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    With 25 years of pastoral ministry working with children, youth, and adults of all ages and backgrounds, I offer compassionate Christian counseling to individuals, couples, and families. Using emotionally focused therapy (EFT), I will walk with you in a confidential and secure space as we gain clarity on the significance of your emotions and attachments and how they may affect your relationships. My aim is for you to come to a greater understanding of how your innate and biblical need to belong, to be seen, to be understood, and to be accepted impacts how you feel about yourself, others, and God.

  • How to Deal with Anger When You’re Hurt

    We all get a little bent out of shape if things don’t go our way, and it’s not uncommon for us to feel anger at someone who causes us harm. As religious people, we can set up a hierarchy of transgressions, in which getting drunk is a huge no-no, but we permit anger because we feel justified in it. We can cloak our anger as righteous, virtuous, and merited, all the while yielding to what may truly be a vice.

  • When Today’s Headlines Feed Your Existential Anxiety

    There is a constant barrage of notification pings signaling a crisis is unfolding somewhere in the world. With one phone ding, you are spiraling into questions about life’s meaning and purpose. Along with that, you wonder if anything really matters. You are not alone in experiencing this existential anxiety that results from a relentless news cycle. This goes beyond ordinary worry regarding what’s going on in the world. It is a deep questioning of existence itself that is amplified