Christian Counseling
For those raised in the church, our beliefs about God and His will for our lives can make the therapy journey a little more complicated. I can help you untangle the spiritual implications in your experience and connect with God in your weakness without shame.
My Christian clients (and the churches who refer them to me) trust me because they know that I view people holistically and don’t oversimplify our struggles as purely spiritual or purely psychological. People are complicated, and I can embrace the complexity of clients’ stories and help them make sense of their struggles.
Effective Christian counseling integrates the spiritual and the physical (hello, nervous system!), as well as the mental and emotional components of our experience.
I can help you examine your life in the light of Scripture and connect with God’s kindness and compassion in your deepest hurts.
If you long to honor God with your life, but feel like you must be a big disappointment to Him -
If you want to love others well but you’d also like to not feel guilty all the time -
If God’s grace sounds wonderful….but impossible to access -
I can help.
You need a safe place…
My Christian clients often come in carrying a lot of shame. They feel like they are not a “good Christian” because they struggle in their relationships or struggle with anxiety or depression. They feel disconnected from God and wonder if He even cares.
When seasons of suffering hit us, it is normal to ask hard questions like, “does God care? “ or “am I being punished?” or “why me?” Those are BIG QUESTIONS and sometimes our faith community doesn’t make room for us to explore them.
With me, you can say the un-say-able without being judged. The therapy room really is a safe place. I’ll walk with you through the hard questions and support you as you navigate tough seasons.
I help couples understand themselves and their partners better and develop healthy tools for communication and conflict resolution.
Couples often come to see me because they feel like their communication just isn’t working. They have been having the same arguments for years and they wonder if they will ever be able to understand each other.
Whether you are in the pre-marital season or have been married 30+ years, you might need help talking through some tough issues or learning some new communication techniques. Maybe family life moved your marriage to the backseat for a while and now you are trying to mend some cracks in the foundation. I can help you understand one another better and learn new ways of communicating.
Relationships are hard. They are often the source of our greatest pain, yet they are also the avenue to our most powerful healing!
