Christ in Private Practice

Not every biblical truth should be shared the moment it comes to mind. In this CE episode of  Christ in Private Practice , we explore one of the most overlooked clinical skills in faith integration:  timing . You'll learn about: ✔️ Spiritual bypassing ✔️ Premature encouragement ✔️ Premature forgiveness ✔️ Shame-based spiritual responses ✔️ The difference between truth and timing ✔️ The  PAUSE...

The Summer Faith Integration Skills Lab begins! We kick off a special 9-part series designed to help Christian mental health professionals confidently and ethically integrate faith into counseling. This series will take us all the way to our 100th episode, and we're beginning where every ethical counseling relationship should begin...with ethics. In this episode you'll learn: ✔ Why ethical...

Recent legal developments involving Christian counselors have sparked conversations across the mental health profession about ethics, faith integration, client autonomy, professional boundaries, and counselor speech. While headlines often focus on court cases, the deeper issue may be something many Christian clinicians experience every day: Isolation. How do we navigate complex client situations w...

Many clinicians feel caught between secular frameworks, ethical responsibilities, biblical convictions, and client autonomy. But what if there’s a third option beyond compromise or confrontation? In this week's episode of Christ in Private Practice, I sit down with licensed therapist and coach Melissa Gendreau to explore some of the tensions Christian clinicians face when relationship framewor...

Major changes are happening across the mental health landscape. From reimbursement shifts and insurance developments to evolving referral patterns and growing competition from large platforms, many therapists and private practice owners are asking the same question: What does this mean for my practice? In this episode, Camille McDaniel, LPC, discusses recent developments affecting counselors, expl...

Same Words, Different Meanings: Ethical Communication and Spiritual Language in Clinical Practice Have you ever found yourself assuming you knew what a client meant by a particular word... only to discover later that you were talking about two completely different things? Words like  meditation ,  mindfulness ,  spirituality ,  discernment , and even  God  can carry very different meanings dependi...

In this episode of Christ in Private Practice, Camille McDaniel, LPC, explores one of the biggest tensions many Christian clinicians are quietly wrestling with: how to remain ethically grounded while also remaining true to their biblical convictions. This conversation dives into fears surrounding licensure, ethical faith integration, client autonomy, specialization in Christian counseling, and the...

🎓 This episode qualifies for 1 CE credit hour. Some conversations in the counseling room are uncomfortable… not because therapists lack compassion, but because they’re trying to navigate truth, ethics, faith, accountability, and emotional safety all at the same time. What happens when a client’s behaviors are creating harm, but they are also deeply struggling, ashamed, conflicted, or spiritually...

What happens when the person teaching others about boundaries and burnout realizes they are pushing too hard themselves? In this honest and deeply personal episode of  Christ in Private Practice , Camille McDaniel shares a real-time reflection on exhaustion, striving, stewardship, and the difficulty many high-capacity people have with slowing down. After preparing to speak at Richmont Graduate Uni...

Eating disorders are often misunderstood, even within the counseling field. In this episode, Camille McDaniel, LPC sits down with licensed marriage and family therapist Chantia Sturman, LMFT to unpack what clinicians should know about disordered eating. From hidden presentations in high-functioning clients to the ethical responsibility of recognizing when a client needs a higher level of care, thi...

There’s something shifting in the field of mental health and it’s not being talked about enough. In this episode, we explore the growing presence of spirituality in therapy, not just from clients, but from clinicians themselves. From energy work to manifestation, tarot, and beyond, the therapy room is no longer spiritually neutral… if it ever was. So where does that leave the Christian counselor?...

Internal Family Systems (IFS) is one of the most popular therapy models today, but have we slowed down enough to examine what it actually teaches? In this episode of  Christ in Private Practice , we take a thoughtful and respectful look at IFS through both a  clinical and biblical lens . You’ll walk away understanding: • What IFS teaches about human nature (from Dr. Richard Schwartz's own word...

Can you be a Christian therapist without telling your clients? The answer might seem simple… but what happens when faith comes up  after  the relationship has already been established? In this episode, we walk through a real scenario where a client discovers their therapist’s faith mid-treatment and the emotional and ethical tension that follows. This conversation explores: What clients may experi...

There’s a question that continues to surface in the mental health field and depending on how you answer it, it can shape the way you move forward in this profession. Can you refer a client out because of a value conflict? At first glance, the answer may seem obvious. But when you slow down and really examine it through the lens of ethics, professional responsibility, and the reality of clinical wo...

Why are so many therapists exhausted right now and what’s really going on beneath it? In this episode, we break down the difference between fatigue, overwhelm, and true burnout and why mislabeling what you’re experiencing can keep you stuck. If you’ve ever questioned your capacity, your calling, or your ability to continue in this field… this conversation is for you. You don’t have to normalize bu...

The mental health field is not just evolving… it’s accelerating. From venture-backed platforms to AI tools and hospital systems expanding into behavioral health, many clinicians are quietly asking: Where do I fit in all of this? In this episode, we take a clear and grounded look at what is actually happening in the industry and more importantly, what you can do about it. You will learn: • How vent...

Children today are facing pressures that previous generations did not encounter at such an early age. They are: more aware more overwhelmed and more influenced by culture than ever before So how do Christian counselors respond? In this episode of Christ in Private Practice, Camille McDaniel, LPC sits down with Jennifer Hobbs, LCMHC, to explore what it looks like to provide  biblically informed, et...

A question was posted anonymously in a therapist group: “How do you manage being a secular therapist and keeping firm in your faith?” At first glance, it seems simple. It assumes we all mean the same thing by  secular … and the same thing by  Christian faith. In this episode, I unpack the tension beneath the question and explore something more subtle: What happens when faith shapes our kindness… b...

Is Your Client’s Progress Stalled? The Clinical Gap We Can No Longer Ignore. But this book was never about becoming an author. It was about a clinical gap that has quietly affected clients for years. In this episode, Camille shares the story behind  Medical Mimics: A Guide to Distinguishing Physiological from Psychological Symptoms, how 10 to 15 years of patterns in the counseling room revealed so...

The Enneagram has become increasingly popular in Christian spaces, showing up in churches, leadership retreats, business consultations, discipleship groups, and counseling settings. Many describe it as insightful, helpful, and clarifying. But as Christian counselors, we are not only responsible for what  works, w e are responsible for what we  integrate . In this episode of  Christ in Private Prac...

How can Christian counselors ethically serve both Christians and non-Christians, without compromising faith, professionalism, or clinical integrity? In this episode of  Christ in Private Practice , Camille McDaniel, LPC is joined by  Tracy Fultz, LCSW , award-winning clinician, trainer, and founder of Heartfelt Needs Counseling & Caring Center, for a conversation on one of the most quietly cha...

What happens when the mental health landscape shifts and the Body of Christ is still learning how to walk in unity? In this episode of  Christ in Private Practice , Camille McDaniel explores the cultural and relational fractures that can exist within Christian counseling spaces and why this season calls for more than better marketing or stronger systems. As artificial intelligence, large mental he...

When a client’s painful therapy experience ends up on a public podcast and then they share about it on YouTube, what does that mean for  ethics, boundaries, and the counseling profession? In this episode of  Christ in Private Practice , Camille is joined by  Diana S. Rice, LMHC, CIMHP  to take a deeper, reflective look at a publicly shared story involving EMDR treatment, self-disclosure, dual rela...

EMDR is a widely used evidence based treatment for trauma and distress. But how well does it actually align with a Christian worldview? In this episode of  Christ in Private Practice , Camille McDaniel, LPC, shares her experience completing EMDR training, the questions it raised about faith integration, and the careful work she did afterward to make sure EMDR could be used in a way that is ethical...

What does real trauma recovery look like for men who have carried abuse, exploitation, and complex trauma for decades, often in silence In this episode of Christ in Private Practice, Camille McDaniel, LPC, sits down with Dr. John A. King, an Australian born Indigenous (Warumungu) author, speaker, and survivor advocate. Dr. King is the founder of the Give Them a Voice Foundation and the Phoenix Col...