Welcome.

I believe in the power of truth.  I also believe in the power of freedom.  I am neverendingly impressed at how truth sets us free, and how freedom opens us up to the truth.

Though I have some posts that are personal to me, this is my ministry site.  I post articles about all kinds of things that are of interest to me… and I also find great joy in answering, or at trying to answer, or at least discussing, questions.  Feel free to ask them here.

Most of my work hours are spent serving at southspring.org. Check out the amazing ministry there.

I’m now the author of a book, which I co-authored with my son, Mark. It’s based on the two decades of experience I have counseling couples and pastoring families. It’s called Sex and Marriage: Unlocking and Restoring the Power of Sex through Biblical and Psychological Insight. Head over Amazon to grab a copy or go to the “book release” page to learn more about it.

I am also the lead therapist at the Alethia Counseling Center in Tyler, Texas, and I love the team of Counselors we have here.

I want to introduce you to our team of counselors at the offices:

You can meet them HERE at Alethia’s website.

If you are interested in scheduling with any of us, call us at 903 561 8955 today!

If you are more interested in browsing my articles, then your best bet might be the categories list to the right.  If you are interested in me writing an article on a given topic, you can request it in any comments section… I will try to get to it as soon as I can!

I will continue to post all new articles here as well as on the targeted site, so either option should still give you the chance to find what you are looking for.

Typically, my series, sermons and seminars will be found at: Talks.

Thanks for stopping in. God Bless you and Keep you.

Chris

More Information on my specific Counseling

My style of therapy is generally called “eclectic” which really just means I make use of many different styles and techniques of counseling.  I believe that every human life has intrinsic value, including yours.  No amount of pain, guilt, shame, regret, resentment, anger, depression, depravity, or brokenness can change that.  Every person has a story that is worth hearing, no matter how much hurt, love, purpose, abandonment or normality that life includes or lacks.

A big part of why I believe what I just said is that I am a proclaimed follower of Jesus, The Christ, into Life, death, and Life again.  I think life can often feel a lot like a series of life and death patterns.  I believe it is hopeful to know that those are a parable of the larger Epic story.  I believe in a Creator, and I therefore rationally think the most foundational thing in life is to have a right relationship with our Creator.

It seems reasonable to me that it would be impossible to over-estimate philosophically how important it would be for a created thing to know its creator.  After doing decades of research, of the major views on this problem, only Christianity has been able to offer what I consider the most reasonable answers. So, with that understanding, I am a Christian therapist.

However, as a “style” I am not exclusively what is called a “biblical counselor” nor do I offer counseling only for other Christians. Far from it. I agree with the way I was taught: I expose my faith, but am careful not to impose my faith on my clients. It isn’t always an easy integration, but that is my goal. The main way that my faith and philosophy impact my counseling is in regards to truth. I believe in the power of truth to set us free (John 8:31). I think it is vitally important for everyone to be able to acknowledge the truth about their lives – this point is also made in Orwell’s “1984” when it is noted that true freedom begins with the freedom to speak the truth.

Until we can say what we know is true, we are still bound. I make use of reality therapy techniques, Gestalt work, psychotherapy, Jungian archetypes, personality theory, paradoxical work, REBT, transactional analysis, and virtually anything else I come across that works and fits within what I believe is true.

I believe that each human being is so complex and unique that no one therapeutic theory covers everyone. Generally, I talk to people for about 50 minutes in the session, but the real work comes in the hours of integration in-between sessions. I encourage people to deal with the past and not ignore it – to speak the truth about their past. This is not about living in the past. Understanding, speaking and accepting the truth about our past is a work of the present.

I also encourage people to face the present and future honestly. Reality therapy becomes vital when dealing with the present. I think that many more people could really benefit from counseling than get it. It takes a certain level of emotional health to be able to risk coming in. Coming to counseling the first time can be pretty tough, so I applaud anyone strong enough to do it, especially those who are able to come in before they are in stage 4 sickness… Counseling isn’t meant to last forever, so come in with some specific goals and you and I will work together to identify and deal with those and any others that arise.

Final words for this section: beware of coming in for counseling when it is storming and the roof is leaking, and then quitting when the rain quits rather than when the roof is repaired.

Any questions?

4 thoughts on “Welcome.

  1. I have always been a huge fan of yours through your teachings in Womenary. Have taken all your courses. I recently moved back to Houston. I think you remember me as someone at Halloween who came dressed up as a biker. Anyway, I have a grandson named Tom , who would be a senior in college but has dropped out as he wasn’t studying so my son refused to pay tuition. His sister is to be a councilor at pine Cove in Columbus this summer. She goes to Texas A and M. I think you are so wise. I would like advise on how to handle Tom as he is wandering at the moment. I’m afraid he will fall into bad habits if he doesn’t get on right track soon.

    1. Good to hear from you, Sarah! You can always email me at chrismlegg@gmail.com for more communication. I am glad to hear of a grandmother concerned for her grandchild. My own grandmother was a source for sanity in my life for sure. Do you ever get time with him? Would he be willing to sit down and talk with you? Maybe you could be a godly adult who could listen for a long time before sharing your own thoughts? Young people deeply need that for sure.

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