Mental Health Care & The Art of Self-Regulation

Pastor Dr Bill Reese

• Publisher: PageTurner Press and Media
• Year: 2021
• eBook ISBN: 9781638711926
• Edition: 1

We are now living in perilous times. People, in general, need to be proactive despite what America calls the new normal. Mental health can be challenging because of anxiety, depression, loneliness, affecting our mental health, these are real issues that must be addressed properly.

The book mental health care and the art of self-regulation is designed to help us understand a little about mental health, things we can do for self-care, talking points as to how we can help and support others during a crisis. The ability to create wholesome conversations around mental health, creating that safe place, with the family unity, while at church and with the beloved community.

The book is about bringing about mental health awareness, education, and inclusion. Learning how to create a stigma-free environment around total inclusion. Learning how to self-regulate and manage personal behaviors, things we can do for self-calming and redirecting behaviors and how to properly deescalate.

There are biblical and scriptural meditations, lived in stories of how others have learned self-regulating methods helping all to live a better day.

Copyright © 2021 by Pastor Dr Bill Reese

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Created in the United States of America

ISBN: Softcover 978-1-63871-191-9

eBook 978-1-63871-192-6

Republished by: PageTurner Press and Media LLC

Publication Date: 05/12/2021

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Mental Health Care
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The Art of
Self-Regulation

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments v

Introduction 1

Chapter One: Mental Health Awareness The family, the church & the Community 12

Chapter Two: Mental Health Visionary The Ability to Hear See and Understand 18

Anxiety Disorders 25

Behavioral Disorders 25

Eating Disorders 25

Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders 26

Mood Disorders 26

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 26

Personality Disorders 26

Psychotic Disorders 26

Suicidal Behavior 26

Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders 26

Spiritual Support 31

Partnership Support 31

Chapter Three: The In-depth look at Mental Health 34

Chapter Four: What We Need to Know Mental Health Disparity & Inequality. 41

Chapter Five: Mental Health Stories The Art of Self-regulation 46

Nicole Traphan 47

Rhonda’s Bio 49

Eugenia Kleinpeter 55

Ed Stetzer 61

Chapter Six: Mental Health from a Biblical Regulation the Prophet Elijah 62

Elijah, a Preacher Just Like Us 65

Elijah’s Collapse and Restoration 67

Lessons from Elijah’s Story 72

Chapter Seven: Biblical Meditations Working together with Medications 75

Chapter Eight: Mental Health Inclusion within Our Family, Church, and Community 91

Chapter Nine: Mental Health Our Church & Community 96

Chapter 10: Mental Health the Art &
strategy of Self-Regulation 104

Acknowledgments

First and foremost, all thanks be unto God and Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord who has caused all grace to abound in all things. Blessings to all the pastors, church leaders, our first responders and our community care providers for their leadership and unwavering support of emotional and mental health care, especially during the coronavirus pandemic that has pledged so many.

A special thank you to Associate Pastor Sonya Hosey, Minister Eugenia Kleinpeter, Rev. Wendel Hosey, Re. Joseph Reese & Minister Anasa Brooks, Nicole Traphan, and First Lady Dollie Reese, for their wisdom and knowledge of the need to further enhance awareness and education of mental health issues within churches and our beloved communities. A special thank you to Rhonda Franklin Romar and Nicole Traphan for sharing stories about themselves and their families with conviction. Their stories demonstrate that there is hope for all of us to overcome our daily struggles. Their willingness to be transparent is a testimony within itself of their love for Jesus, and others. Sharing their stories around self-regulation modeling survival skills for life.

A special thank you to Josephine Gurch for writing her blog, a weekly digest of news in Texas and beyond—“The rural church creating inclusion through education”—here at God’s Way Christian Baptist Church, Taylor Texas.

I want to thank Life Steps, Bluebonnet Trails Community Services, and a special thanks to the Hogg Foundation for its support in providing the o...

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