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In this book, I explore a question that has shaped my clinical work and research for years: How can counseling help people navigate and resolve religious and spiritual struggles? Rather than speaking about strugglers from a distance, I center the voices of those who have lived these experiences. Their stories guide the heart of this book, offering firsthand insight into what it means to wrestle with doubt, faith, and spiritual pain in the context of therapy.
Using a qualitative, hermeneutic phenomenological approach, I worked closely with participants to better understand how they experienced the therapeutic relationship—especially the therapist’s way-of-being, or how therapists show up emotionally and relationally with clients. Viewing these experiences through a common factors lens, I focus on the relational elements that foster safety, trust, and connection—qualities that support clients as they engage deeply with their spiritual struggles and move toward healing.
Throughout the book, I map the religious and spiritual struggle resolution process, including how faith-related questions often emerge when familiar coping strategies stop working. I examine how participants experience disconnection from God, themselves, and others, and I describe three key movements that commonly shape the journey toward integration and growth. By linking these lived experiences to common factors research, I offer practical guidance for clinicians seeking to work competently and compassionately in this area.
This book is written for therapists, counselor educators, researchers, and graduate students who feel drawn to this work and want a clearer framework for supporting clients navigating spiritual distress. My hope is that it contributes not only to the academic conversation, but also to the day-to-day clinical work of those walking alongside clients in their most vulnerable faith-related moments..
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About Me
Mentanna Campbell, PhD, LPC-S, NCC, MDIV
I am a fellow traveller who believes this journey we are on requires companionship and collaboration. In other words, we need each other to do the hard work of healing, growing, and becoming! Therefore, as a therapist, I am passionate about coming alongside individuals to support, encourage, and facilitate the types of discussions that bring about change. If you feel like you could use the help of a companion during this season of your life, then don't hesitate to take the courageous step of reaching out.