The Theotherapy Project

The Theotherapy Project Throughout our lives, these belief systems have deep impact on our choices, our relationships and the way we view God even as adults.

As small children, we develop belief systems that come as a direct result of what we experience in our family of origin…whether those experiences were good or bad. Because of childhood trauma and pain, we sometimes begin to believe lies about ourselves, our relationship with God and our place in this world. Faulty belief systems very often result in dysfunction, depression and destructive behavior

s. Understanding God’s unconditional love for us along with the application of sound biblical principles of conflict resolution will bring about deep emotional healing. We can then move beyond the pain of the past and into a place of sustained emotional health. The Theotherapy Project offers faith-based conflict resolution programs and support groups for incarcerated men and women as well as aftercare support for former felons with the goal of restoring families and reducing recidivism.

I received a letter from a woman who attended one of our recent classes. She seemed very distant and uninterested in wh...
08/21/2026

I received a letter from a woman who attended one of our recent classes. She seemed very distant and uninterested in what I was teaching.

She always sat in the back of the room at a table facing the wall...
I wondered how long she would continue coming.

Here's parts of it...

"I just wanted to write this letter to let you know I started this class very lost and angry not only with myself, but also with other people and I was also angry at God.
However coming to the Theotherapy class every week and really listening to you talk about God and how He has saved you and taken away your anger really has helped me forgive the people I was angry with.
I've been angry with God since 2020. My daughter died in a tragic way in a car wreck, her seatbelt was stuck and she was unable to get out of the car. She died at 14.
Since then I've been angry, lost and sometimes just mean. I got my charges five months after her death.
I have other kids including a three year old child with Down Syndrome.
Since these classes, I've been talking to God again. I've also mended my relationship with my mom and others.
I still have a long way to go, but I'm getting there.
So thank you for showing me that I don't have to be angry or hurt and that God didn't do anything to hurt me. It was just an accident.
Thanks to you and Theotherapy, I feel like things will continue to get better."

Since then, I was able to get her connected with a dear friend of mine who lost her son in an accident. They plan to be pen pals!

I'm going to the prison tonight. Please continue praying for these amazing women who have lived tragic lives.

Thank you to all of you who continue to make this ministry possible with your faithful prayers and donations.

“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.”
2 Corinthians 1:3-4

The Theotherapy Project seeks funding from donors and outside organizations to provide this program. Outside funding strengthens the infrastructure of the Theotherapy Project in order to prov…

We will soon be wrapping up our first class this year at the Deborah Johnson Rehabilitation Center Annex and the women a...
05/04/2026

We will soon be wrapping up our first class this year at the Deborah Johnson Rehabilitation Center Annex and the women are already asking for another one.

Please pray for Janice who is one of the first participants in this class. She gave me permission to share her story.

Janice has the typical story of a childhood filled with sexual and physical abuse, which then became drug abuse, then crime, then prison.

In the fall of 2024 her brother held her is his arms on the bathroom floor begging God to save her when she was dying from a drug overdose.

God answered her brother's desperate plea and saved her life. As a result of this miracle, Janice surrendered all to the gracious God who saved her. She had been hiding from the police but in obedience to Him, she turned herself in after celebrating an early Christmas with her siblings, children and grandchildren.

Janice was transferred to the DJRC annex just as our new class was beginning.

Janice's brother unexpectedly passed away a few weeks ago. The day he died, the chaplain shared with me that she saw someone walking in the prison yard with her back to her, lifting her arms in praise. As the chaplain approached, she realized it was Janice with tears streaming down her face because of her brother's passing. Janice said, “I am praising God in all things because that's what He wants me to do.”

Thanks to all of those who support this ministry! Without your faithful support and prayers these classes would not be possible.

This is a picture of a handcrafted card Janice gave to me after our first meeting.

The Theotherapy Project has started two new classes this year: one at Turney Center Industrial Prison for men, led by Do...
03/08/2026

The Theotherapy Project has started two new classes this year: one at Turney Center Industrial Prison for men, led by Dorothy Dresser and Susan McFarland, and one class at the Deborah Johnson Rehabilitation Center led by Dana West.

We see such a hunger and thirst for the message of God's wonderful, healing love.
Please pray for us and for the ladies who have chosen to begin this journey with Christ to Emotional Freedom.

“If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God. And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.”
‭‭1 John‬ ‭4‬:‭15‬-‭16‬ ‭NIV‬‬

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