Therapy with a Faith Foundation: What Sets Us Apart
At Refinery Counseling, we understand that true healing often goes beyond coping skills and behavioral strategies. It reaches into the soul, touches the heart, and integrates the mind. For many of our clients, faith is a central part of their identity, and they long for a therapeutic experience that acknowledges and nurtures their spiritual life as much as their emotional well-being.
That’s what makes our approach different.
As a Christian-led, faith-integrated private practice, we offer counseling that honors the full person—body, mind, and spirit. Whether you’re navigating anxiety, grief, trauma, relationship issues, or identity questions, our faith-based foundation provides a deeply rooted sense of hope, compassion, and purpose throughout the healing journey.
What Is Faith-Based Therapy?
Faith-based therapy combines traditional evidence-based counseling methods with spiritual principles. At Refinery Counseling, this means:
- Using Scripture, prayer, and Christian values as part of the therapeutic process (when desired)
- Exploring spiritual identity and struggles as part of your emotional healing
- Offering a safe space for clients to talk openly about their faith
- Respecting and supporting clients’ spiritual autonomy
We believe that faith and mental health are not separate—they are deeply connected. A person’s belief system shapes how they view the world, interprets hardship, and recovers from pain.
Why Faith Matters in Counseling
For many people, faith is more than religion—it’s a source of strength, comfort, and identity. Including it in therapy:
- Promotes deeper self-awareness and alignment with values
- Offers meaning and purpose in the face of suffering
- Provides language and rituals that support healing
- Helps address spiritual trauma or church hurt
- Encourages trust in something greater than the present struggle
When your emotional and spiritual needs are honored together, healing becomes more holistic and sustainable.
What Sets Refinery Counseling Apart
- Clinically Competent and Spiritually Sensitive
Our licensed therapists are trained in evidence-based models like CBT, EMDR, family systems therapy, and trauma-informed care. At the same time, they are grounded in biblical wisdom and guided by prayer. This dual lens allows us to approach healing with both clinical precision and spiritual depth.
- You Set the Tone
Faith integration is never forced. You choose how much (or how little) you want to incorporate your spiritual beliefs into your sessions. Whether you want prayer, Scripture, or simply a therapist who respects your Christian worldview, we meet you where you are.
- Safe Space for Hard Questions
Many clients come to us with spiritual wounds—questions about God, suffering, purpose, or their place in the church. We create space to wrestle with these questions honestly, without shame or fear of judgment.
- Support for the Whole Family
From individual sessions to couples therapy and family counseling, our approach is holistic and relational. We help families heal together, grounded in shared values and spiritual connection.
- Veteran and Minority-Led Perspective
As a practice led by a woman, a veteran, and a person of color, we offer a perspective that is uniquely empathetic to the intersectionality of identity, faith, and trauma. Our care is culturally competent, inclusive, and rooted in justice and grace.
Who We Serve
We welcome all who seek healing—whether you’re deeply rooted in your Christian faith, questioning it, or simply looking for a counselor who respects your beliefs. We work especially with:
Women navigating trauma, anxiety, or life transitions
Veterans processing service-related stress and moral injury
Families seeking unity, healing, and direction
Individuals recovering from spiritual abuse or disconnection from their faith community
Faith in Every Season
Life moves through seasons—joy and sorrow, gain and loss, clarity and confusion. Through them all, faith can be an anchor. At Refinery Counseling, we walk with you through these seasons, helping you discover:
- Strength in weakness
- Hope in hardship
- Meaning in the waiting
- Grace for yourself and others
Our mission is to help you heal emotionally while remaining anchored spiritually. In doing so, we believe you can live more fully, more freely, and more faithfully.
Final Thoughts
Therapy doesn’t have to feel clinical or detached. It can be sacred. It can be personal. It can be a space where God meets you in your healing. At Refinery Counseling, we offer a different kind of support—one that sees all of you and invites restoration that lasts.
If you’re ready to begin therapy with a faith foundation, we’re here to walk alongside you.
