How can your local church help effectively address mental health issues in your community? In this week's conversation on FrontStage BackStage, host Jason Daye is joined by Dr. Amy Trout. Amy is a psychologist who's the founder and director of a private practice, Cornerstone Consultants. She also serves as the Chief Education Officer at Counterpoise. She's the co-author of a new book entitled Beyond the Clinical Hour. Together, Amy and Jason look at the breadth of the current mental health crisis. Amy also shares some creative ways that the local church can partner with professional counselors to help address the mental health issues in your local community.

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Some key takeaways from this conversation:

Amy Trout on the concerning gap between the number of people who have mental health challenges and those who are actually receiving care for them: "Less than half of the people identified as having mental health challenges are actually receiving care."

Amy Trout on how the church's established presence makes it a comfortable and instinctive option for people to seek support: "The fact that the church is an institution that's already such a part of people's lives, worlds, and communities, it can be a natural place for them to turn."

Amy Trout on the organic development of trust within a relationship: "Trust is best grown through a natural relationship."
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