Welcome to Dignity Counseling Collective
At Dignity Counseling Collective, we create sacred space for the honest, courageous work of becoming whole. We believe every person carries inherent dignity — regardless of where they’ve been, what they’ve done, or what’s been done to them. Rooted in compassion, guided by truth, and shaped by sound clinical practice, we walk with people through pain, into healing, and toward hope.
Hi. I’m Joe.
I am a graduate student in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program at Columbia International University, a Christian institution with a rich history. I will graduate on August 22, 2025. As an ordained pastor, I bring over 16 years of experience counseling individuals and couples on depression, anxiety, trauma, leader development, relational wellness, and recovery from sexual addiction and betrayal trauma. My approach integrates biblical principles with clinically-informed practices, helping clients explore their stories and develop new skills for transformation and growth.
At present, I am offering pastoral counseling services exclusively, as I await licensure as a Licensed Professional Counselor in Training (LPC-IT) following graduation. My pastoral counseling provides a supportive and compassionate environment for clients to address personal challenges, cultivate healing, and work toward their goals from a biblical perspective. While this counseling is not clinical or licensed psychotherapy, it is rooted in ethical practice and informed by my academic and experiential background.
I’m passionate about leading others to be free from the patterns that hold their lives back. I believe the Bible, coupled with sound counsel, provides the means to put off these patterns, change the ways we think, and to embrace a new life in Christ.
In addition to counseling, I have developed Freedom Fighters, a biblically-based recovery program for individuals struggling with sexual addiction and betrayal trauma. Hundreds of men and women have experienced healing, restored relationships, and a renewed sense of purpose through this program. I am also passionate about speaking and training on topics such as addiction recovery, trauma, biblical leadership, and personal growth.
I bring a diverse background to my counseling work, drawing from my experiences as a former full-time pastor, a U.S. Army officer and Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran, and someone who has walked a personal journey of recovery and growth in the area of sexual addiction.
Whether you are seeking support for personal struggles, relational challenges, or leadership growth, I am honored to partner with you on your journey to greater freedom and fulfillment. I offer a safe place where we can partner together to reach your goals. You will be welcomed with nonjudgmental curiosity and compassion.
Counseling Options
Individual Counseling
Life can bring deep pain, complex questions, and seasons where your faith, identity, or direction feel uncertain. Pastoral counseling offers a space to bring all of that—and more—without fear of judgment.
At Dignity Counseling Collective, our approach to pastoral counseling is both clinically informed and spiritually grounded. We hold space for your story with compassion and truth, integrating evidence-based therapeutic tools with a deeply respectful posture toward your beliefs, values, and spiritual questions.
We work with individuals facing:
Grief and loss
Spiritual trauma or deconstruction
Identity and belonging
Guilt, shame, or forgiveness work
Life transitions, purpose, and meaning
Relationship struggles
This work honors both the psychological and the sacred. Whether or not you identify with a particular faith tradition, pastoral counseling can provide a thoughtful and hope-filled path forward.
We believe you don’t have to choose between emotional health and spiritual depth. Here, you can bring your whole self.
Couples Counseling
Relationships are meant to be places of safety and intimacy—but they can also be where we experience our deepest wounds. Whether you're navigating betrayal, distance, recurring conflict, or simply longing to reconnect, couples counseling offers a space to slow down, listen deeply, and move toward each other again.
At Dignity Counseling Collective, our approach to couples work is grounded in honesty, compassion, and evidence-based care.
We help partners:
Repair trust and rebuild safety
Communicate more clearly and openly
Understand and break unhelpful patterns
Deepen emotional and physical intimacy
Navigate major life transitions together
Strengthen connection in the face of grief, stress, or spiritual shifts
We work with both married and unmarried couples, as well as partners navigating spiritual differences, blended family dynamics, or the impact of trauma. Our therapists honor the dignity of each person while supporting the relationship as a whole.
We believe healing is possible—and that every couple deserves the chance to reconnect, repair, and rediscover what’s sacred in their bond.
Betrayal Trauma Support
Betrayal trauma happens when someone you deeply trust violates that trust—often through infidelity, hidden behaviors, or compulsive sexual acting out. The effects can be profound: emotional devastation, hypervigilance, loss of identity, spiritual confusion, or feeling like you're “going crazy.”
At Dignity Counseling Collective, we specialize in walking with women through the heartbreak and disorientation of betrayal. Whether you're in the early days of discovery or years into recovery, you deserve a space where your pain is honored, your experience is believed, and your healing matters.
We offer:
Individual support to process the trauma and reclaim your sense of self
Group support to break isolation and find solidarity with others on the journey
Tools to manage triggers, restore nervous system regulation, and rebuild safety
Support around boundaries, truth-telling, forgiveness, and grief
A non-pathologizing, deeply respectful approach to faith, identity, and recovery
We recognize that betrayal trauma is not just a relationship issue—it’s a trauma issue, and it deserves to be treated with the same care and expertise.
There is nothing wrong with you. What happened was not your fault. And there is a way forward, even if you can’t see it yet.