Counseling that honors your faith.
For clients who want Scripture, prayer, and a Christian framework woven into the counseling room — from a counselor with nearly 30 years of ministry background who understands both faith and suffering.
Faith integrated, not forced
Christian counseling, done well, isn't about applying Bible verses to problems or treating faith as a tool to feel better faster. It's about doing real psychological and relational work inside a framework that takes your beliefs seriously.
In practice, that can mean exploring how your understanding of God shapes how you see yourself. It might mean sitting with the tension between what you believe and what you're experiencing. It might mean prayer in session, or using scriptural narratives to reframe shame or loss. It follows your lead.
I draw on both clinical training and nearly 30 years in Christian ministry — which means I can meet you in the theological weeds without losing sight of what the research says actually helps people heal.
A good fit if…
- You want your counselor to understand — not just tolerate — your faith
- You're wrestling with spiritual questions alongside emotional or relational struggles
- You've felt misunderstood in secular counseling spaces when faith came up
- You want the option of prayer or Scripture in session
- Your church community or faith background is central to who you are
- You're navigating doubt, deconstruction, or a crisis of faith
Nearly 30 years in ministry, then counseling
I didn't come to counseling from a distance. Before I was a licensed counselor, I spent nearly three decades in Christian ministry — working alongside people in their hardest moments: grief, addiction, marital breakdown, spiritual crisis, and loss of faith.
Ministry gave me a deep respect for how much faith shapes a person's interior life — and how isolating it can feel to struggle spiritually with nowhere to take it. Counseling gave me clinical tools to actually help. Combining both is what I care most about.
I work with people across the spectrum: those with strong, settled faith who want it honored in the room; those in the middle of doubt or deconstruction who need a non-judgmental space; and those who grew up in faith and are still sorting out what they believe. All of it is welcome here.
What brings people in
Spiritual crisis or doubt
Losing your footing in faith — through grief, suffering, or life experience — and needing a space where questions are welcome rather than managed.
Shame & guilt
Religious backgrounds can intensify shame in ways that ordinary therapy doesn't always know how to address. I do.
Trauma with a spiritual dimension
Abuse within faith communities, religious trauma, or trauma that intersects with beliefs about God, worthiness, or punishment.
Grief & loss
The intersection of faith and grief is complicated — lament, theodicy, anger at God. We can hold all of it.
Anxiety & depression
Working through mood and anxiety with a counselor who understands how faith narratives can help or hinder healing.
Life transitions
Major changes — a move, career shift, aging, calling — examined through both psychological and theological lenses.
A space where your whole self is welcome
If you're looking for a counselor who can meet you in both the clinical and the spiritual — reach out. The first session is a conversation, not a commitment.