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Christian Counseling

Christian Counseling integrates faith-based principles with proven therapeutic approaches to support healing, growth, and restoration. Rooted in biblical values, this counseling provides a safe space to explore life’s challenges while deepening your spiritual walk. Whether you are struggling with relationships, stress, grief, or personal struggles, Christian Counseling offers guidance that honors both your emotional well-being and your faith journey.

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Couples & Marriage Counseling

Every relationship has challenges—whether it’s communication struggles, recurring conflict, loss of intimacy, or simply feeling disconnected from your partner. Couples counseling provides a safe, supportive space to address these challenges and strengthen your relationship.

Our approach is grounded in the Gottman Method, a research-based framework developed from decades of studying what makes relationships succeed or break down. Using proven tools and strategies, we help couples:

  • Build stronger communication by learning to listen, understand, and express needs without defensiveness or criticism.
  • Manage conflict constructively so that differences become opportunities for growth instead of sources of resentment.
  • Deepen emotional connection and intimacy by rebuilding trust, appreciation, and shared meaning.
  • Identify and break unhealthy patterns, including the Gottman “Four Horsemen” of criticism, contempt, defensiveness, and stonewalling, which can erode relationships if left unchecked.
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In our sessions, you and your partner will learn practical skills that you can begin using right away—tools designed to not only resolve current struggles but also strengthen your relationship for the future. Whether you’re working through specific issues or simply want to enrich and protect your marriage, the Gottman Method provides a clear, compassionate roadmap for lasting change.

Individual Counseling

Life can feel overwhelming at times. Whether you’re struggling with anxiety, depression, stress, life transitions, relationship challenges, or simply feeling “stuck,” individual counseling provides a safe, supportive space to explore your thoughts and emotions.

In counseling, you’ll work one-on-one with a therapist who listens without judgment and helps you gain clarity, build coping skills, and discover new perspectives. Together, we’ll identify patterns that may be holding you back and create practical strategies to support your growth and well-being.
Individual therapy is not about “fixing” you—it’s about helping you better understand yourself, develop healthier ways of responding to challenges, and move toward a life that feels more balanced and fulfilling.

Whether your goals are to reduce stress, heal from past experiences, improve relationships, or increase confidence, counseling can be a powerful step toward meaningful change.

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Addiction and Behavioral Addiction Recovery

Addiction—whether to substances such as alcohol or drugs, or to behaviors like gambling, gaming, shopping, or internet use—can take a profound toll on your health, relationships, and sense of self. Recovery is possible, and seeking help is the first step toward regaining control and building a life that feels balanced, fulfilling, and free from the grip of compulsive patterns.

In counseling, we address both substance use disorders and behavioral addictions with compassion, evidence-based strategies, and personalized care. Together, we will explore the underlying thoughts, emotions, and triggers that fuel addictive cycles, and work toward developing healthier coping skills, boundaries, and self-awareness.

Our approach may include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), motivational interviewing, relapse prevention planning, and mindfulness-based practices—tools designed to help you not only break free from addictive behaviors but also create lasting change. Recovery is about more than stopping harmful patterns; it’s about healing, rebuilding confidence, and learning to thrive in everyday life. Whether you are taking your first steps toward sobriety, working to overcome a behavioral addiction, or seeking support to maintain long-term recovery, you do not have to walk this journey alone.

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Counseling for Anxiety

Anxiety can feel overwhelming—racing thoughts, constant worry, physical tension, or a sense of dread that won’t go away. While occasional stress is a normal part of life, anxiety disorders can interfere with work, relationships, and overall well-being. The good news is that anxiety is highly treatable, and counseling can provide the tools and support you need to feel more in control.

In counseling for anxiety, we work together to understand the unique ways anxiety shows up in your life. Through evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), mindfulness techniques, and stress management strategies, you will learn how to identify and challenge unhelpful thought patterns, calm your body’s physical responses, and develop healthier coping skills.

Our sessions provide a safe, supportive space where you can explore your experiences without judgment. Over time, you’ll gain the confidence and skills to manage anxiety more effectively, reduce symptoms, and reconnect with the activities and relationships that matter most to you.

Whether you’re struggling with generalized anxiety, panic attacks, social anxiety, or worry tied to specific life circumstances, counseling can help you move toward a calmer, more balanced life.

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Counseling for Depression

Depression can feel overwhelming—draining your energy, affecting your relationships, and making even simple tasks seem difficult. If you’re experiencing persistent sadness, loss of interest in activities, difficulty concentrating, or feelings of hopelessness, you don’t have to face it alone.

Counseling provides a safe and supportive space to understand your experiences, identify underlying causes, and develop strategies for healing. Through evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), mindfulness practices, and strengths-based exploration, you’ll learn to challenge negative thought patterns, improve coping skills, and rebuild a sense of purpose and hope.

Together, we’ll work at your pace to uncover your resilience, reconnect with what matters most to you, and create a path forward that feels balanced and sustainable. Depression does not define you—and with support, recovery and renewed wellbeing are possible.

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Counseling for Religion and Religious Trauma

Religion and spirituality can be powerful sources of meaning, comfort, and community. For many, faith provides guidance, values, and connection. Yet for others, religious experiences may also bring pain, fear, or confusion. Religious trauma can arise from rigid belief systems, spiritual abuse, exclusion, or conflicts between personal identity and faith. It may leave individuals struggling with guilt, shame, anxiety, or a sense of disconnection from themselves and others.

In counseling, we create a safe and nonjudgmental space where you can freely explore your beliefs, values, and experiences—whether you want to reconnect with faith, redefine your spirituality, or move forward without religion. Together, we work on healing from harmful teachings or experiences, rebuilding trust in yourself, and finding clarity about what feels true and authentic for you.

Our approach respects your unique spiritual background and personal journey. Whether you are navigating faith transitions, processing religious trauma, or seeking to strengthen your spirituality, counseling can support you in creating a healthier and more compassionate relationship with yourself and your beliefs.

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You don’t have to keep carrying this weight on your own. A new way forward begins with one simple step: reaching out.

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Drug & Alcohol Recovery
Individuals attempting to live a life of sobriety need help in that journey. Many times, there are group settings that can help such as Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Celebrate Recovery, etc. Then there is the reality that traumatic experiences caused personal wounds. Individual counseling can provide the kind of care necessary to further assist a person to live a life of recovery and find healing.
Anxiety
It is so alarming when things happen outside of our control. If you are a person that is increasingly having a harder time with staying calm or just responding in what you may call normal way, you may be encountering some form of anxiety. Trusting a counselor to walk with you during your intense moments of anxiety can be helpful.
Depression
To have low energy times is a normal part of living, yet “low times” can also be depression. If you are experiencing an increasing lack of interest in activities, a sad or angry mood that is constantly experienced (with little to no change), or changes in your lifestyle, you may be experiencing depression. Counseling can help.
Pornography Intervention
The use of pornography is widespread, and there are individuals that are looking to discontinue their use for a variety of reasons but can’t seem to stop on their own. If you are one of those individuals, there are interventions that can be employed in your life to help.
Spirituality
Some individuals may find themselves lost when thinking about spirituality, especially those individuals that have been raised in a theistic religion such as Christian, Muslim, Judaism, and are non-practicing. Or, you may be a person that still identifies in a particular faith with the inability to find the words to communicate your beliefs, which can affect an everyday fulfillment or even happiness. It can be difficult to find one’s way when we cannot locate our identity as is informed by an inherited religious worldview. The counseling room can be the ideal place for this kind of pursuit due to the confidential environment and no-pressure environment.
Individual Counseling
Does this sound like your life?

Charlie is 33 years old, single, and has no children. Charlie describes life by saying, “I have a successful job, but I am not very happy with my success. I always seem to get bogged down with anxious and troublesome thoughts that things are not going to work out.”

Charlie continues to describe common ways of coping. “I smile and laugh when hanging out with a group, but inside I am really worried with what is going on around in the world. I do not want anybody to know because people are quick to judge and make me feel like I do not deserve to be in their space.”

As Charlie is thinking about what successful therapy may look like, Charlie expresses the desire to be able to know anxiety and depression before it really takes over. “I really want the tools to help live life with purpose and happiness. Being able to relax while living is also a major plus.”

After describing a recent incident at their job as a corporate office manager, specializing in customer service operations, Charlie says that it is the time for therapy. “Despite great performance reviews, my boss talks down to me and that day really made me feel like I was less than him and did not belong there. I felt so low.

“I always get anxious on my way to work when the thoughts start. ‘I am sure to encounter Trey today.’ ‘Trey always talks down to me.’ ‘I am going to stand up for myself today.’ Inevitably, I find myself thinking that they are going to let me go any day because I don’t fit the corporate mold. “

Charlie continues, “It doesn’t seem to matter how much rest I get. I always feel anxious when performance is the goal. Then, when I do not meet my personal demands, which are really company goals, I feel something is still missing…depressive thoughts usually set in. ‘I’m never going to make it anywhere.’ ‘I’ll always be mediocre at best.’ ‘Same crap, different day.’”

*This story does not reflect any specific client. It is a fictional account of what a person can encounter with anxiety and depression.

Individual counseling is largely completed using a cognitive model, yet many methods may be used depending on need. I will begin with looking to understand an individuals counseling needs, just by listening to your story. From there, we will continue with understanding how you may or may not be functioning by visiting thoughts, emotions and behavior/choice. Each one is an important element to understand in a your life. A variety of interactions can be used to accurately understand and enact change in your life.

Individual Counseling is offered for the following presentations:
*(Not limited to just these presentations)

Couples Counseling
Does this look like your relationship?

Kelly and Casey*, 27 and 23 years old, dated for three years then decided to get married. Two years into their marriage, they welcome a new baby boy, Connor. One partner works as a medical rep for a pharmaceutical company and the other is a freelance graphic designer. They both love spending time with friends and drinking microbrews while listening to live music.


After two and half years of marriage, they realize that the baby needs a lot of attention. They describe their relationship as “up and down. ” When the relationship is up, they are doing really good with minimal arguments. When times are down, they cannot even seem to greet each other without arguing.
“When we start to argue, we cannot even talk civil to each other. It’s like we live in two different worlds,” Casey says. Kelly adds they are here today so they can communicate without fighting or reminding each other of all the wrongs in the past.


Kelly and Casey decided to try couples counseling because just last week they got in a conflict and are now barely speaking to each other.


*This story does not reflect any specific client. It is a fictional account of what couples can encounter in a relationship.

Couples Counseling is offered in different ways:

  • Pre-marital
  • Marriage/Relationship
  • Couples and Recovery
  • Trauma
  • Affairs

Pre-marital: Marriages work better when partners know how to communicate with each other. Using The Gottman Method, a couple can become specifically aware of the skills necessary to build a healthy relationship for a lifetime.

Marriage/Relationship: Whether you are married, or in a committed relationship, the skills necessary for a sound relationship are the same. Using The Gottman Method, a couple can work to build a dream that has never been realized and develop conflict management skills by recognizing and responding to the needs of their partner.

Couples and Recovery: Many partners in a relationship need help when faced with the difficulty of substance misuse. Couples And Recovery (CAR), developed by The Gottman Institute, focuses on helping a partner(s) in recovery by building the relationship while one or both partners are in recovery.

Trauma: Many individuals have traumatic experience(s) and the impact does not go away because a person is in a loving relationship. Working with a trauma-informed couples counselor can greatly assist a couple towards understanding and developing an empathetic response.

Affairs: The wound caused by an affair is indescribable. Affair work begins with understanding what happened and/or what is currently happening. When you are ready as a couple to face the affair, the work can begin to amend the relationship. The time needed for this can vary. Once we have significant work towards amendment, we will then move towards secure attachment. This is possible, yet it will take time, hard work, and your energy.

*Telehealth (counseling via Video) is available upon request.