It was an awesome outing and we focused on Children Safety and Child Abuse. It was my second outing there and i asked for feedback about the first visit.  Two canopies filled to overflow. Let me mention three testimonies 

1. A girl said "I don't abuse people again"

2. A boy said "I have started making sure that I am not corrected twice " 

3. A girl said "I have stopped pulling my hair, I love my hair now. And I don't have stomach pain anymore " 

The first time I went there, I told them the connection between Depression and stomach inflammation. This was a Community affair and it involved children from the Home, vulnerable children from the community, mothers, fathers, caregivers, and as many who were walking in to join us.

What a Good Easter Saturday spent with vessels of God sold out to children ministry for several years.

The question and answer session was also in-depth apart from the fact that my group therapy activities are always interactive. It helps to validate what I'm saying, it brings a lot of awareness and it helps people to think of changing to positive behaviours.

I prayed a prayer during my trauma and addiction training last year and I'm seeing a glimpse of it. I told God that I want to be holding Christian Therapy outreaches, revivals and crusades.

I'm glad to see those children reminding me of what I taught them about brain science. Very soon, we'll begin to see rational children leading other children into rational lifestyles to the glory of God.

Using ACE² to explain the negative impact of unsafe environments in grooming a child to become exposed to drugs,  substances and alcohol,  it made The Street Boys find hope in God for their future. 

Poverty and homelessness has a role to play in trauma, addiction and alcoholism. Yet , rejection and stigmatization worsens it. I'm so interested in all my trainings as a professional Christian Therapist..

Detox is a word familiar to those who are in mental health callings and careers. And also among those struggling to come out from addiction and alcoholism! 

Poverty and homelessness creates an atmosphere of depression and trauma.. The use of drugs becomes the coping skills at hand. Without these knowledge, you will be quick to judge any drunk or smoker you see. Of course, prosperity and living in a mansion is not an antedote for it . But my concern is this statement..

Connection helps them in their recovery and it starts when we stop stigmatizing them or not blaming them for causing the unpleasant lifestyle. As we preach the gospel and pray for the deliverance of those who need our intercession, let's be interested also in those who are trusting God for emotional wellness.. 

You can pay for their detox , but most importantly, be there for them. Of course, you will need a large heart to do such. Another thing I take from that lecture ,is the devastating effect of rape on the person raped. Even if it's someone who sleeps around for money. Be first interested in what led to it .

It's going to be hard for me to forget this statement.

The opposite of addiction is CONNECTION, not sobriety which comes from detox ❤️

Christian Therapy is PROFESSIONAL CLINICAL COUNSELING and what is helping me is my Brain Science training.. Leveraging the little neuroscience I know in presenting the gospel of salvation, hope and restoration, is unbelievably awesome .

My love for the brokenhearted and down casted is a gift from the Lord..

 I see these blessed children as victims of being born into such environments they were born or raised.. 

When I analysed narcotics and alcohol to them as a Trauma and Addictions Recovery Christian Therapist, they were dazed. I speak with EMPATHY from a NONJUDGMENTAL approach and I see hearts yearning to hear things like that including the staffs ..

Blessed be God for choosing me to bring this unique ministry to the heartbroken and grieved in the body of Christ especially at such a time as this .Online and onsite invitations are welcomed including trainings and seminars and counselling sessions bookings..

Momma, The Christian Therapist in her world and class with a difference 🍀

VCTMO 5  was Orphanage Christian Therapy.

VCTMO 1.. Remand , VCTMO 2 .. Orphanage , VCTMO 3 .. Orphanage plus Alcohol Use Disorders and Substance Use Disorders, VCTMO 4 &5 Orphanage Trauma therapy..

At VCTMO 4, a student asked this question  "I like science but I love Arts . I'm an Arts student. I find it difficult to pass some subjects like my classmates, e.g. mathematics. What can I do"

This question reflects how much passion he has, not just in having success, but being BETTER THAN OTHERS.. As a therapist, I asked if he was to choose a science course, what would it be? He said robotic engineering. I asked if he could score a "C" in the subjects he's struggling with, like maths, he said yes. So I said,

"You can do robotic engineering during your holiday by searching for international free courses on it .. During school, draw a timetable for your nine subjects, and fix two subjects a day. Discipline yourself in it . If you can score a "C" in those subjects, YOU ALREADY KNOW IT because government requires only credits compulsorily for admission " 

He was surprised. How many problems have I solved for him?

~ Envy which has led to bitterness towards others. Because I asked if he doesn't have wrong feelings towards them, he said yes.

~ Anxiety, not to pass the subjects, but to pass them more than OTHERS 

~ ADHD , showing up as confusion in combining what he loves with what he likes! 

~ Pride, which makes him thinks he should do two careers at the same time to impress OTHERS! 

At VCTMO 5 , one of the students asked me this question  : Can I do four careers together? I said "yes but at different times. Draw out a scale of preference and number the career according to how you want them. Pursue them one after the other and put years in between them"

Several youths and adults are like that. They started when they were small as Jack of all but master of none. Once they can't achieve their unrealistic expectations and goals, they swing to depression and call it satanic attack!

If you know the danger of burnt out, you will set your goals one after the other. Not all unrealised goals are unrealisable , you may be the unrealistic person! Not all unachieved goals are unachievable, you are yet to know the principles of achievers!  

I hope you learnt from this free therapy! We can do all things through Christ, but we need to remember that even Jesus Christ said a builder should be sure he can complete the building project before he starts it. Otherwise he would be mocked if it gets uncompleted.

Momma , The Christian Therapist in her world and class with a difference 

VCTMO 4 :  It was an Exploratory and Explosive sessions, 3hrs 20mins instead of the budgeted 2hrs.. We had two different sessions. 

🍀 Using the case study of Joseph and David to dig out the impact of The Sense of Place,

🍀  Using the story of Moses to illustrate the danger of Inferiority,

I ministered emotional healing to them by the help of the Lord.Extraordinary questions from children you would never know are swimming intentionally and unintentionally in trauma..

And yes,

We were asked to come back again ❤️💃. We've been there twice again. 

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, to preach, intercede and heal the brokenhearted 💔.. Isaiah 61:1 

Momma ✝️ The Christian Therapist 

VCTMO 3 : It was a Trauma and Addiction Recovery Meeting with Street Boys where i used the story of Daniel in Daniel 1:8 for Alcohol Therapy 

We were invited back immediately. 

This is the link of the clips. No pictures or videos because of security reasons. 

Christian Therapist Olufunke Lawrence 

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1AhWDc6MWR/

VCTMO 2 was at an orphanage in Ikorodu,  this February.  It was a Children and adolescents therapy and i used ODD & CBT tagged FOCUS AND OBEDIENCE (the story of Jesus Christ in Shiloh in Luke 2:51-52) ..

I remember that before I got the appointment, they asked how I would be able to relate with the children given the fact that they are young. Even when I arrived today .

I said I was trained on children therapy based on age considering , so the one for age 0-5 will be different from age 5-10 and 10-13 . They asked how I would merge it together, I just laughed.

I started with 

Story story (they said story)

Once upon a time (they said time time)

At the end of the day, their summaries were mind-blowing 😀.Yes, we played and talked and learnt from each other.

Yes , I learnt an unforgettable definition of obedience from them.

VCTMO 3 came up the following  week, we're not stopping and we exceeded ten outings ..

And Jesus said 

Let the children come unto Me, for theirs is the kingdom of God..

Momma ✝️👑 The Christian Therapist 

Since I returned from those girls at Lagos State Special Correctional Center for Girls, it has been TRAUMATISING for me as a mother and as an Intercessor. See how they were accurately quoting bible verses and several chapters, 💔

Immediately I said "I want to use Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Reaction Formation to analyse the story of Absalom" , you need to see their positive facial expressions.

As a therapist, it's important for me to observe the body language of people even when they are pretending. 

I asked if they knew the story of Absalom and about five to seven of them raised up their hands. So I asked one of them to tell me what she knows about Absalom.

My goodness! In two minutes, she summarised 2nd Samuel 15, 16, 17 ..

I asked if that's what others knew about Absalom and almost everyone said yes.

So, it was easy. I told them I want to start from chapter 13 and I first touched chapter 3..

The overwhelming surprise was when I asked if anyone has a question, nobody raised up her hand, so I asked them to tell me what they learnt from the two in one session, beloved it was shocking..

ALL OF THEM gave their summary DIFFERENTLY which shows that they are and swallowed the message. They wrote the message down from the beginning to the end..

I prayed with them and was about to leave when their head girl came to the front and gave a PRAYERFUL VOTE OF THANKS  , I had to hold my tears. I hugged her.

I noticed the facial expressions of the rest, so I asked if they wanted to hug me too , ALL OF THEM ran out to hug me 

Then the Lord reminded me of how I usually hug the women in every prison evangelism I always go in Ibadan for twelve years.. 

Voluntary Christian Therapy Missions and Outreaches is a vision the Lord gave to me towards the end of December last year. And I started this January. I don't waste time to obey God in going anywhere He sends me because a day of delay may cost what I can't pay ..

One VCTMO is done, another one is coming up this afternoon. 

From remands and orphanages, I would be moving to rehabs with Addiction Recovery therapies from the angle of Brain Science in Christian Therapy.

From them to youth organisations, and then, single mums and widows organisations.

And of course, I will soon visit children and teenagers departments in churches, maybe the church will wake up because majority of those beautiful girls I met yesterday are very sound in Scriptures more than many adults, and from prayerful Christian families! When I spoke to them the impact of the brain on thoughts words and behaviours, they knew why they did what they did that brought them there! 

I trained in Clinical psychotherapy (Nigeria) and in Masters of Arts in Christian Therapy (USA) and also, Brain Science in Christian Therapy (USA) apart from the Missiology I did almost seventeen years ago. Plus about fifteen international certificate courses to be better equipped. 

Momma 👑 ✝️ The Christian Therapist in her world and class..