Lies My Therapist Told Me, Greg E. Gifford
Lies My Therapist Told Me, Greg E. Gifford
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Lies My Therapist Told Me
Why Christians Should Aim for More Than Just Treating Symptoms

Author: Greg E. Gifford

Narrator: Greg E. Gifford, Todd Friel

Unabridged: 9 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/27/2025


Synopsis

READ BY THE AUTHOR"Few books combine theological precision with practical wisdom as skillfully as Lies My Therapist Told Me." — Jonny Ardavanis"Dr. Gifford is an incredible resource." — Allie Beth StuckeyFrom beloved Christian counselor, professor, and podcaster Greg Gifford comes a bold and balanced critique of the mental health establishment.Too many people are caught in a vicious cycle of visiting every doctor, psychiatrist, psychologist, and therapist in their area only to find frustrating labels and numbing medications at the end of each path. Rather than eradicating anxiety in the same way vaccines conquered smallpox, the mental health establishment has seen the number of diagnoses and prescriptions skyrocket on its watch.How did we get here? And does Christianity have any answers for this mental health crisis? In Lies My Therapist Told Me, Dr. Greg Gifford delivers the definitive Christian critique of secular psychiatry and psychology. With encouragement, humor, and conviction, Gifford:• Debunks mental health myths such as “the body keeps the score” and “addiction is a disease.”
• Offers biblical insights and solutions for struggles like anxiety, narcissism, OCD, and Binge Eating Disorder.
• Points to Christ and the power of the Gospel as the all-sufficient answer for our fears and frailties.This book brings clarity where secular therapy has created confusion, and offers hope even for those struggling with the hard cases. Through deep research, biblical teaching, and the inspiring stories of real counselees, he shows why we can’t blame the past—or even a diagnosis—for our bad behavior, and why our society’s growing unhappiness is not primarily a medical issue.With a foreword by Todd Friel of Wretched Radio, this book is a must-read for counselors and counselees alike. You can read all the mental health research in the world, but you still won’t learn God’s answers for winning the battles in your mind. Lies My Therapist Told Me is a powerful, cutting-edge argument that the supernatural wisdom of the Bible is truly enough for every need.

About Greg E. Gifford

Greg E. Gifford is the host of the Transformed podcast and television series, the Chair of the School of Biblical Studies at The Master’s University, and a fellow at Fortis Institute. He is also the Pastor of Counseling at Faith Community Church in Santa Clarita, CA. He holds a PhD in Biblical Counseling from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, an MA in Biblical Counseling from The Master’s University, and a BA in Pastoral Ministry from Baptist Bible College. He served as a captain in the United States Army from 2008–2012 and is the author of Helping Your Family Through PTSD and Heart & Habits, which won the Biblical Counseling Book of the Year for 2021. He is married to his high school sweetheart, and they reside in California with their three sons.

About Todd Friel

Todd Friel is the host of Wretched TV & Radio, the executive director of Fortis Institute, and a pastor at Alpharetta Bible Church. He has produced of over two dozen Bible study courses and authored several books and evangelistic booklets. 


Reviews

Goodreads review by Dave on August 31, 2025

Gifford exposes how much modern therapy rests on secular assumptions about identity and change, and how much of the same has made its way into Christian counseling. He presses readers to test whether the “truths” they’re receiving are genuinely biblical, warning against misplaced trust in diagnoses,......more