Faith-based guidance
If your faith is part of how you understand your life, it can be part of how we work. Scripture and prayer come in only if you ask for them.
By secure video, anywhere in Oregon
My own faith shapes why I do this work. For many people, faith is central to how they make sense of suffering, hope, and change. Faith-based guidance means that part of you is welcome in counseling instead of being left outside.
What it can help with
- Bringing your faith and your struggles into the same conversation
- Doubt, spiritual dryness, or questions you've been afraid to ask
- Guilt and shame, and what forgiveness can look like
- Hurt connected to a church or faith community
- Finding meaning and purpose in a hard season
- Making decisions in line with your values
How I work
Counseling is still counseling here: grounded in evidence-based approaches and focused on your goals. The difference is that your beliefs are part of the picture. If you'd like, we can include scripture, prayer, or reflection on what your faith teaches. If you'd rather keep that part quiet, we will.
I respect every person's beliefs, including none at all. Nobody is pushed toward faith in my sessions.
What a session is like
A session might include talking through a hard week, reading a passage that speaks to what you are facing, or praying together at the start or the end, only when you ask for that. You set how much faith comes into the room.
Questions people ask
Do I have to be a Christian to see you?
No. I see people of any faith and of none. Faith comes into our work only if you want it to.
Will you tell me what to believe?
No. My job is to help with what you are facing, in a way that respects what you already believe.
Is this the same as pastoral counseling?
No. I'm a Licensed Professional Counselor, so this is clinical counseling, with faith included when you want it. It doesn't replace your pastor or your faith community, and it can work alongside them.
Book a first session
Call or email me with a good time to reach you, or see the ways to book.
Other ways I help
- Individual therapyOne hour that belongs to you. We start with what brought you in and go at the pace you set.
- Relationships and familyFor adults working through what is happening with a partner, a parent, a grown child, or the people they share a home with.
- Anxiety and depressionFor the worry that wakes you at three in the morning and the heaviness that makes ordinary days hard to start.
- Trauma and transitionsLoss, a hard season, a move, a diagnosis, a change you didn't choose. Making sense of what happened and finding your footing after it.
- Personal growthNot every reason to see a counselor is a crisis. Sometimes you're ready to understand yourself better and grow on purpose.