Zachary Cooper

Zach Cooper is the manager of behavioral health services at Christ Community Health Services in Augusta, GA. Christ Community is a faith-based health clinic whose mission is to proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and to demonstrate His love by providing quality, affordable healthcare to the underserved. Christ Community provides primary, pediatric, dental, physical therapy, and mental health care. The vision of treatment is to provide care that truly treats the whole person. Zach's research and writing interests reflect the care that he provides and manages. Zach is interested in the overlap between spiritual and mental healthcare and has a heart for equipping Christians to think deeply about issues related to psychology, spirituality, sociology, and cultural concepts and to identify how these relate to the Christian life. Zach has a wife named Laura, a son named Davis, and a dog named Bentley. Zach attends First Presbyterian Church in Augusta, where he leads a Sunday School class and advises pastoral leadership regarding counseling and discipleship ministries.

Brokenness Internalized: How to Care for the Traumatized

by Zachary Cooper | The Gospel and the Christian Life, Featured

“I just don’t know what to do. This virus has made my anxiety go through the roof. I am having more panic attacks and I just can’t shake this worry” Rachel[i] said to me during our session over the phone. As a therapist, the above-referenced quote is one that I have...

Sharing in the Sufferings of Christ

by Zachary Cooper | The Gospel and the Christian Life, Featured

“I was raped by a deacon in my church for ten years.” “My mom molested me and then became pregnant by me. No one has ever believed me, and I have to live with that every day.” “I was kidnapped and raped when I was a teenager. There was not anything I could do; I just...