"I can only imagine why you are reading these testimonials. I’m sorry for your pain. I hope and pray you find the prayerful support, encouragement, guidance of the Holy Spirit, God’s perfect healing, and more. That is what I have found here.
Caren is my 12th counselor. I am not sure how I found the courage to give counseling another chance. It is important to find the right counselor, at the right time, when you are ready to stare down your grief, and ready to change your approach to life, even your approach to yourself. All these things converged when I began working with Caren. It takes a lot of work to change, to grieve, to connect with God, and to get to know yourself. Caren guided me through all of these in a simple step-by-step manner. She paced me so I did not become overwhelmed.
I have felt loved and aware that I’ve never been alone at any point. Caren counsels through the discernment and leading of the Holy Spirit. God is a gentleman and doesn’t spill your secrets to her. He gives her questions to ask you; you can choose how open you want to be. She does not presume to know anything. She relies on the Spirit to counsel, listen, pray, and gently lead.
When I first heard her recording on the website I grimaced and thought that her voice was too sweet to be true. I didn’t expect to work with her long because I didn’t think anyone with that voice could be real. I suspected she must be faking. She wasn’t faking; I tested her. I was so suspicious of counselors. She is the real deal.
I cry because I know I would not be alive right now had God not put her in my life. I didn’t want to live, well, I didn’t think I did. Now I have an abundant life.
I’ve never been in a better relationship with God or with myself. I have had to set boundaries with people, places, and things in my life. I’d never been successful with that before. Did you know that to do that you have to trust God, love and respect yourself first? I didn’t. I wish I could tell you I’m perfectly healed and done with this work. It doesn’t happen that way. I’m still learning, but Caren showed me how to listen to God and learn. She helped me identify the lies and deceit of voices from my past and present, accusations and judgments that are not from God. Doing that work is a daily effort. It takes diligence, conscious attention to my thought life, awareness of my desires, hearing the words I speak and the ones I refrain from speaking, and noticing my actions and reactions so I can see the motivations behind them.
This work may sound daunting. But, again, Caren knows by way of the Spirit how to guide you through these things. I don’t know why you’re here. Everyone has a different story. In brief: I had a two-inch long string of psychiatric labels; weighed 469 pounds; had 23 years of verbal and sexual abuse from which I was trying to recover; I had lost every shred of identity – no career, no job, no church, no family; I’d lost my youth; I was disabled, immobile, home bound, and dependent on others; I loved and believe in God but had lost faith in his ability or desire to help me; I was numb and had no words to define myself, other than a failed, waste of a woman, space, and air. All those things have changed. I have lost 225 pounds and am still losing. I am at peace with and have forgiven those that hurt me. We are in relationship again. I am in my 60s but feel a youth and vibrance I’ve not experienced in decades. I am learning a second language to be an interpreter. I’ve found a church and joined a small group. This group brought me many friends, a sense of family, and now I am an “aunt” to many children. As if it couldn’t get better my foster daughter returned and asked me to be her “official” mother. We plan to do an adoption. I know that God is truly who he says he is and that I am his daughter, a princess and heir, and I can talk to him and trust him for every tiny aspect of life.
There are always parts of me I’d like to see grow increasingly holy and useful to Father God. It’s a life-long journey. I believe you will find Caren to be a woman of God. She is trustworthy, patient, filled with compassion, empathy, and qualified to walk with you if you want to begin a journey of faith and recovery. May God richly bless you and bring you the comfort, healing, and answers you need."
Sincerely,
Kathy from Iowa
"Thank you Caren for standing by me through the most difficult time in my life. I have not been the easiest client you have ever had however, you never gave up on me. Every time we have a session I walk away with tools and inspiration. Anyone that needs a empathetic counselor that does not judge your circumstance Caren is the counselor for you."
Dee in Canada
