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Media, Writings, and Features

Explore recent interviews, articles, and conversations featuring Chris O’Rear’s insights on faith, mental health, and relationships that heal.

Chris O’Rear on the set of Today in Nashville with host holding his book Therapeutic Friendship: Cultivating Relationships That Heal.

Media Features + Interviews

  • Today in Nashville (WSMV-TV)

Interview promoting Therapeutic

Friendship and The Counseling Center, PLLC 

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  • ​NewsChannel 5 (WTVF Nashville)

The importance of mental health advocacy for therapists​​

Television

In the Community

  • Nashville Voyager

Chris shares a little of his story and the history of The Counseling Center LLC​

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  • ​The Tennessean (USA Today Network)

​“Clergy not prepared to meet congregations’ mental health needs” ​​​​

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  • The Tennessean (USA Today Network)​​​

​Feature on older adults moving to Williamson County to be near family

Publishing and Writing Features

Explore Chris’s published work on faith, relationships, and emotional health.

Smyth and Helwys Publishing

Author of Therapeutic Friendship:

Cultivating Relationships That Heal, sharing the importance of connection

The Treveccan, Magazine

 Trevecca Nazarene University.

How authentic connection can heal loneliness, strengthen relationships.

Living with Teenagers Magazine

Contributor for former Lifeway Christian Resources publication offering guidance for parents and teens.

Nurturing Faith Journal

Writer for Nurturing Faith Journal, sharing thoughtful commentary on Scripture and everyday faith.

Formations Bible Study Series

Multiple lesson contributions exploring faith, grief, and growth through life's challenges

Podcasts

Engage Church Network
*coming soon*

Chris joins the Engage Church Network Podcast to discuss his book and how faith and community help us grow through life’s challenges.

Cover art for the Engage Church Network Podcast, where Chris O’Rear will discuss faith, community, and emotional growth.

CBF Podast
*coming soon*

Chris joins the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Podcast to discuss his book and how genuine connection can transform healing and ministry.

Cover image for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s Conversations Matter podcast, where Chris O’Rear will share insights from his book Therapeutic Friendship.
Cover image for the Surthrival Podcast featuring host Stacia Sinclair Gaines, where Chris O’Rear discusses grief, healing, and genuine friendship.

Surthrival Podcast
with Stacia Sinclair Gaines

Chris joins the Surthrival Podcast with Stacia Sinclair Gaines to discuss grief, healing, and how genuine friendship can support us through life’s hardest seasons.

Cooperative Baptist Fellowship logo representing the CBF Stories podcast on chaplaincy and pastoral counseling featuring Chris O’Rear.

CBF Stories | Chaplaincy and Pastoral Counseling

Chris joins the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s “So You Want to Be a Chaplain/Counselor” series to share his journey into pastoral counseling, and how he finds meaning in serving others.

Audience members taking notes during a professional conference on mental health and faith integration.

Conferences and Presentations

 

  • Tennessee Association of Marriage & Family Therapists Annual Meeting – “Understanding Our Clients’ Personal Belief Systems”
     
  • Mental Health America of Middle Tennessee Conference on Spirituality & Mental Health – “God Image and Mental Health” 
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  • Lipscomb University Caring Connections Conference – “Understanding Our Clients’ Personal Belief Systems"
“Straightforward and wise.
Whether you want to be a better therapist, friend, or family member, this book will be a resource you turn to again and again.”
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— Bruce Rogers-Vaughn, Vanderbilt Divinity School (ret.)
“Layers of practical wisdom for how we can relate, grow, and learn in community.”
 
— Judy Skeen, Belmont University
“...wisdom, honesty, and bravery, in league with vulnerability, humility, and love. This book has all these qualities, as does Chris O’Rear himself.”
 
— Russell Siler Jones, Psychotherapist & Author
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