When Your Teen’s Depressed and Anxious: Dr. Ed Welch
Skyrocketing numbers of anxiety, depression, and self-harm can be downright intimidating to parents of teens. Psychologist Dr. Ed Welch offers you-can-do-this guidance to shape a home environment that welcomes, supports, heals—and helps kids navigate their way to hope.
Show Notes
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About the Guest
Ed Welch
Edward T. Welch, MDiv, PhD, is a licensed psychologist and faculty member at CCEF. He earned a PhD in counseling
(neuropsychology) from the University of Utah and has a Master
of Divinity degree from Biblical Theological Seminary.
Welch has been counseling for over forty years and has written
extensively on the topics of depression, fear, and addictions.
His biblical counseling books include Shame Interrupted, When
People Are Big and God Is Small, Addictions: A Banquet in the Grave, Depression: Looking Up from the Stubborn Darkness, Running Scared: Fear, Worry, and the God of Rest, A Small Book about a Big Problem, A Small Book for the Anxious Heart, A Small Book about Why We Hide, and I Have a Psychiatric Diagnosis.