Faith-based Counseling

What is faith-based counseling?

Faith-based counseling offers talk therapy delivered within a faith-based framework for people with mental health problems and those going through challenging life transitions.

Some counselors actively promote spiritual or religious therapy due to having close links to a specific religious community or because they appreciate the power of faith based on their own life experiences.

Faith-based counselors believe religious or spiritual teachings can especially benefit people suffering from mental distress.

What are the advantages of faith-based counseling?

Faith-based counselors like Derek understand how religious texts guide behavior and how valuable faith can be when someone is in distress. He’s familiar with the challenges people face and how these differ between religious and non-religious patients. He can help you manage emotional difficulties arising in daily life without conflicting with your faith.

Derek’s faith background assures patients that they’ll be talking to someone who shares similar values and opinions. Visiting a faith-based counselor encourages people to speak openly about troubling feelings, thoughts, and experiences that they might find hard to disclose to someone who doesn’t share their beliefs.

Who can faith-based counseling help?

Faith-based counseling can help anyone experiencing psychological and emotional turmoil, including those with:

• Depression
• Anxiety disorders
• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Marital problems
• Difficult family relationships
• Grief and loss
• Substance use disorder and addiction

People whose religion is a vital part of their lives often prefer faith-based counseling. However, it can also help those whose faith is in crisis or who are questioning life’s purpose.

What does faith-based counseling involve?

The principle of faith-based counseling is much the same as non-spiritual therapy. Derek selects an approach suited to your condition, for example, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) if you have an anxiety disorder. He then chooses religious texts as a resource to offer guidance to patients.

Faith-based counseling also uses prayer and encourages patients to seek help from a higher power, unlike non-spiritual counseling, where patients depend only on themselves and their health care providers.

In many instances, the approach faith-based and regular therapy sessions take follow a similar path, while on occasions, they go in a different direction. If your faith is important to you, you might find that incorporating its principles into your therapy sessions offers significant benefits.

Call Logos Mental Health and Wellness, to learn more about faith-based counseling or schedule an appointment online today.