Adam Hoover

Anxiety can make the worst case feel certain and your own mind feel like the enemy—racing thoughts, trouble sleeping. Using cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), we learn to catch anxious thoughts, test them against what's true, and quiet the spiral, alongside body-based tools for a calmer nervous system. For clients who want it, we pair this with the biblical practice of taking thoughts captive. The goal isn't to never feel anxious—it's to stop anxiety from running your life.

So much of what we carry began before us—patterns of fear, anger, silence, or shame passed down through generations. You may notice yourself reacting in ways you swore you never would, or living out vows and beliefs you never consciously chose. Using EMDR and the Neurosequential Model, we trace these roots, help your nervous system release what it's been holding, and break the cycle—so the pain stops here. For believers, we invite God into that story as the one who heals it.

Many men were taught to handle everything alone—to perform, provide, and never show weakness. So the anxiety, anger, numbness, or pressure stays buried until it strains your marriage or your sense of who you are. This is a place to set that weight down. Together we'll work on what's underneath—stress, old wounds, identity, and the patterns that keep you stuck—and build real tools for connection and self-control. You don't have to have it together to start. You just have to show up.

EMDR is one of the most researched treatments for trauma. When something painful doesn't get fully processed, the brain stores it 'live'—so a present moment can trigger the full weight of the past. EMDR uses gentle, guided eye movements to help your brain reprocess those memories, so they lose their charge and stop hijacking the present. You don't have to relive every detail to heal. For clients who want it, we invite God into that healing as the one who makes us whole.

Most couples don't lose love—they lose the ability to really connect with each other. Old hurts pile up, conversations turn into the same fight, and you start living like roommates. Together we'll slow those cycles down, rebuild communication and trust, and help each of you feel understood again. I draw on emotionally focused work and practical tools, oriented around a Christ Centered love. Whether you're in crisis or just drifting, it's not too late to grow toward each other.

Cognitive behavioral therapy is the most-researched approach for anxiety and depression—and it's practical. So much of what we feel flows from what we think, often from distorted thoughts we never question. In CBT we learn to catch those thoughts, test them against reality, and exchange them for what's true. I teach a simple framework, D.I.C.E.—Data, Interpretation, Conclusions and Evidence—you can use between sessions. For believers, it's the everyday practice of renewing the mind.