CHRISTIAN COUNSELING · BURBANK & ONLINE IN CALIFORNIA
Christian counseling for women who love God & are still exhausted
For the woman who's spent years doing faith "right" — saying yes, keeping the peace, praying harder when the anxiety wouldn't lift — and is tired of performing, even in the places that are supposed to be safe.
Your faith doesn't have to be one more place you perform.
IN-PERSON IN BURBANK, CA
ONLINE ACROSS CALIFORNIA
Who this is for
Christian Counseling might be a fit for you if you:
✓ Grew up learning to be the good girl, at home, at church, or both
✓ Have anxiety that prayer and positive thinking didn't fix
✓ Feel guilty setting boundaries, as if it means you're being unloving
✓ Carry church hurt or religious trauma
✓ Are questioning what you were taught but don't want to lose your faith
You don't have to have your faith figured out to come here.
Bring the questions, the doubt, all of it.
Faith as a resource, not a rule
For many women, faith got tangled up with performance: be selfless, be agreeable, don't need too much. Therapy here isn't about replacing your faith or adding more to it. It's about separating what you were taught from what you actually believe, so your relationship with God can become something that supports you instead of something you have to get right.
What is Christian counseling?
Christian counseling integrates evidence-based therapy with a client's Christian faith when desired. I'm a licensed professional clinical counselor, not a pastor, so this work complements your church and pastoral care rather than replacing it.
Faith-based counseling for anxiety
Anxiety can leave you replaying conversations, bracing for what might go wrong, and feeling responsible for everyone else's well-being, even while you're praying and trying to trust.
Anxiety is not a sign of weak faith.
Faith-based counseling for trauma
Painful experiences can change how you see yourself, other people, and even God. We'll work at a pace that feels safe, using trauma-informed care, including EMDR therapy when it fits.
Christian counseling for spiritual growth
Faith isn't always a straight path. Christian counseling can provide a supportive space to explore your relationship with God, strengthen your values, and continue growing spiritually.
Healing from church hurt and religious trauma
Sometimes the places that were meant to offer support, belonging, and encouragement become sources of pain. Church hurt isn't always dramatic. Sometimes it looks like rules disguised as faithfulness, pressure to be selfless, or being taught that your needs are selfish.
Your experiences matter, and your healing matters too
This has its own page, too: Church hurt therapy in Burbank
My approach to Christian counseling
Real therapy, with room for your faith
I grew up in church, and I learned how to be the good girl there — smile, serve, say the right things, pray harder when it hurt. For a long time, I thought that was enough. But the anxiety didn't lift, and the questions I was carrying didn't feel safe to say out loud in the place that raised me. I needed somewhere I could be honest about all of it at the same time — the faith and the struggle — without having to pick which one I was allowed to bring through the door.
That's the room I try to offer here. We work with EMDR, IFS, CBT & ACT, and body-based approaches, and your faith is part of that work in whatever way is true for you — the believing, the doubting, all of it.
Your faith is welcome — all of it
Your beliefs can be a source of strength we draw on — and your doubts and questions are just as welcome in the room.
You set the pace
Prayer, scripture, or neither. You decide how much faith is in any given session — and you can change your mind anytime.
The questions are welcome here
Doubt, anger, church hurt — none of it has to be cleaned up before it can be said out loud here.
What to expect
No diving into the deep end on day one
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We start with a conversation
We begin with a free 15-minute consultation — a real conversation about what's bringing you in. You can ask me anything, and we decide together whether we're the right fit. No pressure, and no commitment.
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Faith and mental health, worked on together
We don't treat your beliefs and your mental health like two separate problems. In real life they're tangled together — so that's how we work with them.
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Real life, with your faith in it
We do the work of therapy — anxiety, boundaries, the patterns you're tired of — with your faith treated as part of you, not a problem to work around. The goal is a faith, and a life, that both feel honest.
Sessions are 55 minutes · $225 per session · self-pay · In person in Burbank · online across California
You get to learn how to stop performing, stop being perfect — and find out you were loved the whole time.
A few questions before we begin
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Yes. Needing support isn't a faith failure, and therapy doesn't compete with God, prayer, or your church — it works alongside them. Plenty of women find their faith gets more honest, not weaker, when they stop carrying everything alone.
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No. You don't have to perform your faith here — that includes for me. Come doubting, angry, exhausted, or barely holding on. All of it belongs in the room.
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No. I'm a licensed therapist, so this is actual therapy. If you want prayer or scripture in your sessions, we include them. If you don't, we don't. That's always your call.
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Only as much as you want. You set the pace for faith in the room — some sessions it's central, others it's barely mentioned. Either way is fine.
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No. I'm a licensed professional clinical counselor, not a pastor. This is clinical therapy where your faith is welcome — it works alongside your church and pastoral care rather than replacing either.
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Then you're exactly who this page is for. You don't need to have it figured out, and I won't push you toward any conclusion. There's room here for doubt, anger, and grief — and hope, when you're ready for it.
You Don't Have to Do This Alone
Even if you're tired of performing, even at church.
Even if praying about it hasn't made the anxiety stop.
Even if you're not sure what you believe in this season.
I'd be honored to walk alongside you as you build a life, and a faith, that both feel honest.