for many, it's important to recall simple ways we can increase peace and joy in our lives. In an interview from 2014, Pope Francis shared his list of 10 ways to find happiness; these guidelines are worth revisiting as we prepare for Christmas, the feast during which we celebrate the coming of the Prince of Peace into our world and our hearts. (These principles are based on a more...

~This is a post written by guest blogger Sean Faulkner, LPC, a CatholicPsych Institute psychotherapist. 

There are many ways that we try to define ourselves. We so often seek to determine our identity based on what we do, what we like, our vices, our personality type, our relationship status, our illnesses, and the list goes on. 

But are we really just “the attorney” or “the foodie,” “the addict,” "the schizophrenic," or “the...