About The Counselor
Sarah Mullin received her BA in Psychology from Sacramento State University and her MA in Recovery Care from Fuller Theological Seminary, in addition to completing an Advanced Diploma in Biblical Counseling from Light University. Her research, work and areas of interest have been in trauma, how trauma affects the brain, sexual abuse, self-injury, addiction, attachment theory, family systems theory, and the expressive forms of treatment, in particular dance therapy.
Sarah has worked with kids in a hospital setting, utilizing art to help them deal with grief and suffering as they recover from illness. She has authored and facilitated multiple support groups, including a year-round discipleship ministry for teens 7th-12th grades, which also employs the creative arts to promote healing. Sarah has also served as a women's counselor and instructor for a residential addiction treatment program, where she taught classes and provided counseling to the residents. Throughout she has maintained a small private practice since 2010.
As a trauma survivor herself, she has had first-hand experience of the devastation that one can experience in the aftermath of psychic pain. Her own creative outlets have truly been a blessing from God and indispensable to her own healing process. Sarah is also a dancer. She has taught, performed, and competed for various locations and events. When she is not working, she is usually on the dance floor enjoying a good song.
Statement of Faith
It is not enough to call one's self a Christian; we must define what that is. "Christ-ian" means "Christ follower" (not fan). It is a title given to someone who wants to be a disciple of Jesus. A disciple is someone who apprentices themselves to the one they wish to be like. A disciple of Jesus desires to follow in His steps and naturally will regard Scripture the way He did. Jesus holds His hearers accountable for the Word of God given to them in (what we would call the Old Testament) the Law and the Prophets (Matt. 22:29-32). We cannot create a "Jesus" in our own image and be truthfully called a disciple of Christ. We must be faithful to the testimony that has been given to us of Him and hold ourselves accountable to that same Word.
"Everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock... But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand..."
-Jesus (Matt. 7:24, 26).
In this regard, BeTransformed stands in line with the ancient, orthodox Reformed Faith when it acknowledges the following statements of the Reformed Church:
Scripture
We believe the Bible to be the written revelation of God, complete and sufficient in all respects. We believe the Scriptures to be “God-breathed” and therefore fully authoritative in and of themselves; they rely for their authority upon no church, council, or creed, but are authoritative simply because they are the Word of God. The Scriptures, as they embody the very speaking of God, partake of His authority and His power.
God’s Sovereignty
We believe in one true and eternal God, unchanging, unchangeable. We believe God is the Creator of all that exists in heaven and in earth. The God who is described in the Bible is unique; He is unlike anyone or anything else in the entire universe. God has all power, all knowledge, all wisdom, and is due all glory, honor and praise. All that comes to pass does so at the decree of God. All things will, in the end, result in the glory of God.
God’s Deity
We believe the Bible teaches that there is but one being of God, yet there are three Persons who share this one being of God: the Father, the Son, and the Spirit. Each Person is fully and completely God, each is described in Scripture as possessing the attributes of God. The Father, Son, and Spirit have eternally existed in the relationship described by the term "Trinity.”
God’s Plan of Redemption
We believe that man was created in the image of God. Man rebelled against His Creator, and fell into sin. As a result, man became spiritually dead, totally unwilling and indeed incapable of seeking after God. God, from eternity past, having foreordained all things, joined a certain people to Christ Jesus, so that He might redeem them from their sin and in so doing bring glory to Himself. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died in the place of this elect people, providing full and complete forgiveness of sins by His death upon the cross of Calvary. No other work can provide for forgiveness of sins, and no addition can be made to the completed and finished work of Christ.
Salvation
We believe that God, in His sovereign grace and mercy, regenerates sinful men by the power of the Holy Spirit, not by any action of their own, bringing them to new life. God grants to them the gifts of faith and repentance, which they then exercise by believing in Christ and turning from their sins in love for God. As a result of this faith, based upon the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ, God justifies or makes righteous the one who believes. God’s gift of faith, and the continuing work of the Holy Spirit in the lives of the elect, will result in good works. These good works flow from true, saving faith; they are a necessary result of faith, but are not to be considered necessary to the gaining of justification, which is by God’s grace through faith alone, so that no man can boast.
The Church
We believe Jesus Christ established His Church, which is made up of all the elect of God. His Church, as an obedient bride, listens to His Word as found in the Bible. All who believe in Christ are placed in His body, the Church. The local expressions of the Church are very important, and each believer should be actively involved in such a fellowship.
The Return of Christ
We believe that Christ is coming again to judge the living and the dead. This promise is found throughout the inspired Scriptures. Until His return, believers are to live lives that bring glory to God through Jesus Christ. The Church is to be busy doing the work of evangelism and discipleship, proclaiming the pure, uncompromised Gospel of Christ by teaching the Word of God.