Often in our culture, we can find ourselves needing both — a therapist and a pastor — because we have divided two things that were never seperate in a whole human being. Our mind and our body are both rooted in the spirit, and they exist together as one inter-connected whole.
Too often, pastoral care can lack professional training and boundaries, and therapy may stop short of biblical adherence and submission to the power of a living God. I believe that to be effective at restoring order, we need both in the same room.
Using my signature framework, I've learned that people don't come home to themselves by trying harder. They settle when someone finally holds the pattern of their life instead of leaving them to carry it alone. Our work together is unhurried, and no detail is too small to belong in the picture we build together.
Jenna J. Swain is the founder of The Sacred Stillroom, a private, faith-based space for leaders, artists, and builders who carry more than anyone around them realizes. With thirty years of experience in clinical and pastoral work — including crisis intervention, hospice care, and private practice — she brings uncommon depth to a space that holds both faith and stillness, without asking you to leave either at the door. She lives on the Central Coast of California with her husband and two sons, where she spends her time tending her home, growing food, and staying close to the quiet things that keep her grounded.
"Over the years I have developed an unshakable belief in the resilience of the human spirit."
“Behold , I stand at the door knocking; if anyone feels my call and opens the door, indeed I will come in and we, the two of us, will dine together as friends at the banquet hall.”
-Revelation 3:20