Deeper Together Podcast

Hear from our newest counselor at Connection Point, Becky Yount. She shares about what brought her into biblical counseling, a surprising famous friendship she had as a young woman, and her favorite things about counseling. For more information about training, or if you or someone you know would benefit from Biblical counseling, please visit https://connect-point.org/Podcast Host: Joe BrinkmannSpecial Guest: Becky YountWritten By: Joe BrinkmannMusic By: Yrii Semchyshyn from PixabayEdited By: Trisha AdamsProduced and Directed By: Connection Point Biblical Counseling and Training CenterCopyright 2025, All Rights Reserved

Our very own Connection Point Counselor, Shaylee Harper, discusses why consultation groups are so helpful. If you are currently providing counsel to others in some form, this is something you will want to hear. Shaylee shares some of her own experiences with consultation groups and offers some helpful advice on how to sharpen skills and stay out of burn out. Also, learn how to join a Connection Point consultation group right now. For more information about training, or if you or someone you know would benefit from Biblical counseling, please visit https://connect-point.org/Podcast Host: Joe BrinkmannSpecial Guest: Shaylee HarperWritten By: Joe BrinkmannMusic By: Yrii Semchyshyn from PixabayEdited By: Trisha AdamsProduced and Directed By: Connection Point Biblical Counseling and Training CenterCopyright 2025, All Rights Reserved

In this episode we interview Dr. Jordan Williams (PhD in Biblical Counseling from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) who wrote his dissertation on a biblical approach to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. We look at a definition of OCD, how to approach it biblically, personal stories, and the main factors to consider. For more information about training, or if you or someone you know would benefit from Biblical counseling, please visit https://connect-point.org/Podcast Host: Joe BrinkmannSpecial Guest: Jordan WilliamsWritten By: Joe BrinkmannMusic By: Yrii Semchyshyn from PixabayEdited By: Trisha AdamsProduced and Directed By: Connection Point Biblical Counseling and Training CenterCopyright 2025, All Rights Reserved

John Kim is a pastor and counselor in the Atlanta area. He brings a wealth of perspective not only from his role as pastor in a PCA church plant but also as a Korean-American. In this episode we'll get into what it means to counsel as a pastor, how to navigate cultural issues, and getting to the heart of biblical transformation. For more information about training, or if you or someone you know would benefit from Biblical counseling, please visit https://connect-point.org/Podcast Host: Joe BrinkmannSpecial Guest: John KimWritten By: Joe BrinkmannMusic By: Yrii Semchyshyn from PixabayEdited By: Trisha AdamsProduced and Directed By: Connection Point Biblical Counseling and Training CenterCopyright 2025, All Rights Reserved

Counselor and domestic abuse advocate, Sydney Millage, joins us again for a conversation on the differences between counseling and advocating in situations of domestic abuse. Learn more about the importance of rightly addressing these sensitive situations. For more information about training, or if you or someone you know would benefit from Biblical counseling, please visit https://connect-point.org/Podcast Host: Joe BrinkmannSpecial Guest: Sydney MillageWritten By: Joe BrinkmannMusic By: Yrii Semchyshyn from PixabayEdited By: Trisha AdamsProduced and Directed By: Connection Point Biblical Counseling and Training CenterCopyright 2025, All Rights Reserved

This is not a topic that is fun to discuss, but we feel it is a very important one. Angelia Dittmeier (PhD) shares with us a Biblical perspective on verbal oppression and abuse. We will look at what verbal oppression and abuse are and how they show up in marriages. We will also explore how the church and biblical counselors can best approach this issue. For more information about training, or if you or someone you know would benefit from Biblical counseling, please visit https://connect-point.org/ Podcast Host: Joe Brinkmann Special Guest: Angelia Dittmeier Written By: Joe Brinkmann Music By: Yrii Semchyshyn from Pixabay Edited By: Trisha Adams Produced and Directed By: Connection Point Biblical Counseling and Training Center Copyright 2025, All Rights Reserved

In this episode we will review our first season and highlight the best parts. We're excited to be heading into our second season starting in January. Stay tuned! For more information about training, or if you or someone you know would benefit from Biblical counseling, please visit https://connect-point.org/ Podcast Host: Joe Brinkmann Special Guest: Trisha Adams and Angela Shelton Written By: Joe Brinkmann Music By: Yrii Semchyshyn from Pixabay Edited By: Trisha Adams Produced and Directed By: Connection Point Biblical Counseling and Training Center Copyright 2024, All Rights Reserved

Connection Point counselor, Sarah May, joins us again to talk about the emotional life of teenagers. She shares some helpful insights as well as ways we can help our teens as parents. For more information about training, or if you or someone you know would benefit from Biblical counseling, please visit www.connect-point.org. Podcast Host: Joe Brinkmann Special Guest: Sarah May Written By: Joe Brinkmann Music By: Yrii Semchyshyn from Pixabay Edited By: Trisha Adams Produced and Directed By: Connection Point Biblical Counseling and Training Center Copyright 2024, All Rights Reserved

As a church planter in Denmark, Pastor Christian Roth talks about the value of biblical counseling in a secular context. Listen as he and host, Joe Brinkmann, discuss the role of Scripture and how it relates to people's particular cultural and spiritual contexts. This conversation will especially appeal to those who practice biblical counseling or those who have a pastoral role. If you would like to follow the work Christian is doing in the Nordics, please follow: https://norden.thegospelcoalition.org/ For more information about training, or if you or someone you know would benefit from Biblical counseling, please visit www.connectionpointcounseling.org. Podcast Host: Joe Brinkmann Special Guest: Christian Roth Written By: Joe Brinkmann Music By: Yrii Semchyshyn from Pixabay Edited By: Trisha Adams Produced and Directed By: Connection Point Biblical Counseling and Training Center Copyright 2024, All Rights Reserved

Sometimes an overlooked relationship, foster care is a sensitive and significant part of many people's lives in the church. Connection Point counselor, Steve Worth, brings a unique perspective to the subject from his work in the foster care world. Listen as he connects the dots between the dynamics of foster care and biblical counseling. If you would like to learn more about getting involved in foster care, please visit https://faithbridgefostercare.org. For more information about training, or if you or someone you know would benefit from Biblical counseling, please visit www.connectionpointcounseling.org. Podcast Host: Joe Brinkmann Special Guest: Steve Worth Written By: Joe Brinkmann Music By: Yrii Semchyshyn from Pixabay Edited By: Trisha Adams Produced and Directed By: Connection Point Biblical Counseling and Training Center Copyright 2024, All Rights Reserved

Dr. Nate Brooks and host Joe Brinkmann open up about their shared experiences of living with a loved one with chronic illness and pain. Honest, raw, and personal, they share resources for counselors and communities, book recommendations, and practical suggestions for navigating all aspects of chronic illnesses; acknowledging grief, how to avoid personal burnout while caring for loved ones in pain, how to care for those in your life who suffer from chronic illness, and how to support others who are living with loved ones in chronic pain as a community. Dr. Nate Brooks serves as an Associate Professor of Counseling at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is a board member for the Christian Trauma Healing Network, and has published articles in Christianity Today, Biblical Counseling Coalition, and The Gospel Coalition. His book, "In Sickness and In Health" is set to publish Spring, 2025 - and we wait with eager anticipation for this wonderful resource to hit the shelves. For more information about training, or if you or someone you know would benefit from Biblical counseling, please visit www.connectionpointcounseling.org. Podcast Host: Joe Brinkmann Special Guest: Dr. Nate Brooks Written By: Joe Brinkmann Music By: Yrii Semchyshyn from Pixabay Edited By: Trisha Adams Produced and Directed By: Connection Point Biblical Counseling and Training Center Copyright 2024, All Rights Reserved

Christians have often emphasized the soul in sanctification, but is that a biblically accurate way to approach our lives? What about the body? Lainey Greer (PhD in Systematic Theology) joins us to discuss the role of the body in counseling and overall Godly living. We will address topics like food, exercise, sexuality, and the relationship between body and soul. If you want to follow Lainey, please visit her website yourbodymatters.org. Also, you can find a helpful resource she has written here. For more information about training, or if you or someone you know would benefit from Biblical counseling, please visit www.connectionpointcounseling.org. Podcast Host: Joe Brinkmann Special Guest: Lainey Greer Written By: Joe Brinkmann Music By: Yrii Semchyshyn from Pixabay Edited By: Trisha Adams Produced and Directed By: Connection Point Biblical Counseling and Training Center Copyright 2024, All Rights Reserved

We have the privilege of partnering with a ministry in South Korea that works with individuals who have fled North Korea. This is made possible, in part, by our counselors Ruth and Daniel Kim who are working to create more biblical counseling resources in the Korean language. In this episode you will hear from Dr. Kim (PhD in Biblical Counseling from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) as he explains why biblical counseling is so important in the Korean context. You will also hear about an opportunity to partner with us as we begin this new venture. Please visit https://connectionpointcounseling.org/korean-initiative/ for more information. For more information about training, or if you or someone you know would benefit from Biblical counseling, please visit connectionpointcounseling.org. Podcast Host: Joe Brinkmann Special Guest: Dr. Daniel Kim Written By: Joe Brinkmann Music By: Yrii Semchyshyn from Pixabay Edited By: Trisha Adams Produced and Directed By: Connection Point Biblical Counseling and Training Center Copyright 2024, All Rights Reserved

We all know of professional counseling where you make an appointment, pay money, and sit in a counselor's office. But what about getting counseling from the average person in your church? Is this OK? When is it most effective? In this episode we talk with Rob Brown, a lay counselor, who counsels others in his church. Rob is normal. He teaches music. The church needs people like Rob. For more information about training, or if you or someone you know would benefit from Biblical counseling, please visit www.connectionpointcounseling.org. Podcast Host: Joe Brinkmann Special Guest: Rob Brown Written By: Joe Brinkmann Music By: Yrii Semchyshyn from Pixabay Edited By: Trisha Adams Produced and Directed By: Connection Point Biblical Counseling and Training Center Copyright 2024, All Rights Reserved

There are many facets to trauma, and dissociation is one that many people are not as familiar with. Angela Shelton explains what it is and how it works. She also looks at how Scripture speaks to the dynamics inherent within dissociation. If you are interested in taking her course on dissociation please fill out this form: https://connectionpointcounseling.org/dissociation-course-interest/ For more information about training, or if you or someone you know would benefit from Biblical counseling, please visit www.connectionpointcounseling.org. Podcast Host: Joe Brinkmann Special Guest: Angela Shelton Written By: Joe Brinkmann Music By: Yrii Semchyshyn from Pixabay Edited By: Trisha Adams Produced and Directed By: Connection Point Biblical Counseling and Training Center Copyright 2024, All Rights Reserved