Compassionate Catholic Counseling for Recovery, Healing, and Growth
Are you seeking a Catholic Trauma Therapist who integrates faith with effective mental health care? I offer compassionate, professional therapy for individuals and couples, helping you heal from trauma, strengthen relationships, and find emotional and spiritual balance.
I offer professional, faith-informed therapy to guide individuals and couples toward deeper healing and connection. My approach honors both your emotional well-being and your spiritual values, providing a safe, and supportive environment for transformation.
Healing is possible. Whether you’re navigating anxiety, depression, chronic stress, or unresolved trauma, Therapy can help you reconnect with yourself, your body, and your sense of safety.
Painful past experiences are difficult to get over because we believe that we can “think” our way through our problems or we shouldn’t feel the way we feel. When we have experienced current or past trauma(s) we get stuck and cannot think our way out if it.
Adverse events or trauma experiences frequently prevent people from living wholly in the present. Often people who have experienced overwhelming experiences, trauma events, or childhood abuse and neglect will have nervous system dysregulation that shows up in the form of emotional symptoms such as symptoms of depression, anxiety disorders, symptoms of PTSD, social anxiety, and physical imbalances. People will also potentially experience relationship strain and disconnection to the people who are important to them.
According to leading trauma expert and founder of Somatic Experiencing®, Peter Levine states that, “Trauma lives in the body, not the event”. When we experience a traumatic event, it is the body’s response to the perceived threat that holds the trauma thus causing an unbalance in the nervous system.
Stacy offers Faith-Filled Mental Health Services for Individuals and Couples.
Mental health is not simply the absence of symptoms or illness. It is the capacity to:
- Live in right relationship with God, self, and others
- Regulate emotions in healthy ways
- Form and sustain meaningful relationships
- Navigate suffering with resilience and hope
- Grow in virtue, self-knowledge, and freedom
The Church beautifully affirms the unity of body and soul (see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, §365). Psychological care and spiritual care are not opposed—they can work together for authentic healing.
A Catholic Understanding of the Human Person
Grounded in the teachings articulated by saints such as St. Thomas Aquinas and St. John Paul II, Catholic psychology recognizes:
- The unity of body and soul
- The role of virtue in mental health
- The impact of sin and woundedness
- The transformative power of grace
- The healing mission of Christ
At the same time, I fully affirm modern clinical research and ethical therapeutic standards.
Is This Only for Catholics?
No. I work with individuals and couples of all backgrounds.
Clients who desire explicit integration of Catholic faith are welcome. Clients who prefer therapy grounded primarily in clinical practice without spiritual integration are equally respected.
Your dignity, freedom, and goals guide our work together.
My Clinical Approach
I provide evidence-based treatment while respecting Catholic moral theology and anthropology for individuals, couples, and dating and premarital couples.
Depending on your needs, therapy may include:
- Somatic Experiencing®
- Transforming Touch®
- Eye Movement and Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)- parts of self-work
- Family Systems Therapy
- Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Relational Life Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
When requested, sessions may also integrate:
- Prayer
- Virtue-based reflection
- Discussion of Church teaching
- Discernment support
- Collaboration with clergy (with your consent)
I am holistic in and collaborative in my approach ~ paying attention to the interconnectedness of the body and soul. I approach counseling in a non-pathological/non-shaming way. My counseling sessions are tailored to your needs and goals. My job as your therapist is to create a safe environment for you so you can begin to heal from past wounds and experiences and move toward positive change in creating the life that you want and desire.
We know that healing from our past and strengthening our relationships can improve our health. We also know that we do better when we work together. Counseling can be that first step toward living a healthy life…you do not need to do this alone!
Take the First Step Toward Healing
Finding the right therapist is so important. Contact me to set up a Free 30-40 minute No-Obligation Consultation/Visit to make sure we are a fit. During this Consultation/Visit, you will be able to tell me a bit about your story and your needs for therapy and ask any questions you may have. I will share more about how I work and what our work together will look like.
To set up a free 30-40 minute No-Obligation Consultation/Visit; fill out the contact information or call me at 952-215-5208. or email me direct at info@hopeinhealing.org
Contact Stacy today to schedule a session and start your path toward healing.
If you or someone that you care about is experiencing a life-threatening emergency, please call 911 or go to your local emergency room.