Spiritual counseling helps individuals who are navigating Christian spirituality and desire to reconcile breaches in the belief system caused by trauma, various doctrines, and various life experiences.
Relief from the issues of the soul.
Spiritual Counseling can be a good option for those who:
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Feel stuck in the healing journey
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Feel compelled to deconstruct their understanding of the Christian faith
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Seek to understand biblical principles and their relevance to mental health
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Desire to unpack elements of the past and uncover roots to present challenges
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May be interested in learning about and receiving Deliverance
What Clients Say
Spiritual counseling has been vital to my overall wellbeing. As someone who relies on figuring things out and getting things right, it’s necessary that I have support in releasing performance and anxiety. I have the permission to deal with whatever is conflicting me with no judgement.
I was dealing with abandonment, rejection and shame; Losing faith in myself and my hope that I was exactly who God said I was and called me to be. What’s been shifting is my belief system and coming into the knowledge of the power of redemption and salvation.
I needed help navigating a really difficult season in my life. I felt like there was a disconnect between where I was and where I wanted to be. I’m beginning to have more of an awareness about what my actual beliefs are and I’m able to honestly and invite The Lord in to those spaces.
I knew I wanted to break unhealthy habits and patterns, but also strengthen my relationship with God at the same time. I’m still processing things, but I feel like I’m beginning to see God differently — less through the filter of my pain/trauma and more through the truth of who He is.
If I had a friend who was curious or unsure about doing this kind of counseling I would compare it to clearing out a cache on a computer. When the cache is full, the old data can slow down the device and cause performance issues.
- S.F.
A session or moment that really stood out was one where we talked about making a divine exchange. Realizing that I had to give God the distorted way I viewed Him in order to receive the truth about who He.
- M.S.
Therapy vs Spiritual Counseling
Assessing Spiritual Roots and Impacts
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Clinical therapy provides the opportunity to evaluate the impact that beliefs, personality and experiences have on the physiological person with interventions and treatments that can rewire the relationship between thoughts and behaviors.
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Spiritual counseling evaluates the spiritual impact that beliefs and experiences have on the client who seeks to find alignment in daily experiences and a Biblical worldview.
Faith-Integrated
Intervention Strategy
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Whereas clinical counseling and therapy provide treatment plans, intervention through medication and various modalities of treatment, spiritual counseling progresses through a client-led development of doctrine and the belief system
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Spiritual counseling utilizes inquiry-based direction as a strategy to foster safety and identify doctrinal discrepancies that cause conflict.
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Trauma-informed principles offer clients the opportunity to feel heard and empowered in a space that once felt oppressive
Defining Safety.
Sessions are trauma-informed and intentionally curated to safeguard clients from triggering experiences related to religious trauma and harmful doctrine. Sessions are guided by certified Trauma-Informed Spiritual Intervention counselors for analyzing and validating personal realities, conflicts and belief systems. Clients openly grapple with the human experience through responding to curiosity to increase in self-awareness and practice self-acceptance. Sessions are used to explore your belief system through belief mapping and analyzing personal history. Each session provides an opportunity to deconstruct and analyze interpretation of scripture and spiritual origins of present struggles.
As you grow in your understanding of God, self, and your belief system, you are invited to explore the deeper psychological impacts of those experiences and rewire the psychological impacts through exploring trauma healing, healing your nervous system, and exploring more through talk therapy.
It's all working together.
