In this episode of The Holistic Counselor Podcast, Diana S. Rice, LMHC, CIMHP, CTP, QS, speaks with Andrea Lahoud, a licensed mental health counselor, EMDR-trained therapist, and certified integrative mental health provider. They discuss spiritual crisis, faith-based resilience, church hurt, religious trauma, and deconstruction, providing practical guidance for those struggling with doubt.

Andrea shares her personal journey of wrestling with faith, navigating grief, and finding healing. They also explore the impact of spiritual bypassing, the role of emotional intelligence in faith, and how biblical literacy helps believers reconstruct their faith.

If you’ve ever felt distant from God or struggled with doubt, this conversation offers insight, validation, and practical tools to strengthen your faith and mental well-being.

• What defines a spiritual crisis and why some hold onto faith while others walk away
• Andrea’s personal testimony of doubt, anger at God, and ultimate surrender
• The impact of social media on faith and mental health
• How the Church’s culture contributes to deconstruction and exvangelical movements
• Understanding church hurt, religious trauma, and spiritual abuse
• The fine line between spiritual bypassing and true faith-based resilience
• How to rebuild faith when feeling too broken to engage
• Practical strategies for developing faith-based emotional resilience

• Andrea Lahoud’s Therapy Practice: Soulful Lifestyle Counseling
• Book Mentioned: A Well-Trained Wife My Escape from Christian Patriarchy by Tia Levings
• Book Recommendation: Opening to Prayer by David G. Benner
• Christian Domestic Violence Resource: Faith-Based Duluth Model
• Podcast Mention: The New Evangelicals
• Sermon Mention: Craig Groeschel on Doubt (Watch Here)
• Blog: Liberation Lunes – Faith-Based Mental Health Insights (Read Here)

• Website: Through the Valley Therapy
• YouTube: The Holistic Counselor Podcast
• Instagram: @ThroughTheValleyTherapy

• Website: Soulful Lifestyle Counseling
• Location: In-person sessions in Davie, FL | Virtual sessions available statewide

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