Who's Really Steering Your Healing? A Catholic Therapist Explains

Who's really driving your healing, you, or your anxiety?

In this episode, Catholic therapist Adam Cross, LMFT (#116623) explores a pattern he sees often in the therapy room: clients whose anxiety or OCD quietly takes charge of the healing process, driven by a fear that anything less than total control means they won't be okay.

Topics covered:

The "listing compulsion" and the fear behind needing to share everything

The anxious "healing manager" part of us that tries to steer therapy

Why forcing healing becomes an obstacle to it

The afraid-of-the-dark analogy for working with anxious parts of ourselves

Dialoguing with anxiety through imagination, and the powers of the soul

Trusting God's presence in each step of the healing process

Real healing doesn't require you to manage it alone. It asks for peace, trust, and a willingness to let someone else, including the Holy Spirit, help steer.

Have questions? Visit my website: adamcrossmft.com Adam Cross, LMFT #116623