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I recently came across your website and wanted to say thanks for what you guys are doing!  I'm ordering your book tonight and look forward to reading it!

I am currently working at [a mental health clinic] as a [case manager] in the children's department... It has been a blessing at times when I am able to share the Lord but draining and very conflicting when they want me to assess people and label people in a way I am not comfortable. Or at other times it seems more about the paperwork and billing than the good of the client!

I took the job because my wife and I recently moved to the area and after prayer thought this may be a good opportunity to be missionaries where we were living. We have a heart for missions and thought that God could use me in a place like this, since I had been working with substance abuse kids and homeless people on and off over the years at our [previous] church... Needless to say, it is MUCH different than I had anticipated. Praise God that he is giving me the grace to work in such a dark place and praise Him for the times I'm able to share about Him, but I'm not sure how much longer I can do it.

My question, is do you think that a Christian can work at a Mental Health clinic sort of "undercover" to reach the hurting? I don't want to be a Christian who hides out in the church so I thought I would give this a shot. I have an associates degree and took about 5 or 6 psychology classes so I have a general overview of the psychology culture. My point is - I am not a therapist and do not have multiple degrees in psychology but I am familiar with a lot of it. My heart is to reach people for the Lord and/or point them back to Jesus if they knew Him and fell away but I'm trying to discern if this is the best place to do it!

In your experience is this dangerous territory? Like trying to save people in a Unitarian Church? That's the comparison I have sometimes because the clinic has a semblance of a "good thing" because of them wanting to help people. But because they think they're doing good they're even harder to reach. Especially because of it being a false religion like psychology!

Any thoughts, comments or recommendations would be greatly appreciated!  I feel very alone there and am trusting God as much as possible… 

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