The Case for Christian Psychotherapy

April 24, 2007January 5, 20106 Comments

by Rob Vitaro
(Presented on April 23, 2007, DeSales University PS455 Senior Seminar)

For the most part, science today does not like to get involved with religion. The idea that one must accept truth without having first put it through the scientific method, testing quantifiable evidence over and over to lend credence to a sound theory, does not make any rational sense. Most scientists would rather leave the two apart as mutually exclusive areas of study that have no business overlapping. Even so, there have been some that have tried to use science as a means to disprove religion. And there are still others in the scientific community who find science to be one of the many tools used to more fully understand the world that they believe to have been created by God. When dealing especially with the social sciences, not to incorporate religion into the human equation seems almost ludicrous, as approximately 90% of the U.S population has some kind of religious belief (Jones, 1996). Given that only 50% of psychologists have religious beliefs (Jones, 1996), it’s not surprising to see that psychotherapists advocate against incorporating their own personal beliefs and value systems into their therapeutic orientation. The following, though, is an attempt to show that all psychotherapists, whether they will admit it or not, do incorporate their beliefs into their practice, and as such professional Christian psychotherapists have their place alongside them.
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Tamara Draut’s Strapped = CRAP

August 4, 2006January 5, 2010

It’s the government’s fault.

That, in a nutshell, is Tamara Draut’s explanation for the bi-line to her book Strapped: Why America’s 20- and 30-Somethings Can’t Get Ahead. In true pessimistic liberal form, Draut whines and complains for over 200 pages about the increasing costs of higher education, the rising costs of homes, the low wages everybody is receiving, and (most importantly, mind you) the uncaring government that just sits back and watches us all squirm and die without lending a hand like it’s supposed to. When (and if) you get to the final chapter, what follows is her socialist plan for fixing everything: higher taxes to further the redistribution of wealth, more government regulations, and more government handouts. I could write a book myself countering every one of her paragraphs, but instead I’ll just address the major issues she brings up.

The Selfishness of Postmodernism: The Assault on Today’s Marriages and Families

May 24, 2006January 5, 20106 Comments

by Rob Vitaro

A philosophy isn’t just some string of deep thoughts that philosophers think up and talk about with other philosophers. It is a complete manner of thinking that affects every action a person chooses to perform. A philosophy can shape a culture through art, the writing of books, political action, and, in the case of today, the other seemingly limitless forms of mass media. Philosophies have the potential for great positive change, such as the Enlightenment, or for dire consequences. Postmodernism is a philosophy which falls into the category of the latter. It has wrought in our current culture a selfish society that has begun to erode away at marriage and families, the oldest social institutions known to mankind.