Christian Counseling North Salem, NY. Find a Christian Therapist Near You.

My motto is, "You can have Jesus and a therapist"! I think it is important for people to know that some things require more than prayer. God placed people here with special skills to be able to help others during trying times. If you are strong in your faith, feel like you've lost your faith, or not sure what faith is, together we can figure it out.

I am skilled, knowledgeable, and have years of experience delivering spiritual and religious counseling to Christians and a variety of clients from other spiritual, religious groups, or perspectives, such as Jewish, Muslim, and Hindus, etc. Having taught world religions at the college level, I am comfortable with and have a diverse understanding of spirituality and religious thoughts within reasonable limits.

I am a deeply spiritual Jewish person, and utilize a spiritual and existential perspective to organize my thinking and my work with patients. The phenomenon of the intergenerational passage of psychological issues, defenses, and abusive behavior relates to a well known quote from Isiah, that "the fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth are set on edge." Another biblical quotation I find useful in working to reduce guilt and imrpove personal strength and healthy entitlement, is, "If I am not for me, who will be?" Learn more about my practice at www.ThriveTherapyPractice.com.

Jewish clients sometimes want to visit a Jewish psychologist. I am Jewish, have raised my children Jewish and have married within my faith. However, regardless of the religion of my clients I am extremely respectful of all faiths...even of those who have lost their faith whether it be Jewish/Christian or any other religion or non-belief system. Sometimes through trauma or illness people have lost their former relationship with God and are searching for answers and need to express anger and doubt. I provide a place for all those who need to speak to a careful impartial listener. We do not need to be the same religons for me to help.

At Transformation Counseling Services we believe the goal of therapy is to increase both psychological and spiritual wholeness, we work with many people from different walks of life as well as different faiths. That is why we pride ourselves on the diversity of our staff which includes therapist that are trained to provide Christian and faith based counseling. If you are looking for professional mental health counseling from a Biblical or spiritual perspective please contact us.

I received both my masters and doctoral degrees, along with related training, at Rosemead School of Psychology, one of the leading schools in the country focused on the integration of Christian faith and understanding of human nature with clinical counseling. Our faith can be an important, even central part of our lives. For many people having a therapeutic relationship where this part of themselves can be explored and where they can be open about their faith and relationship with God is hugely important. I understand this importance and so I provide an open, understanding space for addressing challenges, fears, and fostering personal and spiritual growth in a Christian context.

Christian Counseling can take you into a peaceful setting, for you to be at your inner-self. My private environment, and private office will help heal any irrational thoughts you might have. At times a commercial setting can be irritating and uncomfortable to be at peace. Certainly we might find God to be the answer, but, we have to first find ourselves and inner feelings to strenghtened any irrational thoughts to rational thoughts.

Having a religious philosophy can benefit clients with these views. Worldview and Philosophy are powerful inner beliefs that clients possess. Chris has worked with many clients with Christian beliefs by respecting beliefs and integrating this into powerful and solutions oriented counseling. For example...." He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her" - A Bible quote that offers a viewpoint can be merged into good counseling. The quote talks about looking at ourselves before we judge others. The concept can be identified as lets look at ourselves before we blame others. This works well in individual or couples therapy to have clients look at their own motivations.

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.