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The Holistic Counselor Podcast Resource Library
From the Mic
to the Community
Hello there, fearfully and wonderfully made human.
You do not have to figure everything out at once. Bring your questions. Explore what speaks to you. Leave with a little more understanding and a next step you can use.
Find a guideMind. Body. Relationships. Culture. Faith, when you choose.
24 free learning guidesRead online or downloadReflections + real conversationsNo email required
Follow your questions
What would help you today?
Every guide brings together clear teaching, questions to sit with, sources to explore, and ways to find support.
24 guides · Take them at your own pace.
A place to begin
Where do I start?
A simple plan for your first conversation about getting help.
A place to begin
The healing process
Explore change, setbacks, support, and your next small step.
Your experiences
What is cPTSD (Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)?
Understand complex trauma symptoms without turning a guide into a diagnosis.
Your experiences
What are ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences)?
Understand childhood adversity, protective relationships, and hope.
A place to begin
What is holistic counseling?
Consider mind, body, relationships, culture, and chosen faith.
Faith & culture
What is cultural competency?
Find care that makes room for your identity and experience.
Your experiences
What is religious trauma?
Explore harm connected to religion while making room for your beliefs.
Your experiences
What is church hurt?
Name painful experiences and consider boundaries and support.
Your experiences
What is purity culture?
Explore messages about worth, bodies, consent, and shame.
Faith & culture
What is Christian counseling?
Ask how faith, training, and clinical care come together.
Faith & culture
What is biblical counseling?
Understand the approach and how it differs from licensed therapy.
Finding help
Who does what in mental health?
Understand therapists, medical providers, coaches, and their training.
Finding help
How do I find a therapist who fits?
Compare care, ask useful questions, and check credentials.
Finding help
I cannot afford therapy. Where can I get help?
Explore reduced-cost care and practical support options.
Making sense of the words
What is the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)?
Understand the diagnostic manual and ask about your care.
Making sense of the words
What is psychoeducation?
Learn how information and skill-building can support care.
Therapy approaches
What is EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)?
Learn what eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy involves and what to ask a clinician.
Therapy approaches
What is CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)?
Explore the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions.
Therapy approaches
What is DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy)?
Understand acceptance, change, emotions, and practical skills.
Therapy approaches
What is IFS (Internal Family Systems)?
Meet parts work with curiosity and understand its limits.
Therapy approaches
What is Rogerian therapy?
Understand person-centered counseling and the role of being heard.
Therapy approaches
What is ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention)?
Understand a treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder and the questions to ask.
Therapy approaches
What is somatic therapy?
Understand body-focused approaches and ask about evidence and consent.
Let’s try a different word.
Try “trauma,” “therapy,” “faith,” or “cost.” You can also browse all guides or search the episode archive.
From the page to the conversation
There is more to the story.
Hear clinicians, guests, and people with lived experience explore these ideas with Diana. Selected episodes appear inside the guides, with a note about why each conversation belongs.
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The guide that started it
Keep a little help close by.
Our original community resource brings together questions to ask a professional, things to look for in care, and connections to the podcast.
Free PDF · 16 pages
Open the community guide
A note from Diana
Let’s get curious.
Let’s keep learning.
My hope is that you leave here with better words for what you are experiencing, more thoughtful questions, and a clearer idea of where to turn. Take what is useful. Give yourself time. You do not have to share your private story to learn something about yourself.
Diana S. Rice
Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC)
Certified Integrative Mental Health Professional (CIMHP)
Qualified Supervisor (QS)
Host of The Holistic Counselor Podcast
A few things to know
Learn with confidence.
Choose with care.
How are these guides researched?
Each guide links to its sources. We distinguish research findings, professional guidance, lived experience, and faith perspectives. Some treatments have stronger evidence for particular concerns than others. A guest’s appearance is not proof that every claim in an episode is supported by research.
Do I have to be Christian to use them?
No. The Holistic Counselor Podcast makes room for faith, science, and whole-person care. Faith reflections are optional. You are welcome to use the teaching and questions in a way that respects your own beliefs.
Is this therapy or a diagnosis?
These resources provide general education. They do not diagnose you, provide individual treatment, or create a therapist–client relationship. Use them to prepare for a conversation with a qualified professional. If reflecting brings up too much, pause and seek support.
Can I share a guide?
Please share the guide’s page on The Holistic Counselor Podcast website so others can find the current edition. You may print an unchanged copy for personal learning. Keep the author credit and sources attached. Please do not sell the guides, remove the branding, or present the writing as your own.
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