Dr. Rick’s Blog
An LDS shrink talks about life.
YEA! – for Elder Holland’s Talk on Mental Illness
On Saturday Afternoon Session of the 183rd Semiannual General Conference Elder Jeffry R. Holland spoke on mental illness and emotional problems. Wow was I impressed! As a psychologist, I've been to a lot of workshops, college courses, etc etc about mental illness but...
read more5th Sunday and Another Lesson About Porn
I lost count how many "talks" we've been given on pornography, but we just had one more. Obviously, the Bishop feels impressed we have a problem. We're told the presenter was a doctor "with expertise in treatment of pornography addiction." He showed up with his power...
read moreGod’s Plan For Sex
WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORD SEX... What do you think of? Do you think... PORNOGRAPHY IS POISON. Pornography, with its sleazy filth, sweeps over the earth like a horrible, engulfing tide. It is poison. Do not watch it or read it. It will destroy you if you do. It will take...
read moreGot Depression? Do This…
In despair, Joe called - He suffers from severe depression and is often suicidal. - the young man reassured me he has taken his guns to his parents' home. I could hear the panic in his voice as he described the world around him crumbling - He just ran out of his...
read moreSolving Emotional Problems in the Lord’s Way
As part of Heavenly Father's plan of redemption, all of us experience adversity. Trials, disappointments, sadness, sickness, and emotional problems are a difficult part of everyone's life. By learning to approach these problems in the Lord's way we will grow spiritual...
read moreDepression: A Dark Angel
A STORY OF A PROPHET As you read this story, guess who is the "Apostle ?" -soon to be prophet- the story is talking about. On November 9, 1962, "Apostle ?" with a heavy heart, and Brother Stover left from the Salt Lake Airport for Europe. Elders Spencer W. Kimball,...
read morePuberty: The Second Fire
While transporting Young Men along I-15 in Utah to a church activity, there is a giggle from a 13 year-old as he reads the bill board- While teaching at BYU education week a mom told me "My 11 year old daughter and I were watching America's Most Funniest Home Videos...
read moreWhere do thoughts come from?
"I'm Jesus, God has sent me to call you to repentance." The middle age man was in the Weber County Jail medical cell. He rambled on -quoting scriptures etc etc. He refuses medications. "There is no God. I use to believe that nonsense, but not anymore." The first words...
read morePractice What I Preach
Where's last week's blog dr rick? In 1828, the Lord counseled Joseph Smith to "not run faster or labor more than you have strength" (D&C 10:4). King Benjamin gave the Nephites similar counsel: "It is not requisite that a man should run faster than he has strength"...
read moreNot Enough of Me
The Best Bishop Ever! If he was your Bishop you would probably say something like "He is the best ever. He would do anything for anybody. He is always there when you need him. etc etc." Bishop Smith had a busy ward. He had several complexes of low-income housing with...
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