Assessment

We have found that people are sometimes unsure if they need the help of a Christian counselor.  You may find the following self-assessment tool helpful in your decision of whether to seek counseling.

Do you find yourself:

• Constantly seeking to please others to get their approval?
• Fearing criticism?
• Caring for others but finding it difficult to care for yourself?
• Isolating yourself from others or from God?
• Unable to face conflict?
• Feeling rejected by authority figures?
• Confusing pity for love or sex for love?
• Having difficulty making decisions?
• Being driven to perform and not make mistakes?
• Needing to be in control?
• Being shut down in your emotions?
• Minimizing, altering, or even denying the truth about your true feelings?
• Feeling depressed, worthless, flawed, or helpless to change?
• Judging yourself and others without mercy?
• Being unable to trust?
• Holding unforgiveness towards God, others or yourself?
• Being afraid that others will hurt, reject, or abandon you?
• Struggling with your relationship and feelings toward God? 
• Struggling with broken relationships?
• Experiencing marital and/or family problems?
• Lacking intimacy with your spouse, God or others?
• Numbing your pain with work, alcohol, food, drugs, sex?
• Feeling out of control in any area of your life?
• Experiencing confusion regarding your sexual identity?
• Struggling with sin issues?