{"id":397,"date":"2012-02-08T13:59:36","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T19:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/berscheidcounseling.com\/?page_id=397"},"modified":"2023-11-18T12:50:48","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T18:50:48","slug":"my-bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/berscheidcounseling.com\/?page_id=397","title":{"rendered":"My Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/berscheidcounseling.com\/?attachment_id=646\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-646\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-646\" title=\"02B\" src=\"http:\/\/berscheidcounseling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/02B-Tom-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/berscheidcounseling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/02B-Tom-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/berscheidcounseling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/02B-Tom-390x300.jpg 390w, https:\/\/berscheidcounseling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/02B-Tom.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/a>Gre<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>etings and welcome!<\/strong><\/em><strong><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>February 2024 is my 20th year in private practice.\u00a0 In a parallel endeavor to Christian counseling and psychotherapy, I provide Spiritual Coaching and Prayer Ministry though <a href=\"http:\/\/berscheidcounseling.com\/?page_id=218\">House of Seven Pillars<\/a>.\u00a0 My experience includes thousands of hours helping adult survivors of childhood maltreatment \/ trauma, individual and marriage therapy, and those suffering with various addictions.<\/p>\n<p>As a seeker of truth, God has given me a zealous heart for His character.\u00a0 My soul grieves over false teachings that turn people away from the true nature of God and his Holy Spirit, or place heavy burdens of religious performance on already disheartened people.\u00a0 Much of my work involves untangling the lies and spiritual confusion used by Satan to enslave people in self-defeating cycles of shame, guilt and despair. And Jesus said, &#8220;You shall know the Truth and be set free.&#8221; To be free is a wonderful thing indeed!<\/p>\n<p>My primary gift to the body of Christ is that of a teacher and healer \u2014 with a strong prophetic capacity \u2014 including discernment, which is invaluable in the fields of Christian ministry and counseling.<\/p>\n<p>Blessings to you in the name of Jesus!<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Isaac Berscheid, MA, LMFT, LPC<br \/>\nOrdained Minister and Certified Life Coach<br \/>\n\u00a9 2012 all rights reserved<\/p>\n<p>____________________________________________________<br \/>\n700 Twelve Oaks Center Drive, Suite 264 \u2013 Wayzata, MN 55391<br \/>\nPhone: 763-227-3431<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings and welcome!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 February 2024 is my 20th year in private practice.\u00a0 In a parallel endeavor to Christian counseling and psychotherapy, I provide Spiritual Coaching and Prayer Ministry though House of Seven Pillars.\u00a0 My experience includes thousands of hours helping &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/berscheidcounseling.com\/?page_id=397\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"sidebar-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-397","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/berscheidcounseling.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/berscheidcounseling.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/berscheidcounseling.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berscheidcounseling.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berscheidcounseling.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=397"}],"version-history":[{"count":54,"href":"https:\/\/berscheidcounseling.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":758,"href":"https:\/\/berscheidcounseling.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/397\/revisions\/758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/berscheidcounseling.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}