The primary focus of my counselling practice, whether explicit or implicit, is caring for the soul. I believe that one of the main ways the soul can get our attention in our distracted, unsurrendered lives is through complaint: melancholy, anxiety, relationship stress, yearning for belonging, lack of fulfilment, blind reactivity. The urgent cry of pain is often easier to hear than the still-small voice within. This is how the soul might land us in counselling, where we can find help to listen to and through the complaints, to translate their message.

My therapeutic process is somatic, which distinguishes itself from talk therapy by going beyond engaging solely with the mind. Somatic therapies are based on current neuroscience and polyvagal theory, and work with the body (primarily the nervous system) as a tool of inquiry and change. We are souls, but we have bodies - and our bodies ultimately have a lot of say in how we habitually show up in the world. 

In somatic Christian counselling, we are always asking for, and trusting in, the continual unfolding of God's guidance in this process. We are using counselling tools, but we are asking God to work through them. When we look inward, we are looking to the indwelling of the Holy Spirit there, to help us navigate our experience of ourselves as souls.