Christian Counseling Darien, IL. Find a Christian Therapist Near You.

Ultimate healing comes from God. He is the God of all peace and understanding. Our trained therapists would like to help you with whatever issue you have from a Christian perspective. We aren't going to push an agenda down your throat. We practice balancing grace and truth. God's word is the ultimate authority and has great wisdom when it comes to healing and relationships. Let walk with you as you find healing with God, yourself and your relationships.

I am a Christian, and I am very comfortable sharing that information with others. Although I may not agree with the specific beliefs of a particular form of Christianity, I do not believe that it is appropriate for me to judge, and I am accepting of differences. I am able to discuss the impact of our beliefs on our behavior; I am also able to encourage the use of our beliefs as a form of support.

For clients that place importance in spiritually, biblically based counseling can be beneficial. Faith based counseling can assist a wide range of clients including couples, families, and individuals while using religion to help guide the way. Clients will gain empowerment as they learn to incorporate their beliefs and values to direct the counseling process. Faith based counseling can be effective in coping with a wide variety of life’s issues while using the holistic approach to improve a client’s mind, body and spirit.

As a Christ-follower I understand the role spirituality plays in all dimensions of life. In fact, one of my favorite verses contains these words of Christ, "I have come that they may have life and have it to the full." (John 10:10) In order to have a full life it takes work on God's part and ours. God's virtues of grace, mercy, and unconditional love are powerful motivators for transformation. As we embrace these virtues, God empowers us to live a full life. I offer Christian counseling to individuals, couples, and/or families who value their relationship with Christ and understand that he plays a primary role in the change they seek.

Offering support and counseling under the guidance of Christ's word, your therapist will work with you to connect the principals in the bible with your personal life. You'll benefit from a reduction of symptoms, and a renewed relationship with Jesus and yourself. I believe that by allowing ourselves to ask Christ to help us with our problems, combined with spiritually focused, problem solving counseling, you can begin to find a renewed sense of purpose, spirituality and inner happiness.

Even as Christians, and good Christians, we cannot make suffering go away. Being humans, we inevitably have to tackle the dark side of the human condition, perhaps struggling with our thinking processes, perhaps growing up with traumas in our families of origin, perhaps experiencing depression, anxiety, marriage conflicts, or something even more serious. As long as we're in this body, we’ll experience sufferings. Downtrodden, we want to rely on God’s grace to pick us up. And one way to access God’s grace is through holistic counseling – a safe place where we can gain new perspectives, shine new lights on our situations, feel lighter, more confident, and ready to move forward with life

One of my favorite verses from the Bible is: be strong and courageous, do not be afraid of discouraged, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go (Joshua 1:9). Therapy can include integrating your Christian faith into the therapeutic process. Through Bible verses and meditating on scriptures, we can focus on how your faith can provide you with strength and comfort to master anxiety and live the life God created you to live.

My relationship with God is who I am. I began going to Willow Creek Community Church when it was only 500 people. Today it hosts over 30,000 on a weekend. I have a strong biblical background as I also attended a small Christian college, Azusa Pacific University, for my bachelor's degree where I took many theology classes. At Willow Creek my husband & I helped launch the DuPage campus, led the Marriage Matters ministry for 4 years, and have served in many other areas. My goal is as a Christian counselor is to create an safe place where you know you matter to God so that you can work through you pains, hurts, and relationship concerns.

I feel God connects me to people I am meant to help. My primary goal is to create a safe place for people to explore whatever is challenging them without fear of being judged and in complete confidentiality. By providing a safe place I can gently guide my clients through their pain and challenges to a place where they feel understood and validated. From that place we can begin to explore goals and work toward accomplishing them. I help people use their relationship with God to guide them to where they want to be and to where He intends for them to be. We enter this spiritual journey together.

Our counselor, Lloyd Christensen, has combined his education in Pastoral Ministry and Social Work. When a client chooses to include their faith in the counseling session, often they experience their life change emotionally, mentally, relationally, and spiritually. When “Christian-based" counseling is used in sessions, together we will operate from a Christian world-view. Recognizing that we are all spiritual beings who were created to be in a relationship with God. That non-judgmental relationship will be a foundation for growth

I help individuals work through the shame and guilt that can come as a result of conservative religious upbringings. I show how you can be released from this guilt and shame and be freed up to experience life in a much lighter and freer way. You will experience true self acceptance and an understanding of how you can live your life the way it was designed to be lived which will give you an increasing sense of hope.

CounselCare Connection, P.C. We are committed to meeting the needs of Christians who may be in personal, emotional, mental or relational crisis. We want to provide guidance and resources to help you whether you are struggling with depression, anxiety, stress, addictions, abuse, grief, marriage, family, relationship or spiritual issues. Lynette Hoy is an LCPC and a Board Certified Professional Christian Counselor. Steve Yeschek is an LCSW and Associate Pastor with the E.V. Free Church in Crystal Lake, IL.

While most Christian Counselors pride themselves on how many Scriptural passages they can recite and how many links they can make from the Bible to psychological disorders, the Christian-centric work of Grey Matters International, Inc.is grounded in one principle: truth. For us, the work is more about truth and transparency of Christ's message and working on the natural laws of accountability and decision making that evolves from that. If one honors God's natural laws of reaping and sowing around the decisions one makes, one is indeed living Scripture to its fullest. We prepare the brain to better maximize the spiritual realities of Christ's words. Contact kevin@kevinflemingphd.com.

Though raised Christian/Catholic, I now am a practicing Buddhist. I continue to carry, use and incorporate Christian beliefs to my personal life and my professional work. I find that Buddhist concepts can enhance all faith styles. For example, I frequently teach, if desired, mindfulness, meditation and laughter yoga concepts and strategies to clients and they find them very helpful (and fun !!)