Faith Based Counseling

Professional Christian Counseling That Integrates Clinical Expertise with your Faith

Professional faith based counseling in Dallas, TX, works from a Christian lens to help you heal patterns of brokenness in your story.

Your faith is important to you and you are hurting.

Perhaps you’re grieving a loss that doesn’t make sense. Maybe your marriage feels distant despite your best efforts. You wonder why the same fears, shame, or relationship patterns keep returning even though your faith tells you there is hope.

You may find yourself asking:

• Why can’t I move forward?
• Why do I keep struggling with the same patterns?
• Where is God in the middle of this?
• Why does my relationship still hurt even though we’ve prayed together?

If these questions sound familiar, you’re not alone.

Your faith is important to you and you are looking for someone that has biblical grounding along with sound therapy.

Many Christians know the truth of Scripture yet continue to carry wounds from trauma, attachment injuries, broken relationships, or painful life experiences. Those wounds can be confusing and often shape the way we experience ourselves, our relationships, and even God.

Don’t choose between excellent therapy and your faith.

As a Licensed Professional Counselor, I combine evidence-based therapy that I’ve found to align closely with a thoughtful, biblical understanding of healing. They weave together the “already” and “not yet” aspect of real life. Understanding the brokenness of the world, I help you by bringing the truth of where you are presently into view along with past faithfulness and future hope.

If your faith is central to your life, it should be part of your counseling.

If you are feeling overwhelmed by life’s challenges, struggling with marriage issues, or experiencing a crisis of faith, and you want a faith grounded counselor, Jonathan Olvera Counseling brings those together thoughtfully and carefully.

Counseling Services:

At Jonathan Olvera Counseling, I offer a range of integrated services designed to help you heal and thrive:

• Couples Counseling: You might be struggling with communication issues, trust issues, sexual dysfunction or navigating major life transitions such as empty nest, death of family, loss of job or health, couples counseling sessions provide a supportive space to address challenges and strengthen your bond.
• Pre-Marital Counseling: Prepare for a lifetime of love and commitment with pre-marital counseling. Explore topics such as financial management, conflict resolution, family planning, sexual intimacy and shared values to set a solid foundation for your future together.
• Discernment Counseling: Discernment counseling may be appropriate when there is uncertainty or ambivalence in the relationship. Explore with guidance and support various pathways to choose the best direction together.
• Individual Counseling: Working through your own individual struggles can impact the dynamics of your relationships and change your life. Individual counseling offers personalized support to address personal challenges and enhance self-awareness (how you are contributing to the health of your relationships), which can positively influence your life.

“To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God. It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.” Tim Keller

You don’t have to choose between excellent therapy and your faith.

Hi, I’m Jonathan Olvera. I’m not simply a Christian counselor—I’m a licensed therapist with advanced training in attachment, trauma, and couples work and I thoughtfully integrate faith when it’s important to the client.

I always seek to bring the following to every session:

• Compassionate, Non-Judgmental, & Confidential Support: I’ll meet you where you’re at. You can be sure you will be treated with dignity and care.
• Personalized Approach: Every person and every relationship is unique, and I will build a plan that will address your specific needs and goals.
• Effective Strategies: I use evidence-based strategies such as Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT), Internal Family Systems (IFS) and proven techniques that align closely to biblical truth. That’s why they work!
• Licensed Professional Counselor with a Christian Approach and Background: I earned my MA in Counseling from Dallas Theological Seminary where integration of biblical truth and modern therapy is emphasized.

Counseling is not my first career, but caring for people and walking with those who are struggling has always been part of who I am. I’m a proud husband and father first and then I am life long learner, connector, and I seek to be a steady presence with all my clients.