How my journey began
A little more than 10 years ago, I hit an emotional wall while raising my two sons and walking alongside my husband as we served our first church. I had allowed the pressures of ministry, my expectations about parenting, and my misunderstandings about sacrifice to isolate me. I had inadvertently stumbled to the precipice of a complete shutdown. Leadership in the church and my home was far more costly than I had expected.
At that moment, I realized that prioritizing my legitimate needs was actually part of God’s purpose for my life. In fact, that adjustment allowed me to do more ministry, not less. As time progressed, I found myself drawn to other leaders in the church and engaged in honest, raw conversations about their experiences.
I was honored to listen to their challenges, ask questions, and reflect back to them the patterns I was seeing. After many of them told me that they felt like I was providing free counseling, I took a serious look at getting educated.
Where it brought me
Now, as a limited license professional counselor (LLPC), my approach is rooted in my Christian faith and the preference I have for leaders and those who serve others. I provide biblically-based counseling so that my clients can gain traction, consider blind spots, and avoid getting tangled up. Because there are multiple counseling theories that have merit, I prefer to customize counseling based on my clients’ needs. I work best with those who are highly motivated to move forward.
“We are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time so that we would walk in them.”
-Ephesians 2:10
Counseling specialties
Christian counseling
Stress
Anxiety
Self-care
Ministry leaders
Marriage counseling
Counseling strategies
A solution-focused approach examines your past successes and your strengths. The purpose is to leverage what you do best to meet your current goals.
A cognitive/behavioral strategy is about identifying how your beliefs impact your behavior. It’s valuable for confronting false beliefs that hold you back.
Calming techniques provide tools to decrease stress and regulate your emotions, so you have energy for what matters most to you.
A narrative approach provides a framework to consider significant events in your life and how they relate to your purpose and values.
Call and see if it’s right for you.
There’s no commitment, pressure, or obligation.