Jesus, Therapy, and the Journey to Emotional Wholeness
Release Date: 04/15/2025
The 1 Question To Ask Yourself that Can Help Heal Trauma - Better Than Trying Harder and Beating Yourself Up Inside
Trauma Healing and Mental Health for Christian Women - Where faith and psychology come together to heal and empower you to freedom.
If you are tired of beating yourself up inside for trying harder and harder to make traction toward your emotional and mental freedom but feel like you are simply going in circles and feeling defeated, you may be asking yourself, "What is Wrong with Me?" However, the problem isn't you! The problem is that you are asking yourself the wrong question, and assuming that the problem is somehow you. This leads to shame, frustration, and hamster wheel running that keeps you from making traction toward your healing. To heal, you need to ask a different question, and I'll tell...
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Why Can't I Relax, Even Though I'm Safe?
Trauma Healing and Mental Health for Christian Women - Where faith and psychology come together to heal and empower you to freedom.
If slowing down makes you feel more anxious instead of calm, this episode explains why. You'll learn how trauma trains the nervous system to equate safety with staying busy, in control, or on guard - and why true safety isn't something you need to seek after, but something your body experiences. In this episode, we explore how to orient your nervous system to the present moment, why rest can feel unsafe after trauma, and how a felt sense of safety allows real healing to begin. This gentle, faith-integrated conversation helps you understand why your body struggles to relax -- and...
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Why You Can Pray Faithfully and Still Feel Stuck
Trauma Healing and Mental Health for Christian Women - Where faith and psychology come together to heal and empower you to freedom.
Feeling stuck doesn't mean your faith is weak. It means your nervous system is likely carrying familiar survival responses that are getting in the way of your healing in a different way than you might think. P.S. There is nothing "wrong" with you. You are not the problem. FREE RESOURCE: If this episode resonated, you might be interested in my free resource. I created a free, faith-honoring guide that gently explains how healing happens in the body and why you're not failing. WORK WITH MICHELLE CROYLE, LPC: If you are a Christian woman who...
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Rewriting Your Life Story: Empowering Yourself Through Challenging Your Thoughts and Perceptions
Trauma Healing and Mental Health for Christian Women - Where faith and psychology come together to heal and empower you to freedom.
What beliefs, feelings, and roles do you carry about yourself that aren't even fully true? Learn how to find out in this episode of Trauma Healing for Christian Women to increase in mental health through a lens of Christian faith and effective psychology. FREE RESOURCE: If this episode resonated, you might be interested in my free resource. I created a free, faith-honoring guide that gently explains how healing happens in the body and why you're not failing. WORK WITH MICHELLE CROYLE, LPC: If you are a Christian woman who feels ready for deeper, focused trauma...
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Boundary Setting Tips - Navigating Holiday Stressors with Clarity
Trauma Healing and Mental Health for Christian Women - Where faith and psychology come together to heal and empower you to freedom.
Feeling pulled in too many directions with too much on your shoulders and to-do list this holiday season? Today, Michelle gives a new framework for addressing the pull to do too much underneath the surface. Listen in. Would you like to work with Michelle? She is currently accepting clients for EMDR Therapeutic Intensives (3–6 hours of focused therapy per day over 1–3 days) for those in Pennsylvania or willing to travel to Pennsylvania. Therapeutic intensives can produce 2-3x the results of weekly therapy in a shorter, more concentrated amount of time, allowing for...
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7 Tips for Surviving a Panic Attack - My Wild and Crazy Ride
Trauma Healing and Mental Health for Christian Women - Where faith and psychology come together to heal and empower you to freedom.
When panic floods your nervous system and you start to experience the anxiety and frustration of terror, what can you do? Well, in this episode, Michelle shares a recent panic attack doozy of an experience and how the 7 Tips she is sharing with you today helped her navigate it better than past panic attacks. Would you like to work with Michelle? She is currently accepting clients for EMDR Therapeutic Intensives (3–6 hours of focused therapy per day over 1–3 days) for those in Pennsylvania or willing to travel to Pennsylvania. Therapeutic intensives can produce 2-3x the...
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Cleaning House for the Holidays - Physical Houses and Emotional Ones!
Trauma Healing and Mental Health for Christian Women - Where faith and psychology come together to heal and empower you to freedom.
Expectations are rough this time of year! This episode addresses a helpful framework for processing all the stuff that can feel heavy. Would you like to work with Michelle? She is currently accepting clients for EMDR Therapeutic Intensives (3–6 hours of focused therapy per day over 1–3 days) for those in Pennsylvania or willing to travel to Pennsylvania. Therapeutic intensives can produce 2-3x the results of weekly therapy in a shorter, more concentrated amount of time, allowing for accelerated healing. To learn more about how Michelle's counseling practice can help you,...
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Therapy Help After Emotional Abuse - Amy Duggar King Interview, Part 2- Holy Disruptor
Trauma Healing and Mental Health for Christian Women - Where faith and psychology come together to heal and empower you to freedom.
Today is the second part of my interview with 19 Kids and Counting star, Amy Duggar King. Amy talks about righteous anger, standing up for what is right, and taking back her power through truth and counseling therapy after gaslighting and emotional abuse throughout her life. Listen in. Would you like to work with Michelle? She is currently accepting clients for EMDR Therapeutic Intensives (3–6 hours of focused therapy per day over 1–3 days) for those in Pennsylvania or willing to travel to Pennsylvania. Therapeutic intensives can produce 2-3x the results of weekly...
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You're Not Crazy - Stop the Gaslighting with Amy Duggar King
Trauma Healing and Mental Health for Christian Women - Where faith and psychology come together to heal and empower you to freedom.
Have you ever felt like something isn't quite right? Yet, people are acting like you are the one with the problem in how you are seeing things? That's gaslighting, my friend, and today, my guest Amy Duggar King of 19 Kids and Counting fame is talking about her pain and how God has helped her to overcome it as we discuss her new book, Would you like to work with Michelle? She is currently accepting clients for EMDR Therapeutic Intensives (3–6 hours of focused therapy per day over 1–3 days) for those in Pennsylvania or willing to travel to Pennsylvania. Therapeutic...
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10 Reasons Therapy Will Not Work for You
Trauma Healing and Mental Health for Christian Women - Where faith and psychology come together to heal and empower you to freedom.
Do you wonder if therapy will work for you? Are you tired of hurting and ready to do something different to get better results in your life? Therapy definitely works, but there are some people it doesn't work for, and today, Michelle shares 10 Reasons that therapy may not work. Would you like to work with Michelle? She is currently accepting clients for EMDR Therapeutic Intensives (3–6 hours of focused therapy per day over 1–3 days) for those in Pennsylvania or willing to travel to Pennsylvania. Therapeutic intensives can produce 2-3x the results of weekly therapy...
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Have you ever felt like you are doing it wrong, healing too slow, or on the flip side, found yourself with unexpected breakthroughs? Good news...it's all "normal." In this episode, Michelle shares about the drastic difference in two client counseling sessions that were both on the right track. Listen in.