At Soul Care we seek to be more than counselors who happen to be Christians and we believe the very real struggles that bring people to counseling are often symptoms of deeper psycho-spiritual heart problems. Yet these are also powerful opportunities to engage the transformative power of the Gospel and truly experience the hope, freedom and peace Jesus promises. We believe that while God clearly c
an and does work through psychology-centered counseling, the heart’s deepest need is for more than the nearly exclusive focus on psychological & relational dynamics of most therapists—even of many Christian ones. Because of these convictions Soul Care's staff bring a unified Counseling/Spiritual Direction approach to help individuals, couples and families. The following medical metaphor can be useful because a counselor's approach will be determined by what they believe is the underlying source of a person's pain and by their definition of progress and of health:
Treatment for chest pain will vary greatly if caused by anxiety vs. IF anxiety is the source, then anti-anxiety medication and stress-reducing techniques will be most effective. But, if the chest pains are actually symptoms of coronary artery disease ONLY a different approach could provide real, lasting hope. Anything less would give only a temporary sense of well-being & would allow irreparable heart damage to continue. The parallels of this, even in Christian counseling, are stark and real.
