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Anxious, Overwhelmed, and Still Faithful
Explore worry and faith, prepare questions for support, and use a private reflection worksheet.
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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.
27 free learning guidesRead online or downloadReflections + real conversationsNo email required
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Everyday questions. A place to begin.
Explore anxiety and faith, setting boundaries, and the feelings that money can bring up.
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How to Set Boundaries When You Feel Guilty
Practice respectful limits with sample scripts and a worksheet for one low-risk conversation.
New guide · 6 pages
Why Does Money Make Me Anxious?
Separate practical money concerns from emotional patterns and choose a manageable next step.
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.
27 guides · Take them at your own pace.
Finding care & affording support
Do I need therapy?
Notice what is getting harder and decide on a first step.
Finding care & affording support
Where do I start?
A simple plan for your first conversation about getting help.
Trauma & healing
The healing process
Explore change, setbacks, support, and your next small step.
Trauma & healing
What is cPTSD (Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)?
Understand complex trauma symptoms without turning a guide into a diagnosis.
Trauma & healing
What are ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences)?
Understand childhood adversity, protective relationships, and hope.
Understanding therapy
What is holistic counseling?
Consider mind, body, relationships, culture, and chosen faith.
Faith, church hurt & identity
What is cultural competency?
Find care that makes room for your identity and experience.
Faith, church hurt & identity
What is religious trauma?
Explore harm connected to religion while making room for your beliefs.
Faith, church hurt & identity
What is church hurt?
Name painful experiences and consider boundaries and support.
Faith, church hurt & identity
What is purity culture?
Explore messages about worth, bodies, consent, and shame.
Faith, church hurt & identity
What is Christian counseling?
Ask how faith, training, and clinical care come together.
Faith, church hurt & identity
What is biblical counseling?
Understand the approach and how it differs from licensed therapy.
Finding care & affording support
Who does what in mental health?
Understand therapists, medical providers, coaches, and their training.
Finding care & affording support
How do I find a therapist who fits?
Compare care, ask useful questions, and check credentials.
Finding care & affording support
I cannot afford therapy. Where can I get help?
Explore reduced-cost care and practical support options.
Understanding therapy
What is the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)?
Understand the diagnostic manual and ask about your care.
Understanding therapy
What is psychoeducation?
Learn how information and skill-building can support care.
Understanding therapy
What is EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)?
Learn what eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy involves and what to ask a clinician.
Understanding therapy
What is CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)?
Explore the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions.
Understanding therapy
What is DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy)?
Understand acceptance, change, emotions, and practical skills.
Understanding therapy
What is IFS (Internal Family Systems)?
Meet parts work with curiosity and understand its limits.
Understanding therapy
What is Rogerian therapy?
Understand person-centered counseling and the role of being heard.
Understanding therapy
What is ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention)?
Understand a treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder and the questions to ask.
Understanding therapy
What is somatic therapy?
Understand body-focused approaches and ask about evidence and consent.
Anxiety, stress & overwhelm
Anxious, Overwhelmed, and Still Faithful
Explore worry and faith, prepare questions for support, and use a private reflection worksheet.
Relationships, boundaries & people-pleasing
How to Set Boundaries When You Feel Guilty
Practice respectful limits with sample scripts and a worksheet for one low-risk conversation.
Anxiety, stress & overwhelm
Why Does Money Make Me Anxious?
Separate practical money concerns from emotional patterns and choose a manageable next step.
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.
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A note from Diana
Let’s get curious.
Let’s keep learning.
This library grew from questions people have asked me and conversations on the podcast. 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
Florida 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.
I live outside the U.S. Can I use these resources?
Yes, for general learning. Diana’s counseling license is in Florida; this library is not an offer of clinical care where you live. Some linked organizations serve the U.S. or U.K., and costs, eligibility, professional titles, and local laws differ. Look for a qualified provider authorized to practice in your location. Use your local emergency or crisis services when needed.
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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