Christian
Counseling in
NEW YORK CITY
At Abbott Mental Health Counseling, we provide Christian counseling for individuals, couples, and children seeking emotionally grounded, clinically effective, and spiritually integrated therapy. We believe emotional healing and spiritual growth can work together, allowing therapy to address both psychological suffering and deeper questions of meaning, faith, identity, and relationship. We aim to bridge the gap between clinical and spiritual care in New York City.
Many people searching for a Christian counselor in Brooklyn are navigating anxiety, trauma, depression, addiction, relationship conflict, grief, or spiritual disconnection. Others may feel conflicted about whether therapy aligns with their Christian faith. Our approach honors both evidence-based psychotherapy and Christian spirituality, integrating modern trauma-informed modalities with compassion, emotional safety, and respect for each client’s faith journey.
Our practice serves clients throughout Brooklyn and Manhattan, and the greater New York City area as well as telehealth clients.
Therapy That Honors Faith Without Pressure
Some clients desire overt integration of Christian faith into therapy. Others simply want a therapist who respects spirituality without imposing beliefs. We meet clients where they are.
Faith integration may include:
discussing spiritual questions
processing church hurt
exploring identity and meaning
integrating Christian values into healing work
We welcome clients from many backgrounds and denominations, including clients who feel uncertain, disconnected, or conflicted about faith.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma-focused therapy designed to help the brain process distressing memories that remain emotionally and neurologically “stuck.” EMDR can help reduce symptoms related to trauma, panic, shame, abuse, grief, and attachment wounds.
Many Christian clients carry unresolved pain connected to:
church hurt
family trauma
addiction
shame
betrayal
spiritual abuse
EMDR helps clients process painful experiences while restoring emotional stability and resilience.
EMDR Therapy
Internal Family Systems
Internal Family Systems (IFS) helps clients understand the different “parts” within themselves that carry pain, fear, anger, shame, or self-protection. Rather than viewing symptoms as failures, IFS understands these inner experiences compassionately.
Clients often discover:
wounded inner parts carrying trauma
perfectionistic parts driven by fear
protective parts masking vulnerability
spiritually burdened parts shaped by shame
IFS can integrate beautifully with Christian counseling because it emphasizes compassion, healing, restoration, and deeper connection to one’s authentic self.
Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy
AEDP is an emotionally focused therapy model that helps clients process painful emotions safely within a secure therapeutic relationship. Many people feel emotionally disconnected, numb, overwhelmed, or unable to trust others.
AEDP helps clients:
develop emotional resilience
increase self-compassion
heal attachment wounds
process grief and loneliness
strengthen relational security
For Christian clients, AEDP often supports emotional honesty, vulnerability, and healing in ways that deepen relational and spiritual connection.