I am passionate about using my skills to help you to:
Resolve Conflicts
Develop Spiritually and Psychologically
Overcome Emotional Injuries
Experience a Deep Connection to Self, the Divine, and Creation
Live a Full and Joyful Life
Today, in a world of ever-faster change, both welcome and unwelcome, we are prone to experience so much dis-integration within ourselves and between one another. Integrative Pastoral Counseling draws upon the wells of spiritual and clinical counseling insights to help individuals re-integrate the experiences of their lives in such a way that even old wounds can be utilized to promote reconciliation, healing, and growth in wholeness. Spirituality is about the ultimate sense of who we are at our core and how we experience and express this to others. Holding this perspective enables me to work respectfully with clients regardless of their particular religious beliefs. I offer my services to all in support of their total wellbeing and the advancement of humanity. As a Lutheran clergyman (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America), my own underlying belief is that the message of Jesus is about God entering into the most terrible of human experiences in order to meet humanity there with gracious love, acceptance, forgiveness, and hope. The very places of personal loss or relational death are then transformed through God’s presence and abundant grace into new life. Clients who share my Christian faith often enjoy further exploration of the Christian tradition on this topic. I also work effectively with my clients who embrace different spiritual or religious traditions and the belief systems that support them. Within the major faith traditions we see similar epic stories that have common themes. I look forward to journeying with you on your own path of personal discovery, integration, and growth in wholeness!
