Individual Therapy in Springfield, MO
Sometimes the hardest part of working on your marriage is admitting that you are hurting too. You might feel anxious, overwhelmed, or numb. You may be carrying old wounds from childhood, past relationships, or previous church experiences that keep showing up in your current life.
Individual therapy at The Marriage Workshop gives you a place to slow down and listen to your own heart. Individual therapy in Springfield, MO is for people who want emotional growth, faith-integrated support, and a space to understand how their story shapes the way they show up in relationships.
Individual Therapy Can Support Your Marriage
Whether or not your spouse is ready for counseling, your own healing and growth can make a real difference. Personal work is often one of the most powerful ways to strengthen a marriage and restore a sense of peace inside.
Sometimes the hardest part of working on your marriage is admitting that you are hurting too. You might feel anxious, overwhelmed, or numb. You may be carrying old wounds from childhood, past relationships, or previous church experiences that keep showing up in your current life.
Individual therapy at The Marriage Workshop gives you a place to slow down and listen to your own heart. Individual therapy in Springfield, MO is for people who want emotional growth, faith-integrated support, and a space to understand how their story shapes the way they show up in relationships.
Whether or not your spouse is ready for counseling, your own healing and growth can make a real difference. Personal work is often one of the most powerful ways to strengthen a marriage and restore a sense of peace inside.
When You Feel Stuck, Anxious, or Alone
You may be considering individual therapy because you:
Feel anxious or on edge most of the time
Struggle with sadness, heaviness, or burnout
Are carrying resentment or hurt that will not go away
Want to respond differently in your marriage but keep falling back into old patterns
In sessions, we pay attention to how your emotions show up in your body, your thoughts, and your relationships. Together we begin to map the themes that repeat in your life so they start to feel less overwhelming and more workable.
Faith-Integrated Personal Growth
Your walk with God is part of your story, including the parts that feel confusing or painful. Individual therapy can be a place to talk honestly about both.
Faith-integrated work may include:
Exploring where you feel close to God and where you feel distant
Naming spiritual wounds, church hurt, or shame that affects how you see yourself
Understanding how your beliefs about forgiveness, sacrifice, or “being strong” impact your mental health
Inviting God into your emotional experience in practical, grounded ways
The goal is not to give you quick spiritual answers. It is to help you live more fully as the person God created you to be, emotionally and relationally.
How Individual Therapy Supports Relational Healing
Even if your main concern is your marriage, individual counseling can be an important part of restoration. Marriage work is often self-work.
In individual therapy, you can:
Notice your triggers and learn how to respond instead of react
Understand how your attachment style influences the way you relate to your spouse
Practice setting boundaries that are kind and clear
Build emotional resilience so you can stay present in hard conversations
As you grow in self-awareness and emotional regulation, you bring a more grounded and open self into your marriage, parenting, friendships, and church community.
What Sessions Look Like at The Marriage Workshop
Individual clients can meet in person in Springfield, MO or in the Lake Ozark area near Rocky Mount, or choose online sessions from anywhere in Missouri.
In your first sessions, we focus on:
Your current concerns and symptoms
Important parts of your story and background
How your faith, values, and relationships fit into what you are facing today
From there, therapy may include education about emotions and the nervous system, attachment-focused exploration, and practical tools for coping with anxiety, depression, or relational stress. We move at a pace that feels respectful to you, while still being honest about what needs attention.
Choosing Between Individual and Couples Counseling
Sometimes it is hard to know where to start. You might be wondering if you should begin with couples counseling, individual therapy, or both.
Here are a few guidelines:
Start with couples counseling if your main concern is ongoing conflict, distance, or crisis in the relationship and both of you are willing to come.
Start with individual therapy if your spouse is unsure about counseling, or if you know you have personal wounds, anxiety, or patterns you want to work through first.
Do a mix of both if you are already in couples therapy and recognize areas where individual support would help you show up more fully in the work.
Christa can help you think through these options during a consult so you do not have to figure it out alone.
Begin Individual Therapy in Springfield, MO
You do not have to keep carrying everything by yourself. Individual therapy can be a place to catch your breath, make sense of what you are experiencing, and take small, faithful steps toward the life and relationships you want.
If you are ready to explore how counseling could support your emotional and spiritual growth, the next step is simple. You can schedule a brief consult to share what has been going on and learn what working together would look like.
Schedule a free consult to begin individual therapy in Springfield, MO and take the first step toward healing, clarity, and deeper connection in your relationships.