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Healing presence has been defined as a compassionate and attentive way of being with someone who is suffering or in need of healing. A healing presence helps people feel safe, supported, and more receptive to the ministry of spiritual and health care interventions and healing-recovery assistance.
On February 23rd, 2025, at the Laureate Conference Center Auditorium in Tulsa, Tim Reside, the current President of Bright Tomorrows, discussed why it is important for healing presence to be antecedent to ministry intervention and how, with that end in view, character qualities, skills, and behaviors can be intentionally cultivated through specific practices. Tim has spent over a half-century learning how to be a healing presence practitioner within the context of his varied opportunities for ministry service.
The Learning Objectives:
- To offer an answer to the question: “Why is the practice of self-healing and personal healing-recovery essential to stimulating the healing process in others?” (Jesus: “Physician, heal yourself.”)
- To explore answers to the questions: “What is the difference between a triggered maladaptive reaction and a tempered adaptive response?” “Why does it matter with reference to cultivating a healing presence and advancing the facilitation of healing-recovery?”
- To examine correlated insights from science and Scripture with reference to the topic.
- To introduce two practices for cultivating healing presence and promoting healing-recovery: “V–A–R” and “Breathe-Down” models.
TIM RESIDE, M.A., MHC, is the President of Bright Tomorrows and an ordained minister who has been active in church-related ministry since the early 1970s. Since 2001, together with his wife Nancy, he has been facilitating support groups for adults with mental health concerns as well as for support givers and caregivers of those living with mental illness. In addition, under the auspices of Bright Tomorrows, he also serves as a consultant and coach to those navigating the life challenges associated with mental health concerns. Tim completed 108 credit hours of study in Practical Theology, including 36 hours at the doctoral level, and possesses a Master of Arts degree. He has been successfully coping with and overcoming bipolar illness since 1979. Tim’s MHC (mental health consumer) degree abbreviation is meant to convey that his mental health journey remains a continuing education experience.