Christian Counseling

We provide compassionate, insurance-friendly counseling in Nashville

Offices in Nashville, Hendersonville and Gallatin. Virtually in Tennessee and Kentucky.

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Christian Counseling That Honors Your Unique Journey

Sometimes, certain seasons of life won’t always line up the way you expected them to. Relationships can shift, loss can happen, and things can feel unfair or confusing in ways you don’t have easy answers to. These are the moments that can bring out some deeper questions about your direction, identity, and faith.

Christian counseling is not about being given answers or told what to believe. It’s about having a place to think clearly, process honestly, and work through what you’re facing with someone who holds both your emotional experience and your beliefs with equal respect to help you through anything you’re holding.

WHEN LIFE DOESN’T MAKE SENSE

It’s Okay to Be Thoughtful, and Still Feel Stuck

You may be used to holding things together and showing up for the people in your life. Maybe you’re the one to think things through and always do the right thing, but inside, something feels off lately. That could feel like overwhelm, disconnection, or patterns that aren’t shifting as you grapple with inner tension.

Sometimes that can make relationships feel complex or even draining. It can also show up as anxiety that doesn’t let up, grief that lingers longer, or a sense that something changed in the way you relate to the world. In this place, it’s natural to start wondering about your life, connections, or what you believe.

Other times, moments hit us more abruptly, like divorce, illness, loss, or a major disruption that changes your entire outlook. It makes sense if you’re trying to make sense of something that doesn’t fit neatly into what you imagined your life looking like.

Therapy offers a place to slow all of this down and lift the weight to need all the answers right now. Instead, we can help you organize your thoughts and understand yourself along the way as you begin to reconnect with what matters most to you in a way that feels real and grounded.

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What if Therapy Hasn’t Felt Helpful Before?

We’re so happy you’re naming the questions that come up around Christian counseling, especially if you’ve had an experience in the past where mental health support felt off or didn’t fully resonate. It’s normal to wonder if therapy will actually help and if you’ll be able to feel seen in a way you really need right now.

For some, there’s also hesitation around Christian counseling specifically. You may worry about being judged, having beliefs assumed, or feeling like your experience will be simplified into something that doesn’t actually fit what you’re going through.

These concerns make sense, and they matter to us. We want to foster an environment where you’re able to take your time, ask questions, show skepticism, and express what truly works for you. The more honest you can be about what you need this experience to feel like, the more we can create a steady and thoughtful therapeutic relationship that you look forward to introducing into your life.

WHAT TO EXPECT

What Christian Counseling Looks Like at Horizon Counseling

Our approach to Christian counseling is thoughtful, steady, and centered on your lived experience. You don’t need to arrive with certainty, clarity, or even a sense of what you believe right now. You may just need a place to start as you are.

We focus on what makes your story uniquely yours, from the people in your life to what you’ve walked through up until this point, and any curiosities that linger in your mind. From there, we can see where patterns and themes arise, explore meaning and purpose, and move toward decisions that feel aligned with who you are and how you want to live.

Faith can be part of the conversation in the way you want it to be. If it’s something important to you and how you view yourself and the world around you, we’d love to dive deeper with you. If not, you can be confident that we’ll never force faith or use it as a shortcut around real pain and emotion. 

That means we won’t stop at surface-level reassurance or simple explanations for things that are deeply complex for you. Instead, we make space to sit with what’s hard, ask better questions, and help you find your own clarity over time.

This is a space where conversations feel natural and you can be honest about what you’re going through without feeling judged, corrected, or redirected.

The Support Christian Counseling Can Offer

We’re all about understanding you and helping you connect to yourself in the ways you need. You’ll sense a curiosity around your past and your present, so we can always approach support through the lens of everything that makes you, you.

Some of the outcomes we support you with in our time together

Make Sense of the Past

Process past experiences in a way that helps things feel less confusing and encourages self-trust.

Feel More Grounded in Decisions

Move forward with greater clarity and confidence instead of second-guessing yourself.

Understand Relationship Patterns

Make sense of what you notice in connections to others and how you want to feel loved and cared for

Sit With Hard Questions

Build skills to navigate the space where doubts, beliefs, and uncertainty come in, without the pressure to need answers.

Reconnect With What Matters

Sort through the noise of the world to land on the values and purpose that drive you in this season of life.

Feel More Like Yourself Again

Reconnect with a sense of direction, steadiness, and internal clarity.

Meet Christian Counselors Near You

Michael Stravato

Michael Stravato , Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)

He/Him
Gallatin Hendersonville

SPECIALITIES:

AnxietyChristian CounselingDepressionDivorce RecoveryMarriage IssuesReligious Trauma

INSURANCES PROVIDER:

Aetna Blue Cross Blue Shield of TN Meritain Optum UMR United Healthcare
Christina True

Christina True , Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

She/Her/Hers
Bellevue

SPECIALITIES:

ADHDAnxietyBipolar DisorderLife TransitionsRelationship ChallengesSelf EsteemWomen’s Issues

INSURANCES PROVIDER:

Aetna Blue Cross Blue Shield of TN Cigna Meritain Optum UMR United Healthcare

Christian Counseling Near You

With multiple locations across Middle Tennessee, Horizon Counseling makes it easy to find Christian Counseling close to home and accessible through insurance. Online therapy is also available if that’s the best fit for your schedule and comfort.

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