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Faith-Based Counseling

“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual being having a human experience.”
– Pierre Teilhard De Chardin

1688499838It’s difficult navigating life…

Knowing how to show up, what to say, feel, hold space for yourself, and be grounded in faith.

Life is pulling you in so many directions simultaneously. It’s like swimming upstream against the current of the world around us. You feel the pressure to have it all together especially being a person of faith.

In some ways, life gets more difficult as a person of faith trying to confront our lives from a different worldview, but the temptations seem never-ending. There are so many rules and expectations that who you should become is much easier to navigate than being Who You Are.

Are you seeking a safe space to include your religion or spirituality in your journey toward authenticity, purpose, and wellness?

Faith Based Img 2I offer a safe space for all people…

… regardless of their religion or spiritual practice.

Love allows us to have an open and nonjudgmental space for individuals to lean into faith-based values or spirituality to help them to make decisions, understand suffering, set priorities, and create purpose and meaning in their lives.

What counseling goals offer faith inclusivity, and who determines the goals?

Some of these goals might include:

  • Making sense of suffering and challenges in one’s life
  • Learning how to use spiritual or religious interventions to deepen one’s faith and increase coping skills
  • Finding purpose or meaning in life
  • Identifying religious or spiritual values to help to guide life decisions and choices
  • Learning how to forgive others or oneself and how to ask for forgiveness
  • Connecting or reconnecting with a religious community

554782786Counseling that offers faith inclusivity can help…

Spiritual and religious concerns, including religious abuse

Have you started questioning things you were taught to believe? That phrase you have heard so many times keeps playing in your head. It will all be okay – just “pray about it.” Questioning that belief results in overwhelming feelings of guilt and shame. We accept what the world says without even thinking about it. We don’t know anything else. The fight against core beliefs can be difficult. The fear of not having enough faith or being labeled a non-believer has caused you to suffer in silence.

You have tried to voice your challenges but felt misunderstood, unsupported, and personally attacked. You have been made to feel wrong for sharing your feelings or being who you are. Your identity has been shattered. Self-trust has been replaced with rules, self-loathing, and feeling more disconnected from your faith. A safe place to explore such concerns without judgment leads to more clarity and connectedness.

Interpersonal challenges (e.g., marriage, couple, or family issues)

Everything around you feels like it’s under attack, your marriage, job, finances, and children.

You’re overwhelmed by the expectations, tensions, strains, and conflicts in relationships you hold sacred. Our faith deeply impacts our relationships. This includes how we relate to others. Even more so, interpersonal relationships are important for developing a healthy sense of self. These relationships are not innate or static. They can strengthen and weaken depending on the quantity and quality of interactions.

1868363500Finding meaning and purpose

More lately than ever, you have felt like there’s more to life than what you are experiencing – pondering more about those deep values that drive your actions. You’re reflecting on past mistakes and misfortunes. The monotony of life has you feeling stuck and uncertain. Feeling more compelled to let go of all things that are not serving you.

Making important life decisions

Making important life decisions aligned with your purpose can be difficult, especially when carrying baggage you need to release. Have you found yourself nurturing things that have not produced satisfying results? Pause and ask yourself, “What am I tending to each day that aligns with my deeper blueprint of what matters most?”

Improving and maintaining physical, emotional, and spiritual health

Feeling unmotivated due to the constant demands on your time. It can be hard to find the energy and focus to stay motivated and healthy in all areas of life. Taking care of yourself spiritually, mentally, and physically is important for your overall health.

Looking at ways you already care for those areas and finding new strategies to bring balance and harmony to the body, mind, and spirit. This can include adapting new ways of thinking about health or establishing small goals to live a life that promotes health and well-being.

283925984Reducing distress and symptoms caused by mental illness

Many experiences caused by mental health illness are a little challenging to describe. You might know when you experience them but have difficulty putting them into words. Communicating your feelings to others without feeling even more frustrated and confused could be almost impossible. Especially trying to decide how mental health issues and spiritual health aligns. Often, we accept the two as completely separate.

Spirituality and mental health can positively impact one another. Faith-inclusive therapy will help you recover from your issues and help you find coping mechanisms that suit you. The spiritual path adds to that progress through a lifestyle that will help you grow into your highest potential.

Offering hope

The road hasn’t been easy, but you have made it this far. You’ve had days when you thought about throwing in the towel, but somehow you were always thrown a small lifeline. When things are not working out, it’s easy to fall into despair. We become convinced that all the negative thoughts are true. We try to understand our lives through many different lenses.

Your faith or spirituality is a lens through which you view your challenges and how you function in them. Let’s harness your religious resources and worldview to challenge and change dysfunctional beliefs and behaviors to live more abundantly.

You were meant to live with purpose.

The goal is to work with all the pieces of your life that impact how you see, feel, and operate in your world to create a more meaningful outlook congruent with who you are.

Move toward a more meaningful life filled with purpose and insight.

Reach out today: (901) 281-7169.