Christian Counseling for Women Facing Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Difficult Relationships

Biblical counseling rooted in Scripture for women seeking wise, compassionate help through painful seasons. Online throughout the United States and internationally, with in-person sessions available in Newark, Delaware.

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Counseling for Women Carrying Heavy Burdens

Jacqueline Larraga, biblical counselor for women seeking Christian counseling online or in-person in Newark, Delaware

Many women seek counseling during seasons when life has become overwhelming—after betrayal, relational wounds, trauma, loss, or years of carrying burdens quietly. I offer biblical counseling that helps women understand their struggles, find hope in Christ, and move toward lasting change.

I regularly work with women facing:

Trauma and painful past experiences

Betrayal and broken trust

Difficult or unhealthy relationships

Anxiety and emotional overwhelm

Depression and grief

Ministry and family pressures

Meet Jacqueline
Articles and Reviews
On Worrying and Setting Right Priorities
On Worrying and Setting Right Priorities

So far this year it seems like I’ve had more conversations than normal on the issue of setting priorities. Or at least that’s where we end up. We often start out thinking through anxiety, overwhelm, and a compulsion to control. Women are worrying. About a lot of things. An aging mom‘s…

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A Psalm of Lament for a Parent Estranged
A Psalm of Lament for a Parent Estranged

In the pattern of Psalm 13

How long O Lord, counted nights turned into years?

The face hidden,

The name not mentioned,

Even tainted joys forgotten.

How long will I sink beneath the waves,

Regretting what was,

Fearing what might be?

Hear me, help me, hold me,

Or I will sink beneath the grief.

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Good Endings: 5 books I Reread as a Biblical Counselor When Hope Feels Hard
Good Endings: 5 books I Reread as a Biblical Counselor When Hope Feels Hard

I’ve noticed the last few weeks that one of the advantages of bleak midwinter is that keeping the blinds closed to hold in the heat means the stainless steel appliances in my kitchen looked clean. Now that I live in a place with winter, I’ve realized that maybe the reason spring cleaning is “a thing” is because when you throw open the curtains and let the spring sun in, it shows the smudges on your microwave and the spots you missed with the mop on the wood floor.

There is a very loosely connected analogy in there somewhere for hope. I want to be a hopeful person. Although reluctantly, I admire optimism. And I do believe God has promised to do us good. But I also know that in winters of the soul, desire it though I might, hope seems as elusive …

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Rethinking Self-Compassion
Rethinking Self-Compassion

When Instagram tells me I should be practicing self-compassion, I feel unsettled. When a woman I’m counseling fills in the blank of my prayer prompt, “God help me…" with “Give myself grace,” I pause. Why?

For one, in the moments I presumably need it the most, I can’t muster it. How can I give myself grace when there’s no grace in me to give? And second, when I try to find self-compassion in the Bible, it remains elusive.

And so, I want to trace compassion through the pages of Scripture and understand how we are to respond when we are suffering and tempted to be too exacting of ourselves or when guilt lingers even though we know we are forgiven.

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Good Endings: Learning from Powlison about Restoring Joy for the Sexually Broken
Good Endings: Learning from Powlison about Restoring Joy for the Sexually Broken

As a biblical counselor to women, I regularly find myself in the privileged role of walking alongside those facing sorrow in their lives because of the impact of sin on God’s good gift of sex and sexuality. As a woman who lives in that same fallen world, I have benefitted greatly from the message of hope and renewal found in this honest, compassionate, and eminently practical book. I reread it nearly every year, and I wholeheartedly recommend it for those wanting to understand steps they can take toward Jesus as they seek the renewal only he can give.

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I work with women from all over the globe who are seeking God’s help through the counseling process to deal with a broad range of issues including: abuse, anxiety, depression, difficult relationships, divorce, grief, parenting, singleness, sexual brokenness, and trauma. If you are ready to schedule, you can do so here.

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