Are you tired of years of talk therapy and behavior modification?
If you are looking to get to the root of the issue, you have come to the right place! Land of the Living provides Biblical Counseling which helps you achieve positive change by learning how to use the tools that God provides.
Talk therapy can be helpful on the surface, but it is missing the key – an understanding of who God is and His purposes for us. Without a clear understanding of these things, we continue to walk into the same pitfalls. Biblical Counseling connects you to God, who is the life source for true, long-lasting healing.
We don’t often realize it in our day-to-day living, but our very being is multifaceted and beautifully complex. Self is made up of body, soul (our mind, will, and emotions), and spirit. Often, in therapy, our spiritual needs are left unmet. Biblical Counseling not only addresses the needs of the soul but also the needs of the spirit by encouraging a relationship with the Creator and Healer of the Bible. The Bible is a beautiful story of the Creator, the brokenness of humanity, and the ultimate plan of healing available to us through the Healer’s sacrifice for us. Often, we don’t understand how much of our own healing comes through seeking to have a relationship with our Creator once again.
Land of the Living offers Biblical Counseling paired with Temperament Testing to bring healing and wholeness to your life.
Linda shares what you can expect:
Let me start by applauding you for looking into a Christ-centered approach in your healing journey. I’m so glad you are here, and I’d love the honor and privilege of being a safe space for you to process, heal and grow. But before you reach out, let me tell you what you can expect.
Firstly, counseling with me is holistic in that we will focus on your whole-person: spirit, soul and body. Counseling is Bible-based, which means that the Bible is not the only tool we will use, but it certainly is the first tool. Every other resource that I provide to you in your healing and growth work will agree with scripture. The social science of Psychology has many facets that agree with the word of God, but there are also many pieces that are in direct opposition. This is why Biblical Counseling is so important. When you counsel with me, we will always keep the focus on Truth, remembering that God is our ultimate Healer, and every other tool and resource used in the counseling room supplements the spiritual work that He is already doing in our hearts and minds.
I will give you many tools, often providing homework assignments, books, workbooks, podcasts and audio messages to continue to cultivate your healing and growth work outside of our session times together. There may be times I also ask you to schedule a doctors appointment or have blood work done as I like to ensure there are no mineral or vitamin imbalances that are exasperating your experience. Often these imbalances that affect our metabolic system also continue to affect our gut, hormones, and in turn our mental health as well. Regardless of any imbalances you may or may not have, I encourage movement, stress-relief practices, nutrition, financial peace, and margin in your schedule.
Last, but certainly not least, I ask all of my clients to take an APS Temperament Test. This is a clinical test developed by the National Christian Counselors Association that helps me understand how you are wired in several different areas of need. This helps me counsel you, based on how you are wired individually. Counseling with me is not generic, but it is deeply personal to who you are and the way God designed you individually.
