Online Christian Counseling for Adults in Illinois and Missouri
Christian Counseling That Helps You Understand Why You’re Stuck and How to Change
Jane Perkins, MS, LCPC, LPC-S, is a licensed Christian counselor with 28 years of counseling experience. She provides online counseling for adults 18 and older in Illinois and Missouri, integrating clinical counseling with biblical truth.
Do any of these sound familiar?
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- I know what the Bible says, but I still struggle.
- My anxiety keeps running my life.
- I keep repeating the same unhealthy patterns.
- I worry constantly about what other people think.
- I’ve tried harder, but nothing really changes.
You’re not alone. There is hope.
Why do so many Christians stay stuck?
Lasting change requires us to address more than symptoms. Fear, false beliefs, trauma, shame, misplaced worship, and learned patterns often shape how we think, feel, and respond. Biblical counseling seeks to bring those areas into the light of God’s truth.
For 28 years, I’ve helped adults struggling with anxiety, trauma, OCD, grief, relationship difficulties, people-pleasing, and spiritual discouragement.
Hi, I’m Jane.
I’m a licensed clinical professional counselor with 28 years of experience helping adults navigate anxiety, grief, trauma, compulsive behaviors, and emotional pain.
Early in my career, I believed psychology alone could provide the answers people needed. Then God changed my life.
As He transformed my heart, He also transformed how I counseled others.
I’m passionate about helping people experience lasting healing by integrating sound clinical care with biblical truth. I’m not simply a counselor who happens to be a Christian. I intentionally provide Christ-centered counseling that lets God’s Word shape every part of the healing journey.
Because true healing doesn’t begin with changing circumstances.
It begins by knowing God more deeply.
~ Jane Perkins, MS, LCPC, LPC-S.
How I Approach Christian Counseling
Understanding WHO Is God?
One of the first questions I ask in counseling is, ‘Who is God?’ Because anxiety distorts how we see God. Does God sometimes feel distant, disappointed, even frustrated with us because we’re still struggling, still stuck, still not “getting it together”? Please listen to me carefully here. Our feelings do not define God’s character. Scripture does. God’s Word is foundational and must be the foundation for our thoughts, behavior, and feelings. As we work together, we’ll keep coming back to gaining a greater understanding of who God actually says He is. Faithful. Compassionate. Patient. Present. Loving toward His children, even on the days you feel the least lovable.
Understanding WHERE Is God?
Another question I often ask is, ‘Where is God?’ The common answer I get is, ‘Everywhere.’ But I want you to go deeper than that. It is a true biblical answer, but it also insinuates that God is standing off in the distance somewhere. Often, as I press into this question, clients will tell me that they see God sitting or standing in heaven with His arms crossed, waiting for us to get ourselves together before He’ll come near. That’s not who He is. That’s not how God’s word describes His presence. It describes Him as being right in the middle of our struggles, even when we cannot feel Him there. Psalm 139 goes further by reminding us that He hems us in behind and before and lays His hand upon us. Part of the work we’re going to do together is learning to trust God’s presence more than we trust the feelings that keep telling us He’s far away, because those feelings, as real as they feel, don’t always tell the truth.
Understanding WHO You Are in Christ
Your circumstances are not your identity. Neither are your fears, your failures, your intrusive thoughts, your past experiences, or what other people think about you. None of those things get to define you. If you belong to Christ, God has already told you in His Word who you are. So we’ll work on recognizing the beliefs that have quietly shaped how you see yourself and replacing them with what God says is true about you.
Anxiety
OCD & Intrusive Thoughts
Grief
Trauma
People-Pleasing
Boundaries
Identity in Christ
Begin Your Healing Journey Today
God has not abandoned you.
There is hope.
And lasting change is possible.
If you’re ready to discover who God is, where He is in your story, and who you are in Christ, I’d be honored to walk alongside you.
Schedule your complimentary Free Consultation today and take your first step toward lasting peace rooted in God’s truth.
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