The Baars Institute
Healing & Wholeness
Living the Affirming Life
The mission of the Baars Institute for Affirmation Therapy is to illustrate the beauty of affirmation as the antidote for the syndrome of Emotional Deprivation Disorder, and to provide training and certification to professional therapists, in order that unaffirmed persons everywhere might experience hope and healing.
What is Affirmation?
All human beings have an intrinsic need for human love. With the exception of Divine intervention, it is essential to receive human love in order for an individual to feel good, worthwhile, and lovable—and have the capacity to love others. In essence, we must first be loved in order to love.
One’s ability to love is set free when that person sees himself or herself as good, worthwhile, and lovable. According to Christian psychiatrists Dr. Conrad W. Baars and Dr. Anna A. Terruwe, this process is called “affirmation,” and it occurs when one person is the source of unconditional love and emotional strengthening for another person. From the perspective of Christian awareness, this capacity to love is essential in order to live out the commandment of Jesus to “love one another” (John 13:34, 15:12).
Interested in Counseling Services?
We serve clients living within the state of Texas. For Baars Life Coaching (outside the state of Texas, please see “About” where there is information on Bernhard Streisselberger, an approved Baars Life Coach).
In His Image Counseling Center
EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT CENTERED ON A CATHOLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE HUMAN PERSON
Consultation
If you are a mental health clinician and desire to consult with Dr. Sue Baars, there will be availability for group consultation in the near future:. Please contact Dr. Baars at s.baars@ihicounseling.com for dates and fees.
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Contact
Are you a therapist interested in Affirmation Therapy training and certification? Or are you wanting Dr. Sue Baars or one of the In His Image Counseling Center team speak at your event? Please fill out the contact us form.
Interested in counseling services? Please contact our client coordinator at:
In His Image Counseling Center
4425 W. Airport Fwy., Ste. 244
Irving, Texas 75062
214-441-3797 | officeassistant@ihicounseling.com