Depression - Grief - Marital Difficulties - Parenting Problems - Trauma and Abuse

When overwhelmed by life's problems, you can turn to Christian Counselors of Houston for counseling and psychotherapy.  Taking the first step is the hardest choice on the road to recovery.  Our goal is to provide counseling that enables children, adolescents and adults to reach their fullest potential by living lives that are relationally, emotionally, psychologically, and spiritually healthy.  We will customize a treatment plan with client participation based on individual needs and concerns.  We will also implement this treatment plan with the goal being to establish the skills necessary to adapt to the varied pressures and stresses of life.

Services Provided:

  • Diagnostic Evaluations

  • Psychotherapy

  • Individual, Family, and Group Therapy

  • Counseling with a Spiritual Basis

  • Children, Adolescent, and Adult Populations

  • Marriage Counseling

You aren't alone. If you think that someone you love has a mental illness, you are not alone.  More than 26% of adult Americans experience some form of mental illness during the course of a year.   5.5% of the population in a year (about 14.1 million adult Americans in 2021) suffer from severe mental disorders-disorders with psychotic symptoms such as bipolar disorder, schizo-affective disorder and schizophrenia.

Mental illness makes it hard for people to cope with their emotions or think clearly.   It can cause them to behave in unusual or inappropriate ways.  It can bring untold suffering to families.

A first step to mental wellness is recognizing there's a problem and realizing your family can get help.

Mental illness is a medical illness. Like diabetes or muscular dystrophy, mental illness is no one's "fault." It appears to be caused by imbalances of chemicals in the brain. Stress, heredity, medical illness, and physical injury to the brain are also thought to be factors in causing mental disorders. Ordinarily, people can handle the problems and stresses of daily living by themselves.  Sometimes, during extremely stressful situations, like the loss of a loved one, they may seek professional assistance to help them cope.  If someone you love has a mental illness, you may need to seek professional assistance to help your family cope.

Some signs that may indicate that you need to ask for help include:

  • Tension, anxiety or fear that's almost constant and seems out of proportion to the situation.

  • Depression, loss of confidence, withdrawing from friends and activities, or hopelessness that doesn't go away.

  • Changes in mood or behavior that are abrupt and that are radical departures from usual patterns.

  • Complaints, such as headaches or nausea, that seem to have no explainable physical cause.

Remember that you and/or your family don't have to go it alone.  There are treatments and counselors available to help you or your loved one.