Healing Your Wounded Soul: Growing from Pain to Peace

Editorial Reviews

"Fr. Joshua Makoul is an Orthodox Christian of unfailing dedication to God and His creation. As a particularly genuine and empathetic man with a strong sense of God’s compassion, Fr. Joshua brings his theological and psychological training to his parish ministry and the Pittsburgh community. He is faithful to God and witnesses authentically to his family, parish, and the world. We are pleased to have his book Healing Your Wounded Soul: Growing from Pain to Peace available to those on the Christian pilgrimage to healing and salvation. His expression of the wisdom or our faith and modern social sciences is comprehensible and accessible. I recommend this book to everyone serious about their faith and their health." -Bishop John, Antiochian Orthodox Bishop of Worcester and New England

"It was with deep joy and appreciation that I read this very insightful book written by Fr. Joshua. It is one of the most comprehensive, yet condensed and easy-to-read Blue Print for inner healing and movement toward salvation using both the advancements made in the contemporary counseling arena and the rich Orthodox Christian tradition and ethos. It incorporates the various essential nuances of inner psychological and spiritual landscape with clarity and ease, and provides the framework for step-by-step transformation. Most importantly, it brings hope that internal suffering does not have to be endless, nor necessitates any longer decades in the desert.
Written by a priest who is also a mental health provider, this book represents a very important and much needed contribution in the Orthodox Christian world. I believe it could greatly benefit the church by including it on the required reading list in Seminaries in order to assist future clergy and lay leaders in their own spiritual growth. In addition, this book could be very beneficial in their ministry by incorporating contemporary language and mental health methodologies in order to reach our neighbors, who are thirsty to be encountered within their modern world views.
More broadly, any Christian serious about their spiritual growth and movement towards union with God would greatly benefit from reading, studying, and being inspired by this book. May this book be a source of edification, hope, and salvation to all readers." -Ioana Popa MD, BCC is a psychiatrist, national board certified and psychosynthesis certified life coach, IFS certified practitioner, and spiritual care provider (2CPE units). She is the co-founder of Along The Journey, Coaching, Consulting and Spiritual Care and a Counselor at Hellenic College Holy Cross, Brookline MA. Master in Theological Studies Candidate at Holy Cross School of Theology in Brookline, MA’.

"Fr. Joshua empowers us to take the steps to walk closer with Christ, with others, and with ourselves. Healing Your Wounded Soul provides the tools we need to comprehend the depth of our woundedness and the peace beyond understanding that emerges from the pain. I would recommend this book to all wounded souls, that is, to everyone." -Dr. Albert Rossi, author of Becoming a Healing Presence and All Is Well