It doesn't work to gaslight ourselves. You know, and so when we say emotions are bad, we are left to either numb, gaslight ourselves, invalidate, pretend like they're not really there when they are, or spiritually bypass.

Dear young married couple, have you ever found yourself thinking or feeling things and immediately thought, I shouldn't

be feeling these things?

Well, today we are talking with Dr. Allison Cook.

She is an expert at this topic, this subject, and she is an author, a therapist, and

clinician.

And we really dive into emotions, not just how to name those emotions. That's the

first part of the interview, but also what to do about them from a Christian perspective. Yeah,

I found it so refreshing, too, because we actually kind of get practical. Yes. And you're going to

find a lot of things to immediately apply to your own life.

So you're going to totally love this episode.

Dr. Alison Cook has a master's in counseling and then also a doctorate, which is a joint degree in religion and psychology.

And her doctoral dissertation explored the connection between

religion and prejudice. So she's constantly thinking through a biblical framework in her clinical work,

which we love. That's near and dear to our heart when our aim here at Dear Young Mary couple

is to be biblically based and scientifically sound. So you find that in this interview.

Dr. Allison Cook, we're so thankful you could be on the podcast with this.

Thanks for having me. I'm so happy to be here with you.

Well, we're a big fan of your work, and we have read and recommended your work to clients over the last couple of years.

And we're grateful that you're joining us today

specifically to talk about emotions and the guilt we feel over certain emotions over the years.

What kinds of emotions do you find people coming to you with that they feel guilty about?

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