You may be dealing with having your entire belief system and identity ripped out from underneath you. Or the place and people you believed should create a safe environment for you only caused shame and guilt through harmful teachings, reactions, and beliefs. Our nervous system often feels overwhelmed when our past continues to follow us or the present day challenges feel like too much to handle.

If you are looking for a way to heal from trauma or other distressing events in your life, I provide a trauma and spiritually informed approach to process your painful experiences. Your reactions make sense, based on what life threw your way. Those experiences involving fear are often stored emotionally rather than logically in our mind. I help people to feel grounded and confident when facing their obstacles or healing from the past.

I most often work with the husband and wife who are looking to heal from the trauma that occurred from their family of origin that continues to get triggered in their marriage & family life. I also lead couples and families in healing and strengthening their relationships with each other, and spiritually with God. I also work with teens and young adults in navigating their emotional health through their life transitions and relationships.

My approach uses both EMDR therapy and Emotionally Focused Therapy to help the brain reprocess distressing relationship memories so they no longer keep the nervous system on high alert. This allows you to respond to relationships in a calmer, more secure way and make healthier choices instead of repeating old patterns.

Bio

Bradley Barker specializes in helping Christians navigate relationships and the challenges in marriage & family life. He devotes much of his therapeutic work in helping people recover from relational trauma and its impact on current relationships.

Brad received his Masters of Arts degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Franciscan University of Steubenville. He is passionate about the emotional and spiritual health of the modern family, and he desires to help each individual move from surviving to thriving.

In addition to being a counselor, Brad is also a devoted husband, and loving father to four beautiful children. He has a passion for sports, reading an insightful book and taking his family on a new adventure outdoors. Brad is on a mission for helping his family and his neighbors seek the more abundant life.