Research
The accepted recovery rate by the American Psychiatric Association for patient recovery rates counseled by psychiatrists, psychologists, and psychotherapists is 10-15%! Christian Counselors such as Dr. Judith King have done studies on the impact of the Freedom in Christ Conferences (Living Free In Christ/ Restored!) on peoples lives. They estimate that 50-85% of the people leave Freedom Conferences with their spiritual and personal conflicts significantly resolved! An additional 10-15% need special attention through what we call “Freedom Appointments” performed by trained lay-counselors during or post-conference. The Freedom Appointments use intensive prayer and a 7-step process to help people replace the lies of satan with Christ’s truths. These psychologists found that, on the average, people going through The Steps to Freedom in Christ experienced the following reductions in their particular disorder expressed here as “improvements”:
Complaint Average Improvement
Depression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47%
Anxiety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44%
Tormenting Thoughts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58%
Uncontrolled Habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43%
Inner Conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51%
More recently, independent medical researchers from the University of Texas also assessed the impact of Freedom in Christ Conferences on people’s lives and found a similar 40-50% improvement in these same areas! These independent researchers found the following improvements measured four months after the Freedom Appointments:
Complaint Average Improvement
Depression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44%
Anxiety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45%
Fear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48%
Anger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36%
Tormenting Thoughts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51%
Self-esteem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52%
Satisfaction in Relationships . . . . . . . . . 56%
Complaint Average Improvement
Depression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47%
Anxiety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44%
Tormenting Thoughts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58%
Uncontrolled Habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43%
Inner Conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51%
More recently, independent medical researchers from the University of Texas also assessed the impact of Freedom in Christ Conferences on people’s lives and found a similar 40-50% improvement in these same areas! These independent researchers found the following improvements measured four months after the Freedom Appointments:
Complaint Average Improvement
Depression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44%
Anxiety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45%
Fear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48%
Anger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36%
Tormenting Thoughts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51%
Self-esteem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52%
Satisfaction in Relationships . . . . . . . . . 56%