Christian Counseling · Dayton, Ohio
Self-Esteem
A familiar critical thought can feel like a fact about who you are. Counseling gives you room to examine it.
Who It Is For
When the Inner Critic Takes Over
You may dismiss what you contribute and hold onto every mistake, or compare your work, marriage, and faith with other people’s lives. Josh works with Christian men age 18 and up who want to understand those patterns. Self-esteem concerns can sit alongside anxiety, depression, shame, or questions of identity.
What We Examine Together
The Critical Thought
We identify the words you use against yourself after a setback. A specific thought, such as treating one mistake as proof of failure, gives CBT work a clear starting point.
Comparison and Pressure
Comparing yourself with another man can affect how you view your responsibilities and relationships. Counseling considers what you assume about him and what you conclude about yourself.
Shame and Responsibility
Acknowledging a choice is different from defining your entire worth by it. We work on taking responsibility while examining the shame that makes a difficult experience into a permanent verdict.
Clinical Care
Practical tools for answering the thought.
CBT looks at the relationship between thoughts, feelings, and actions. With Josh, you can consider what evidence supports a self-critical belief and what challenges it. The work includes practicing a more grounded response in everyday situations, rather than replacing every concern with a positive phrase.
Faith and Practical Work
Your worth deserves more than a comparison.
Identity in Christ informs the conversation about worth, guilt, and belonging. Josh pairs that biblical worldview with clinical care, including CBT, EMDR, and psychodynamic counseling. Prayer and scripture can be included as you want them, alongside practical attention to the beliefs shaping your responses.
What Sessions Look Like
Men meet for 55 minutes, weekly or every other week, at the Dayton office or by telehealth in Ohio. You must be located in Ohio during a video session. The first appointment addresses what brought you in, your goals, and the place of faith in counseling.
Insurance and the First Conversation
Use the free 15-minute consultation to discuss fees and how accepted insurance may apply. Benefits are checked together before the first appointment. Private pay is also available; superbills can be requested for possible reimbursement through an out-of-network benefit.
Insurance and PaymentYour Questions
Self-Esteem Questions
Can counseling address comparison with other men?
Yes. Comparison, self-criticism, and the beliefs beneath them can be part of CBT work. Bring an example of how comparison affects your choices or relationships.
Does self-esteem work include Christian identity?
Josh’s biblical worldview includes identity in Christ, guilt, and shame. Clinical tools remain part of the work, with scripture and prayer included according to your preferences.
Ready when you are.
Talk about the self-critical patterns affecting your day in a free consultation with Josh.