A MESSAGE FROM PAUL MEIER, M.D.

 

LIFE IS DIFFICULT and will certainly have some times of pain, but I know from over thirty years of practice that at least HALF OF THE PAIN WE GO THROUGH IS UNNECESSARY. And you know what? We can learn and grow into better people from the half that is unavoidable.

 

In 1976, I co-founded a clinic to address mental health and relational issues of those who were looking for counseling care that did not conflict with their Christian beliefs--a safe haven where people could receive counsel and medical care from highly trained professionals who would use the skills and knowledge they had learned from years of schooling but that was based on fundamental Christian beliefs.  Clients coming to us didn't have to worry that we would take a secular approach to their problems but could have confidence that God's Word would have final authority.  They could speak with caring professionals who would help them use spiritual tools such as the Bible and prayer, and who would incorporate God's love, grace, and forgiveness, to find true answers to their problems.

 

On this website and at our clinics, our staff and I will be sharing information with you week by week and month by month, to address many of your needs. Some people prefer to hear truth, others to see it, and others to read it. My goal is to shoot it straight with each of you and to convey the truth to you in the most loving way possible. My specialty is "insight oriented" therapy.  Forget the superficial, we go for the truth. We resolve deeper root problems. We see many who have been horribly abused all their lives and relieve their pain by taking them into it first.  You may have moments of sadness and grief during the healing process, but it was Jesus who said that those who mourn are blessed, because they will be comforted. I am all about positive thinking and positive feelings, but not denial of painful realities.  If you study any of the books I've written or come to see me for counseling, I can almost certainly assure you that your life will never be the same.  I hope to enable you to find hidden treasures in secret places.

 

I currently see clients in our Richardson, Texas, clinic if you are interested in meeting with me for an evaluation and counseling care.  I also am available for speaking engagements.  Just give my office a call at 972-437-4698 or toll free at 888-550-8922.  One of my caring staff will be happy to speak with you to arrange an appointment with me or with one of our other committed staff members.

 

YOU DO NOT NEED TO MAKE YOUR JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE ALONE!  You can have HOPE and PEACE, and ENJOY LIFE AGAIN!

 

In Christ's Love, Paul Meier, M.D.

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DR. PAUL MEIER'S BIOGRAPHY

 

Education:  Dr. Paul Meier received his Masters of Science in Cardiovascular Physiology from Michigan State University and a Medical Degree (M.D.) from the University of Arkansas College of Medicine. Dr. Meier completed his psychiatric residency at Duke University. He attended graduate courses at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois in 1975-76 while on full-time faculty. He also holds a Master of Arts degree from Dallas Theological Seminary, where he also served as a full-time faculty member in pastoral counseling for 12 years.

 

Specialty Training and Experience:  Paul Meier is an MD/Psychiatrist/Ordained Minister who is the founder of the national chain of non-profit Christian psychiatry clinics, the Meier Clinics. He has authored over 75 books, mostly Christian self-help books like Love is a Choice and Happiness is a Choice, but also a series of Bible Prophecy novels, including The Third Millennium. He has been on many secular and Christian TV and radio shows, including Oprah Winfrey, Tom Snyder, Norman Vincent Peale, Joyce Meyer and many others. He has traveled to countries all over the world to train both professional and lay counselors, as well as missionaries and pastors, in the field of Christian Counseling. He taught full-time for twelve years at Dallas Theological Seminary, where he spent lots of extra time discipling promising young students like Tony Evans, John Trent, John Townsend, Henry Cloud and many others.

  

He has lectured at seminaries around the world including Southwestern Seminary in Ft. Worth, the Baptist Seminary in Cuba, and the Greek Bible Institute and Seminary in Athens. He was the team physician for a mountain climbing expedition in 1985, to climb Mt. Ararat with American astronaut Jim Irwin, to find Noah’s Ark. Dr. Meier’s team was chased away by terrorists. His clinics have launched many ministries through the years.  About two million people have trusted Christ through various Meier Clinic counseling sessions and ministries that have branched off from Clinics. Over 150 Christian psychiatrists, psychologists, and therapists, coast-to-coast, see thousands of clients each week, and they provide nearly one million dollars a year in charitable care.  Dr. Meier also serves as a political consultant to many of the nations top political leaders, and attends private meetings with them annually.

  

Dr. Meier's daily prayer partner is Dr. Jean-Luc Bertrand, of Paris. Dr. Meier's previous daily prayer partner, Dr. David Larson, died of a heart attack in March of 2002.  A permanent Chair (scholarship) was named after Dr. Larson in the Library of Congress, because over half of the medical schools in the United States now have courses on spirituality that Dr. Larson designed. The only other permanent Chair in the Library of Congress belongs to Henry Kissinger. The American Association of Christian Counselors, in 2003, honored Dr. Meier as a father of the Christian Psychology movement, and Christianity Today Magazine has called Dr. Meier a "Modern Day Reformer" for moving Christianity more toward an openness to admitting faults, getting counseling, being less legalistic, and even a willingness to take psychiatric medications if necessary.

  

Speaker:  Dr. Meier has been a guest speaker at Awakening, an annual weekend retreat designed as an opportunity for business and political leaders to exchange ideas, examine trends and learn from leading authorities and policy makers in a variety of fields.  Dr. Meier was honored and acknowledged in 2007 by President George Bush, members of the U.S. Congress and the NRCC as a Physician of the Year Honoree.

  

Active Memberships:

Christian Medical and Dental Society
American Medical Association
American Psychiatric Association
Dallas County Medical Society

  

Television and Radio:  Dr. Meier is a frequent guest on numerous radio and television programs, such as those hosted by:

* Oprah Winfrey
* Tom Snyder
* Norman Vincent Peale
* Joyce Meyer’s Enjoying Everyday Life 

* Joni Television show on the Daystar television network
* Praise the Lord Show on TBN
* Paula White Show
* Has been interviewed on Radio Free Europe, and
* Has appeared in a French television documentary discussing Christian psychiatry

  

Publications (Authored and Co-Authored):

Ask The Doctors - Questions and Answers 
Beating Burnout - Balanced Living for Busy People
Beating the Clock - A Guide to Maturing Successfully
Before Burnout - Balanced Living for Busy People
Beyond the Millennium (fictional novel)

Blue Genes - Breaking free from the chemical imbalances that affect your moods, your mind, your life, and your loved ones
Bruised and Broken - Understanding Psychological Problems
Caring for Aging Loved Ones

Choices of Champions
Christian Child Rearing and Personality Development - Guide to Parenting
Compelled to Achieve - Finding Balance Between Success and Access
The Complete Book of Baby and Child Care
The Complete Life Encyclopedia - A Family Resource
Counseling and the Nature of Man
Crazymakers
Don't™ Let Jerks Get the Best of You - Dealing with Impossible People
The Fakers - Exploding the Myths of the Supernatural
Family Foundations - How to Have a Happy Home
Fear Less for Life - Break Free to Living with Hope and Confidence
Filling the Holes in our Souls - Effective Small Groups

Finding Purpose Beyond Our Pain *NEW RELEASE*  (see column at right) 

First Time Parents 
The First Two Years
Formula for a Happy Marriage 
The Fourth Millennium (fictional novel) 
Free to Forgive - Daily Devotions for Adult Children of Abuse 
Growing In Step - Your Guide to Successful Step-parenting

Happiness Is A Choice - A Manual on the Symptoms, Causes, and Cures of Depression
Happiness Is A Choice for Teens
Happy Holidays - How to Beat the Holiday Blues
The Healthy Christian Life - Bible Study Guide
The Healthy Pastor 
How to Beat Burnout - Help for Men and Women
Introduction to Psychology and Counseling (textbook) 
Love Hunger - Recovery from Food Addiction
Love Hunger Weight-Loss Workbook

Love Is A Choice - Recovery for Codependent Relationships
Meditating for Success (booklet)
Miracle Drugs - How They Work and What You Should Know About Them
The Monster Within - Overcoming Bulimia
Mood Swings - Understand Your Emotional Highs and Lows
Money Diet - Biblical Prescriptions for Financial Success
A Mother's™ Choice - Day Care or Home Care
A Mother's™ Choice - A Guide to Responsible Parenting
Moving from Depression and Anxiety to Christ-centered Optimism
100 Ways to Live a Happy and Successful Life - Overcoming Depression
100 Ways to Obtain Peace - Overcoming Anxiety
100 Ways to Overcome Depression
Overcoming Loneliness
The Path to Serenity - Growth Through the 12-Step Recovery
Post-Partum Survival
Raising Your Child - From Birth to Twelve
Renewing Your Mind in a Secular World
Safe Places - Finding Serenity in the Passages of Life
Secret Code (fictional novel)
Seven Secrets for a Happy Family 
Sex in the Christian Marriage - Maintaining the Honeymoon 
Sexual Addiction - Identifying the Problem, Seeking God's™ Direction, Taking Control 
Stress Factors - Thriving Emotionally and Spiritually
Sweet Dreams - A Guide to Productive Sleep
Taking Control - New Hope for Substance Abusers and Their Families
Teen Health

The Postpartum Survival Guide *NEW RELEASE* (see column at right)
The Third Millennium (fictional novel)

Unbreakable Bonds - Practicing the Art of Loving and Being Loved
Walk With the Serenity Prayer - Daily Devotions for People in Recovery

What I've Learned Since I Knew It All 

What they Didn't™ Teach You in Seminary - Managing the Demands of the Pastorate
Why Be Lonely?- A Guide to Meaningful Relationships
Windows of the Soul - A Look at Dreams and Their Meanings
Winning is a Choice
The Workaholic and His Family - An Inside Look
Worry-Free Living - Turning Anxiety into a Positive Tool
WWJD? - The Question that Will Change Your Life (devotion)
You Can Save Your Marriage (booklet)
You Can Measure Your Mental Health (booklet)
You Can Measure Your Spiritual Health (booklet)

You Might Be a Narcissist If. . .   *NEW RELEASE* (see column at right)

 

 

HEALTH PRODUCTS

Dr. Paul Meier recommends the following two supplemental health products.  Please visit the website links below to read more about these products or to order.  Please consult your physician before taking any supplements to be sure they are appropriate for you.

  

 

 

BriteAge

  

The Brain Health Company

  

http://www.briteagehealth.com/drmeier/

  

 

 
NEW RELEASES!

 

 

 

Paul Meier is pleased to introduce his first e-book, You Might Be a Narcissist If..."

"I watched a very funny TV show years ago by the authors of You Might Be a Redneck If...  I thought to myself, 'Wow, I could do a pretty funny one on You Might Be a Narcissist If...'  As I wrote it, I put in funny examples but also was reminded of all the pain my clients (and I) have suffered by the abuse of narcissists we have trusted in our pasts.  I was also reminded that we all have a few narcissistic tendencies unless we are perfect - and if you think you are perfect, you are a PERFECT NARCISSIST!  The two therapists, with who I wrote this book, and I think it will be extremely helpful to all who read it.  It will give you a greater depth of understanding of human nature and provide a few laughs as you learn."

 

Find out if the stress in your relationships with family, friends, or at work is unknowlingly caused from others or yourself.  Clearly understand what narcissism is, how to identify it, and what to do about it.

 

For more information about narcissism and this book, or to order this book, visit www.youmightbeanarcissistif.com.

 

 

 

 

Eighty percent of all pregnant women struggle with depression during or after their child's birth.  But there is good news about postpartum mood disorders - they are almost 100% treatable.  In this definitive guide to postpartum depression, written from a Christian perspective, Paul Meier, M.D., and Lynn Johnson, R.N., explains why this depression occurs, who is at risk, how to treat it, and where to find God in it all.  The Postpartum Survival Guide offers hope-filled solutions that will help new mothers enjoy this special time in their lives.  Plus, it also contains helpful resources for fathers, family members, friends, pastors, and professionals.  This book is from Tyndale House Publishers and is available June 2009.

 

 

 

Available at bookstores and online as a hard cover book and audiobook through Thomas Nelson.

 

At one time or another everyone finds themselves questioning, "Does God still love me? Is there a purpose for all this pain?" Drs. Meier and Henderson teach readers how to face painful struggles head-on in a way that allows them to grow and mature emotionally and spiritually.

 

In this timely book, they explore the seven most common life challenges: Injustice, Rejection, Loneliness, Loss, Discipline, Failure, and Death.  In addition, they offer the three reasons we often miss the gifts these challenges can be. This unique approach to an age-old problem will encourage and challenge readers to grow through their struggles instead of wasting energy trying to avoid them altogether.

 

 

 

Thinking about asking Dr. Meier to speak at your Business or Church?

Dr. Meier's heart lies in helping people all over the world. He is a nationally renowned speaker and has been in many countries throughout the world including - Israel, Greece, Cuba, Peru, France, Russia, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Turkey and other various places throughout the globe.  Please call Nancy Brown at 630-653-1717 or 800-848-8872, or contact her via e-mail at nancybrown@meierclinics.com with your request.