Adam’s Substack Introduction Hello everyone, and welcome! My name is Adam Cross, and I’m so glad you’re here. For those of you who don’t know me yet, I’ve been working in the field of psychotherapy for the past ten years. Over that time, I’ve woven my Catholic faith into my therapeutic practice, and it’s truly…
Category: Faith Integration
What Catholic Therapy Really Looks Like
What comes to mind when you think of going to therapy? When people imagine therapy, they often picture something sterile or clinical—a quiet room, a notebook, a therapist nodding with detached interest. But Catholic therapy looks and feels very different. It’s not just about analyzing behavior or fixing problems. It’s a deeply relational journey toward…
Discern Your Vocation Without Fear
By Adam Cross LMFT Discerning your vocation can feel overwhelming. Whether you’re thinking about marriage, priesthood, or religious life, it’s common to feel the pressure of getting it “right.” But here’s the good news: God isn’t trying to trick you. He’s not hiding your vocation like a secret code you have to crack. He wants…
The Ache Within the Ache
Jul 1 Written By Kolbe Young Why We Can’t Stop: Masturbation, the Nervous System, & the Body of Christ There’s a loneliness hidden in plain sight —a silent pulse beneath the lives of so many who long to do right by God, by their relationships, and by their own hearts. It doesn’t always show up as…
More Than We Can Think: Coming Home Through the Body
I want to begin with an esoteric but favorite quote of mine: “Experiencing is a myriad richness that exceeds any number of separated facets. We cannot think all that just was. We feel more than we can think, and we live more than we can feel. And if we enter into what we feel in…
The Cost—and Gift—of Incarnational Living
A Reflection on Embodied Healing As we’ve been exploring practices of embodied healing—slowing down, tending to the nervous system, honoring emotions and sensations—I want to begin introducing a word that gives deeper meaning and theological grounding to this healing journey: Incarnational. It’s a word rooted in the Latin incarnare—to make flesh. And central to our…
To Offer It Up… Or Give It Up
I’m going to say something that might rattle you: We are made to flourish—even on this side of eternity. Redemption begins now. Each time we pray the Our Father and say, “Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven,” we aren’t just hoping for Heaven as some far off,…
Grace in the Flesh: Why Healing Must Be Embodied
Introduction: The Limits of Talk Therapy What does it truly mean to heal? I hope by the end of this reflection, you’ll have a clearer, deeper answer to that question. As the intro title suggests, we’re exploring what psychotherapy can look like beyond the traditional “talk therapy” model. But before we begin, let me be…
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