Christian Counseling & Faith-Guided Therapy
Faith-integrated therapy for Christian clients. In-person counseling available in Ripon, CA with online therapy available throughout California.
What is Christian Counseling?
I use the terms Christian counseling and faith-guided counseling to describe therapy that respects and, when desired, incorporates a client's Christian faith, values, and worldview.
I work with Christian clients who may be experiencing anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, grief, trauma, difficult life transitions, questions about faith, or a sense of being disconnected from God.
You don't have to choose between professional mental health care and your Christian faith. Therapy can provide a place to explore both your emotional well-being and the spiritual beliefs that shape your life.
As a Christian therapist working with Christian clients, I strive to integrate a Christian worldview with clinical excellence and hold a commitment to biblical truth.
“Above all else, guard your heart, for from it flow the springs of life.”
~Proverbs 4:23
Finding Your Way
How faith-guided counseling can help:
Anxiety and Depression: Faith-integrated therapy can provide support when anxiety, depression, worry, discouragement, or emotional exhaustion are affecting your relationships, work, faith, or everyday life.
Trauma and Past Hurts: Difficult experiences can affect how you see yourself, other people, God, and the world around you. Therapy can provide a safe place to process trauma and unresolved hurts while making room for the role your faith plays in healing.
Relationships and Boundaries: Your faith may influence how you understand marriage, dating, friendship, family, forgiveness, and boundaries. Therapy can help you develop healthier patterns of communication and relationships while staying connected to your values.
Spiritual Struggles and Crisis of Faith: A traumatic event, loss, disappointment, or major life change can sometimes lead to questions about God, faith, prayer, or previously held beliefs. Therapy can provide a confidential, nonjudgmental place to work through those questions.
Why I Offer Christian Counseling
My Christian faith is an important part of how I understand people, relationships, suffering, healing, and hope. I also believe therapy should be grounded in sound clinical practice. For clients who want faith to be part of their therapy, I seek to bring these two dimensions together thoughtfully and respectfully.
I believe that the Christian life is a lifelong journey of learning to walk with God. We were created by God to love and worship Him with our whole being - heart, mind, soul, and strength.
I also believe that spirituality and emotional health are deeply entwined and that through right relationship with God and the support of others, we can heal and become more mature image-bearers of God. As I have benefited from others walking with me through my own faith journey, I count it a privilege to walk alongside you through yours.
In-person sessions available in Ripon, CA
Virtual therapy available across California
