Spirituality

Therapists and spirituality haven't always gotten along well. ​ Maybe your last therapist rolled their eyes when you mentioned God. Maybe you are looking for someone who gets your soul, not just your mind. Or maybe you heard that Freud said that God is just a projection of our fathers and are wondering if all therapists think that. (We don't!) I've been trained in spiritually integrated care. I'm able to be a nonjudgmental, compassionate presence as you discern your life path.

I find it helpful for healing to incorporate my clients spirituality within the framework of therapy. I believe that spirituality is a personal journey that can create immense impact in people's healing. I think if spirituality is important to a client than it should be focused in on in therapy sessions.

I have lived experience related to healing from religious trauma and the impact of purity culture, the grief of faith deconstruction, and the relational dynamics that go along with a significant faith transition. Additionally, I have sought out additional training to support my work with folks who are interested in navigating religious trauma, faith deconstruction, or simply wanting more depth in their spiritual life.

As a former Catholic, I know what it's like to feel stuck in guilt, shame, and low self-worth caused by a restrictive religious belief system and community. I can help you step out of the mental traps that keep you stuck and move towards a life free to focus on what matters to you. Let's work together to unlearn shaming self-talk, people-pleasing, and self-abandonment so that you can start to support and care for yourself, do what matters to you, and feel like a whole person.

My background in spiritual work goes back about 10 years. In my sessions, I integrate tarot and tools associated with divination, energy work concepts, mythology, archetypes, and fairytales. I believe that psychotherapy, as a ritual, is a magical process. I am a practicing pagan and am informed on various Pagan, Animist, Occult, and Earth-based spiritualities.

Spirituality is central to many people’s sense of meaning and purpose. I honor each client’s personal beliefs and understand faith can provide comfort. My specialty is supporting those going through post-religious deconstruction or recovering from religious trauma. With care and without judgment, I help people process grief, anger, loss of community and identity that often accompany deconstruction. My goal is to assist you in reconnecting to your inherent worth beyond dogma.

Exploring beliefs and practices related to meaning, existence, and spiritual health and healing; enjoying a deeper felt connection with the spiritual dimension of one's life.

I love integrating an individual's personal spirituality into session. I truly believe in treating mind, body, and spirit together. My clients utilize this opportunity in all different ways. From integrating their spiritual beliefs into IFS parts work, to creating meaning from past trauma, to deeply exploring the client's unique spiritual experiences in this lifetime and beyond, this aspect of therapy is individually tailored to the client's comfort level and needs.

I believe that, broadly speaking, spirituality is a concern for everyone. The big picture and the largest questions of life are contained in it. What do you value? What do you worship? As David Foster Wallace wrote, "there is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship...If you worship money and things, if they are where you tap real meaning in life, then you will never have enough, never feel you have enough."

I work with clients to explore and develop rich spiritual lives. I approach this work from a non-denominational perspective with the aim of investigating the psychological mechanisms that are present in religious and spiritual experiences. I hope to help clients refine their sense of self-in-the-world, where they can reassess their values and what determines a meaningful life.

During our time together, we will explore beliefs and practices related to meaning, existence, and spiritual health and healing. I often speak about spirituality in terms of the Universe and our connection to ourselves and the connection to something larger than ourselves. I will support you in exploring what your unique sense of spirituality means to you.

I have a long-held interest in working in the area of spirituality and enjoy working with clients who are well-established in their own spiritual journeys or those who may have trouble connecting with this part of their lives for varying reasons.

I am a certified religious trauma specialist. I help people heal after adverse religious experiences, as well as assist those who are questioning their belief system or have left a harmful religious group.

I believe the integration of one's Christian faith can allow therapy to be more effective, which is something I myself have experienced in my own healing journey. But I welcome those from other faith backgrounds and completely respect those who wish to leave their faith at the door.

I believe that, broadly speaking, spirituality is a concern for everyone. The big picture and the largest questions of life are contained in it. What do you value? What do you worship? As David Foster Wallace said, "there is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship...If you worship money and things, if they are where you tap real meaning in life, then you will never have enough, never feel you have enough."

I have experience in multiple spiritual traditions, and have experienced challenges, breakthroughs, and more challenges in my own journey. I believe the ability to talk openly and freely about one's experience is crucial to the path. Part of my personal journey includes the use of sacred plant medicine, and I can help you with psychedelic integration. I can also help you cultivate a meditation practice and develop metta (loving-kindness) for yourself and others.

Spirituality is an issue I have had the pleasure of treating, dating back to my time at Abilene Christian University. It is a concept often overlooked and one that I seek to synthesize with the mental health world by allowing my patients to examine themselves as beings who can acknowledge a higher power and simultaneously recognize that they have agency in this world to activate positive change. The use of religious materials is welcomed by me to my patients should they desire to use them.

"Spirituality" hits at the core of the self, and can inspire everything from dread, shame, to joy and belonging. When this area is wounded, it is that much heavier and more difficult to ask for help. In this area, I have extensive training, background, and experience. My hope in that is to help you articulate the pain, the loss, the joys, the meaning, identity, and everything that is 'touched' by spirituality, in order that you may experience progress towards health and healing.

I have a passion for helping clients navigate what their own spirituality looks like and how they can incorporate it into their lives. I have experience with helping clients overcome religious trauma and explore and cultivate their own unique connection to themselves and others -- no matter what that looks like. I rely on my own spirituality to guide me in work with clients and offer a warm and open space to explore beliefs and connection to oneself and others!

I believe that, broadly speaking, spirituality is a concern for everyone. The big picture and the largest questions of life are contained in it. What do you value? What do you worship? As David Foster Wallace said, "there is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship...If you worship money and things, if they are where you tap real meaning in life, then you will never have enough, never feel you have enough."