When Therapy Helps and When You Need Deliverance

Right now:

Mental health is finally being talked about.

Trauma language is everywhere.

Therapy is more accessible than ever (for some).

That’s a good shift in many ways.

But we’ve also swung to two extremes:

“All I need is prayer, I don’t need a therapist.”

“All I need is therapy, I don’t need deliverance or repentance.”

The Kingdom answer is often: You might need both.

What Therapy Is For

Good, ethical therapy helps you:

Name your story

Understand your patterns

Process grief and trauma

Learn healthier ways to relate and respond

Therapy deals with:

Thoughts

Emotions

Nervous system

Learned behaviors

It’s about your soul and mind, not just “positive thinking.”

YAHUAH can use wise counselors.

What Deliverance Is For

Deliverance deals with:

Demonic oppression

Spiritual bondage

Unclean spirits connected to sin, trauma, or open doors

It’s about:

Casting out demons in YAHUSHA’s Name

Breaking ungodly agreements

Closing spiritual doorways through repentance and renunciation

You can talk for years about what happened, but if a spirit is still sitting on that doorway, you’ll feel stuck.

Signs You May Need Therapy

You feel emotionally flooded and don’t know why.

You struggle to name or understand your own story.

You keep repeating relational patterns you hate.

You’ve gone through real trauma, grief, or abuse that you’ve never processed with anyone safe.

Therapy doesn’t replace prayer. It helps expose the layers you’re praying about.

Signs You May Need Deliverance

You feel compelled toward certain sins you truly hate.

You hear intrusive, tormenting thoughts that feel “other.”

There are spiritual manifestations (night terrors, oppressive presences, etc.).

You’ve engaged in the occult, perversion, or deep rebellion and never renounced it.

You can journal forever, but you also need chains broken.

When You Need Both Working Together

Many believers:

Have real trauma

Have real demons attached to that trauma

Have real strongholds in their thinking

You might need:

A session on your knees

A session with a trained counselor

Ongoing discipleship and renewal of your mind in the Word

YAHUAH is not limited to one tool.

Guardrails for Both

Don’t run to any therapist who hates YAHUAH’s ways.

Don’t run to any “deliverance minister” who loves drama more than fruit.

Look for people submitted, accountable, and Word-rooted.

Final Call

You are not weak for needing help. You are not “less spiritual” for needing therapy. You are not “crazy” for needing deliverance.

You’re human in a war.

Ask the RUACH HAQODESH:

“Where do I need healing? Where do I need freedom? Who are You leading me to for help?”

Then obey— and watch chains, lies, and confusion start to lose their grip.

When Therapy Helps and When You Need Deliverance