Christian Therapy
Therapy that honors your faith and your inner life. Online therapy based in Aptos and serving clients across California.
If your faith matters to you, it can belong in therapy
For many people, faith is not separate from their anxiety, their grief, their perfectionism, or their relationships. It shapes how they understand suffering, responsibility, hope, and meaning.
If you’re seeking Christian therapy in Aptos or online across California, you may be looking for a space where your spiritual life doesn’t have to be edited out of the room. My background includes graduate level theological training alongside my clinical education as a therapist which allows me to engage thoughtfully with the spiritual questions that often arise in therapy.
Some of my clients simply want to know their therapist understands the language and worldview of Christianity. Others want more direct integration- reflecting on scripture, exploring spiritual formation practices, or making sense of doubts and disappointments in their relationship with God. However your faith shows up, it’s welcome here.
Many of my clients are professionals, therapists, and leaders within Christian communities who want a space where they can speak honestly about both their emotional and spiritual lives.
Who Christian counseling is for:
Adults grieving a loss and navigating a faith community that doesn’t always know how to support them
People going through anxiety and trauma who want therapy to use their spirituality as a support
Couples or individuals navigating infertility, miscarriage, or family expectations
LGBT+ Christians integrating faith and sexuality
Scrupulosity or religious OCD that leaves you overwhelmed with doubts
How I approach Christian therapy
For my Christian clients, faith is central to their lives and mental health. It’s a comfort through hard times, but can also be a source of pain.
You might be carrying grief that others in your church don’t understand. You might feel pressure to “just trust God” through infertility, miscarriage, or deep losses. Maybe you tear up every time you see a family with a new baby in church, or you don’t know how to respond when people ask when it will be your turn. Or you might feel like the people around you have model marriages and families- you know they’re not actually perfect, but it’s hard to open up about your struggles if you’re not sure how they’ll respond.
And when you’re facing serious relationship strain, you want to be able to talk honestly about what’s happening and how you’re feeling in a space that honors your values around commitment and marriage. Some of my clients are LGBT+ Christians who care deeply about their faith but often feel like they don’t fully belong in either queer spaces or traditional Christian communities.
You might struggle with a constant sense of spiritual pressure, feeling like you have to get everything exactly right in order to be faithful and accepted. For some people this takes the form of scrupulosity, a type of anxiety or OCD where moral or religious concerns become overwhelming and difficult to quiet.
Christian therapy with me creates space to explore the emotional, relational, and spiritual dimensions of what you’re facing. Your beliefs, values, and spirituality are all part of the conversation while we also work through the anxiety, grief, trauma, or relational patterns affecting your life.
My goal is to help you move toward a life that’s both emotionally honest and spiritually grounded.
An integrated approach to faith and mental health
In addition to my clinical training as a licensed therapist in California, I hold a seminary degree and formal theological education. That means our work can move beyond surface level encouragement or spiritual platitudes. We can thoughtfully explore the theological, emotional, and relational layers of what you're experiencing. We take the time to go deep, really looking at what’s going on underneath the problems you’re coming in with.
We can thoughtfully engage questions about:
Suffering and meaning
Spiritual striving and perfectionism
Forgiveness and boundaries
Guilt, responsibility, and grace
Calling, identity, and discernment
If it’s meaningful to you, we may incorporate scripture, prayer, or contemplative practices. If it’s not, we won’t. Faith integration is always guided by you. Your faith can be a source of comfort and meaning. It can also be a place of tension or confusion. Both realities can be explored thoughtfully and without pressure.
My approach remains slow, relational, and reflective. Christian counseling with me is not about correcting your beliefs or strengthening your performance. It’s about creating space to understand how your faith and your emotional life intersect and how they can become more integrated and honest.
Frequently Asked Questions About Christian Counseling
What is Christian therapy?
Christian therapy integrates clinical mental health care with thoughtful engagement of Christian faith, when desired. It is not separate from evidence-based therapy, but an integration of psychological insight and theological reflection.
Do you use prayer or scripture in sessions?
If that is meaningful to you, we can incorporate scripture, prayer, or contemplative spiritual practices. If you prefer not to, we won’t. Integration always starts with you and what you need.
Can therapy help with scrupulosity or religious OCD?
Yes. Scrupulosity is a form of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) where religious or moral concerns become intrusive and overwhelming. Therapy can help you understand how these thought patterns develop and learn ways to relate to them differently so they no longer dominate your spiritual life.
How is this different from pastoral counseling?
Pastors and church leaders often provide important spiritual guidance and support. Christian therapy, however, also addresses mental health concerns such as anxiety, grief, trauma, and relational patterns using clinical training alongside theological understanding.
What if I’m questioning my faith?
You do not need certainty to begin. Doubt, confusion, and spiritual tension are welcome parts of the process. Many people begin therapy during seasons of spiritual exhaustion, doubt, or confusion. You don’t need certainty or perfect faith to begin. Therapy can be a place to explore your emotional life and spiritual questions honestly, without pressure to perform or resolve everything quickly.
If you’re looking for Christian therapy in Aptos or online across California and want a space where your emotional life and your faith can be explored together, you’re welcome to reach out. A consultation is an opportunity to talk about what you’re carrying and whether this approach feels like the right fit.