Christian Counseling in Lanham & Wheaton, MD

Many people in Lanham, Wheaton and across Prince George’s and Montgomery Counties tell us the same thing: they want a counselor who won’t brush their faith aside, but they also want real help, not a sermon. Christian counseling at our Lanham and Wheaton offices gives you both. Our mission says it simply: “We encourage our clients’ personal, relationship and spiritual growth.” For clients who request it, spiritual growth becomes an open, welcome part of the work.

For clients who don’t request it, faith never enters the room uninvited. Every session, with or without a spiritual focus, rests on the same licensed, evidence-based care you’d receive in our individual counseling. Faith is something you bring in, not something we impose. That balance matters. Faith can be a deep source of strength, meaning and community, and ignoring it can leave part of you outside the room. At the same time, a counselor’s job is to help you heal, not to tell you what to believe, so your values always lead.

People of faith face the same struggles as everyone else, and sometimes an extra layer of guilt for struggling at all. We work with anxiety and constant worry, depression and seasons of spiritual dryness, grief and loss, trauma, marriage strain, and hurt that happened inside a church. Our clinicians draw on CBT, trauma-focused, psychodynamic, existential and strength-based methods, blending conventional and alternative approaches to fit you.

Faith and professional care work together. If you’re having thoughts of suicide or harming yourself, please call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) right away, or call 911. Reaching out is not a lack of faith. Many people of faith carry shame about needing help, as if more prayer should have been enough. Caring for your mind is no different from seeing a doctor for your body, and many clients find their faith feels steadier once their symptoms ease.

Christian counseling is one option among many, not a requirement. We welcome clients from every Christian tradition, people of other faiths, those who call themselves spiritual but not religious, and those with no faith at all. Our practice is LGBTQ+ affirming, and that doesn’t change when faith is part of the conversation. If you belong to another tradition and want your beliefs reflected in counseling, tell us. We’ll listen first, ask questions and respect what matters to you.

Clients come to our Lanham office from Bowie, Mitchellville, Largo and Glenn Dale, to our Wheaton office from across Montgomery County, and many others meet with us by secure telehealth from anywhere in Maryland. Let us know when you call that you’d like faith integrated, and we’ll match you with a clinician who is a good fit. Our team understands how deeply a faith community can shape a person’s healing.

Many clients ask for something to hold onto between appointments. Our free prayer text line sends encouraging weekly messages. Just text PRAYER to 855-852-5291. It’s a source of encouragement, not therapy, and it isn’t monitored as a crisis service. Your counseling sessions remain the place for the deeper work. Some clients also bring a verse, a sermon note or a journal entry from the week into session to talk through what it stirred up.

Counseling doesn’t replace your church family, either. Many clients lean on a pastor, a small group or trusted friends while they work with us. We see those relationships as strengths, and if you’d like, we’ll help you think through how to ask the people around you for the support you need.