How Christian Counseling Helps You Navigate Anxiety and Stress
Finding Peace in the Chaos: How a Christian Therapist in Houston Helps You Calm Anxiety and Overwhelm
Anxiety can make your world feel smaller by the day — but as a Christian Therapist in Houston, I’ve seen how faith and gentle therapeutic tools can help women and couples find peace that lasts. Going to therapy is not a sign that you are weak or that your faith is lacking. Going to therapy is a sign that you have identified an area of struggle and you are willing to work through it, rather than ignore it. Remember that God sometimes uses His people to help His people. Think about Christ’s mission. He asked the disciples to go and spread the gospel through the ends of the earth, and part of their work was showing compassion and healing broken hearts too. I believe that a part of my job as a Christian therapist in Houston is to help pull people out of struggle and walk them into the light. Because life does not have to feel dark and desolate every day.
I help women and couples find calm through faith and also evidence based, research backed therapy that I spent many years learning. In addition to the faith I have in Jesus, I have also spent many years learning about culture, relationships, the brain, trauma, anxiety and many areas that have held people back. Because in this world, you will have trouble. Jesus already told you that. It’s not only important to reach out to someone who has faith in Jesus, but a professional also trained to help you navigate rough waters. Please do not struggle alone.
Inviting God into the Healing Process: Why Faith Matters in Christian Counseling for Anxiety
Faith doesn’t erase anxiety — but when we invite God into our healing process, we discover a new kind of strength that calms both mind and soul. As Christians, you are already saved by grace. But because we live in a fallen world, there is a lot to grapple with. And sometimes it look sleek wrestling with anxiety, or wrestling with communication issues within your marriage, or not knowing how to make friends as an adulthood, or the aftermath of trauma and pain from your past. Sometimes your heart feels super heavy and you want to be able to speak to someone who will not just get you, but will also be able to provide you practical tools so that you know how to fight through those difficult emotions.
As a Christian therapist in Houston, I believe in a whole person approach. This means I like to look into every domain of your life- I’ll ask about your physical health, emotional health, mental health, relational health and spiritual health. To ignore one part will be to ignore a piece of the puzzle. Now why would I do that? What I am essentially doing is nurturing both emotional and spiritual resilience. And yes, prayer and the word of God are always welcome when you work with me. If you are looking for a faith based therapy approach, Christian counseling for anxiety might just be right for you.
Brainspotting and Faith: A Gentle Path to Releasing Anxiety at Its Root
As a Christian Therapist in Houston, I often use Brainspotting to help clients find calm — not just through insight, but through deeper healing that connects both body and spirit.
Brainspotting helps uncover and heal the hidden emotional roots of anxiety. There are centers in your brain that store trauma as well as big emotions, my job is to give you access to those centers so that you can process it, digest it and no longer need to think about it over and over again. That’s brainspotting in a nutshell. It cuts down on therapy time because we don’t have to talk through what you went through. Rather you get to feel through what you went through.
In addition to brainspotting, I also integrate prayer and scripture if my client is comfortable with it. You get to use every tool you have to help you on your path to wholeness and healing. We cannot ignore your spiritual self if we want to do good therapy. Many Christians appreciate brainspotting’s gentle nature and how it helps the body release tension without reliving trauma. In a nutshell, you don’t have to give me a play by play of all the difficult experiences that happened to you in order to find healing.
For Couples Under Stress: How Christian Marriage Counseling and the Gottman Method Bring You Back Together
When stress creeps into your marriage, it doesn’t just affect your schedule — it impacts your connection. That’s why I use the Gottman Method therapy, grounded in research, to help Houston couples find their way back to each other. Stress, anxiety and miscommunication can create emotional distance in a couple. But you don’t have to throw in the towel, because a skilled marriage therapist can give you practical communication, friendship, intimacy and conflict resolution tools to finally learn how to live in unity and peace. I love to take my couples back to what first brought them together, then tie it into their biblical beliefs about marriage.
I believe that if each party within a couple plays his or her role properly, they will have a strong, healthy marriage. Things get out of hand when we start to step on each other’s toes and forget to embrace the fruit of the Holy Spirit. Through Christian marriage counseling in Houston, I specialize in helping high-performing, highly sensitive Christian couples in Houston find how to manage big emotions, communicate their needs and pour into one another.
Moving Forward with Faith: How to Begin Christian Counseling in Houston
Taking the first step toward counseling can feel intimidating — but as a Christian Therapist in Houston, I want you to know that this step is about grace, not perfection. Therapy begins with a quick 15 minute consultation call. During that call you become familiar with may voice and general demeanor. I believe you can tell a lot about a person from a simple phone interaction. Beyond that, you also get to ask my questions about my process and I learn more about how I can support you. We are essentially assessing if we are the right fit for one another.
After that, if we decide that we are the right fit, my assistant will onboard you into our secure client platform. You’ll fill all the paperwork online, getting you ready for our first virtual therapy session. The first session is an assessment of who you are- we will go through your childhood, family of origin, you school years, educational, career, emotional, physical and relational background. This gives me all the pieces I need to create a collaborative, personalized treatment plan for you.
After that we meet every week to begin to chip away at the goals we set together. We work together until we both feel like you have accomplished what you wanted therapy to do in your life.
You don’t have to keep battling anxiety or stress on your own. As a Christian Therapist in Houston, I help women and couples reconnect with peace, faith, and one another through practical, research-based, and spiritually grounded therapy. If you’re ready to heal from the inside out, schedule your free consultation call for therapy in Houston and discover how God can meet you right where you are — in your healing journey.
About
My name is Ibinye Osibodu-Onyali. I’m a licensed marriage and family therapist in California and Texas. I help women who are struggling with trauma, anxiety and insomnia. I also help couples learn how to speak each other’s language, date each other again and manage conflict in a non-painful way.
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