Adam Cross is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (#116623), writer, and speaker who is passionate about helping people experience healing and freedom rooted in their identity as beloved sons and daughters of God. He is the founder of the Catholic Therapy Center — a group practice dedicated to a holistic Catholic approach to healing the human person through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Website: catholictherapycenter.com
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Adam Cross is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (#116623), writer, and speaker who is passionate about helping people experience healing and freedom rooted in their identity as beloved sons and daughters of God. He is the founder of the Catholic Therapy Center — a group practice dedicated to a holistic Catholic approach to healing the human person through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Website: catholictherapycenter.com
Vocations, Fear, & Discernment ft. Emmaus Townsend
The Catholic Therapist
50 minutes 27 seconds
3 months ago
Vocations, Fear, & Discernment ft. Emmaus Townsend
Many people get stuck in discernment because fear can disguise itself as prudence. In this episode, Catholic therapist Adam Cross is joined by Emmaus Townsend to explore how faith and therapy together can bring clarity and peace when choosing a vocation. Drawing from Catholic tradition and clinical insight, they share practical ways to hear God, calm anxiety, and move forward with confidence.
Topics covered:
Fear vs prudence, how anxiety can sound holy and how to test the fruit, peace or pressure.
Consolation and desolation, simple checks and common mistakes in discernment.
Scrupulosity and overchecking, why they derail decisions and what to do instead.
Discernment rhythms, prayer, silence, Scripture, sacraments, and spiritual direction.
When to wait and when to act, practical steps to decide with peace.
Vocations in real life, marriage, priesthood, religious life, and single life.
Listening to your body and nervous system to steady worry and make a clear choice.
Tune in for a hopeful conversation on faith, psychology, and the path from paralysis to peace in vocation decisions.
Have questions? Visit my website: adamcrossmft.comAdam Cross LMFT #116623
The Catholic Therapist
Adam Cross is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (#116623), writer, and speaker who is passionate about helping people experience healing and freedom rooted in their identity as beloved sons and daughters of God. He is the founder of the Catholic Therapy Center — a group practice dedicated to a holistic Catholic approach to healing the human person through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Website: catholictherapycenter.com
