FAQs
What is faith-integrated therapy?
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What kind of therapist helps with relationship patterns?
Faith-integrated (or faith integrative) therapy is a clinical approach that connects your spiritual beliefs and practices into the therapeutic process, without replacing evidence-based treatment. In my practice, this means that you can bring your faith into the conversation with a therapist that understands. We might explore how the Bible speaks to what you're experiencing, or examine where church culture may have contributed to harm rather than healing. I combine attachment theory, trauma-informed care, and neuroscience with a genuine respect for your relationship with God.
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How do I get started?
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What if I want therapy that’s deeper than coping skills?
I think I have ADHD, but I also feel emotionally overwhelmed all the time. What kind of therapist should I look for?
Getting started is simple. You can text me at (562) 888-1368, and we’ll schedule a 15 minute consultation call. I will walk you through the next steps and answer any questions about therapy. After the consultation call, we’ll schedule our first session.
Do you offer Telehealth?
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Yes. I have Telehealth sessions available Monday through Friday. I am able to meet with any person who is currently in California. Telehealth sessions use a secure, HIPAA-compliant video platform and are conducted the same way as in-person sessions. Many clients, especially those struggling to start therapy, find telehealth more accessible because they can attend from a private space without the logistics of traveling to an office.
How can I contact you?
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You can reach me anytime via our contact page or email. I aim to respond quickly, usually within one business day.
What is betrayal trauma?
Betrayal trauma is the emotional and physiological injury caused when someone you deeply depend on, most often a romantic partner, violates your trust through infidelity, deception, or hidden behavior. Unlike general relationship conflict, betrayal trauma affects your nervous system, your sense of reality, and your ability to feel safe. Symptoms include hypervigilance, intrusive thoughts, difficulty sleeping, emotional flooding, and a persistent feeling that you're "going crazy." You're not. Your mind and body are responding to real injury, real loss, real pain.
Many people benefit from therapists who understand attachment, family systems, emotional regulation, and relational dynamics. This kind of therapy often explores how early experiences shape current relationships, conflict patterns, identity, and emotional responses.
Can a Christian therapist also be psychologically informed?
Yes. Many therapists work hard in their clinical training and in their faith to be thoughtful and bring wisdom thoughtfully to clients, without reducing emotional struggles to “just forgive them,” or "just pray more.” A healthy integration of faith and psychology allows space for emotional honesty, complexity, growth, grief, relationships, and spiritual formation.
Some people are looking for more than symptom relief. They want to understand why they repeat patterns, feel disconnected, struggle relationally, overfunction, people-please, avoid conflict, or feel emotionally fragmented. Depth-oriented therapy often explores the roots beneath recurring struggles. This can be a benefit in trauma-informed therapy, and can help when you’ve done therapy for a long time, and understand what coping skills work for you.
Many adults with ADHD also struggle with shame, difficulty focusing, relational stress, anxiety, perfectionism, burnout, or general emotional dysregulation. It can help to work with someone who understands both executive functioning challenges and emotional/relational patterns.