“After being sexually assaulted, my world turned upside down. I stopped trusting men around me, even friends, and felt like I would never be able to completely be myself again. I let this incident define who I was and kept it a secret to most people. I felt hopeless and avoided thinking about the event. However, when I saw that it was affecting my emotional wellbeing and relationships, I decided to seek professional help. I’m so glad God put Kristin in my life. She listened to my whole story and grieved with me, which made me feel understood and loved. She helped me answer some hard questions, such as “why would God let such horrible thing happen to me?” She helped me process through the trauma itself and also anything that triggered me throughout the week. She always pointed to Scripture and helped me see God’s goodness. I can confidently say that God has completely healed me and I feel free once again.” -SK
“Kristin helped walk with me and guide me through a difficult time in my mental health journey. I had invasive ruminating thoughts on my past, including lots of negative emotions like shame, guilt, sorrow, anger, and fear. Our conversations were completely open, which was helpful in itself, but they were also grounded in a faith we both shared. While I know that Kristin works with people of all different belief backgrounds, I found it helpful to go through counseling with someone who believed in a sovereign, loving God, and who could remind me of the forgiveness of sin and of the new creation in Christ, and make these truths personal to me. Beyond that, we were also able to connect the invasive thoughts with my past OCD episodes, and this gave me the perspective and tools to deal with them. Kristin has joy, wisdom, encouragement, and hope that she can share as a spiritual sister, counselor, and friend.” -CG
“I had been going through a season of deep-rooted hopelessness that wouldn’t budge and I decided to reach out and give biblical counseling a try. I thoroughly enjoyed being counseled by Kristin! She made me feel known, understood, and loved – not just by her but ultimately by God. An ongoing process of acknowledging and working through each spiritually-crippling mindset resulted in hope being built up in my life again.” -JS
“I sought counseling with Kristin after eight years of confusion and emotional exhaustion from weathering my Ph.D. journey, which had left me thinking that I was alone and abandoned and could not be helped by anyone, not even God. My sessions with Kristin helped me to see that God is sovereign, ever faithful, a loving Father who has never left me to deal with the difficulties of graduate school alone. She provided perspective on how intricately God was with me through the long years of solitude. I’m so grateful for these conversations with Kristin.” -CC
“I struggled with depression and was recommended to psychologists. Although they were helpful, I was never able to fully explain myself or thought they understood my struggles. They saw Christianity as just another religion, while for me, it is the very core of my existence. Those visits felt like putting a band-aid on a deep infection, and I felt even more lost in my faith and on who I really was. My friend then recommended me to biblical counseling, and it has been truly a blessing. I am finally able to address my pain with someone that understands my faith. Kristin has walked with me and guided me to trust the Lord during times of extreme suffering. She has helped me to focus on God’s glory and the hope we have on the cross, which is the only way someone can really heal from the wounds of this world.” -BM
“I felt very stuck as I things I had suppressed for so long were suddenly impacting me. I was turning to the same escapes into sin again and again. Everything felt like a destructive cycle that I could not break on my own. I needed help detangling the mess in my head and the barriers that I had put up in my relationship with God. Counseling was helpful to verbalize my thoughts and have someone point me to the Grace and Truth of the Gospel and away from the lies of self-hatred and condemnation. I’m grateful for the ways Kristin interceded for me and walked me through Scripture. I’m thankful that she did not try to ‘fix me’ herself, but relied on God and His Word to bring healing.” -MK
“Kristin was an incredible blessing to me during a very fragile and difficult time in my life. She has an exceptional God-given gift of discernment and was able to help me recognize what God was teaching me and to begin to heal from old, buried wounds. She would bring the Bible to life so you could relate so much to Jesus, so that you felt you were right there with Him. She was like an artist in the way she spoke, masterfully showing how much God loves and values you. God put Kristin in my path and I am so grateful for the wonderful counseling ministry she has.” –ET