Listen FaithFlex Fam, I need to talk about something Dr. Stacy Haynes said on this week's episode. It stopped me in my tracks. Some pastors see counselors as competition. I know this world. I grew up in it. The pastor was always the counselor. You did not go to therapy. You went to the altar. And scripture backs pursuing wise counsel through your church home. But here is where some leaders still get stuck. A pastor with no clinical training cannot treat trauma. Cannot treat grief. Cannot wa

When Prayer Isn't Enough: Faith, Therapy & the Mental Health Conversation the Church Can't Keep Avoiding The church has been avoiding this conversation for too long — and it's costing people their well-being, their relationships, and sometimes their lives. In this episode of the FaithFlex Podcast, Monica sits down with Dr. Stacy Haynes, LPC — licensed mental health therapist with 25 years of clinical experience, children's pastor, and women's conference speaker — for the mental health conversa