Counselee

“Without Lizabeth’s work through MMI, I don’t believe I would still be alive today. Having a history of depression and after a painful divorce and losing custody of my children, I felt like my life was over. I had no purpose or value. Planning suicide, the unforgivable sin, by starving myself, my family had me hospitalized. Afterwards, when unable to work due to a disabling disease, and seeing psychiatrists, psychologists, secular counselors, support groups, inpatient treatments and, after many antidepressants nothing touched my problems, I resorted to isolating myself again except when with my children. Lizabeth has been counseling me for over a year now for depression, anxiety, and panic attacks as well. I was raised as a Christian, but I had lost my way in life. She has been helping me understand how my anger at God, myself and others has deeply affected me, how I had made my mother and my children the idols in my life, the things I lived for instead of my personal relationship with Christ. Learning how to pray, how to receive forgiveness from God for myself and to forgive others, as well as learning to make God the person I live for and find my identity in, has changed my life. I am still a work in progress and meet with Lizabeth weekly. Although I still have my dark days, I have a renewed faith, knowing God is with me always and I now see my purpose clearer and the important job of letting my children and others see God’s work in me.”