How Spiritual Counseling Can Help You Achieve Your Goals
Spiritual Counseling & Life Purpose

How Spiritual Counseling Can Help You Achieve Your Goals

December 2024
6 min read
Dr. Geoff Nugent

Discover how connecting with your spirituality and core values through professional counseling can clarify your life goals, provide meaning, and guide you toward authentic fulfillment.

Many of us feel that there's more to life than just the daily grind of physical survival, or even material success. Spirituality, core values, and deeper beliefs help to give our daily lives meaning, as well as supporting us in difficult times.

At Nugent Family Counseling Center, our team, under the leadership of Dr. Geoff Nugent, understands the value of spirituality in the lives of our patients.

That's why we offer specialized spiritual counseling to put you in contact with your true self and deeper goals in life.

Available at our locations in:

San Jose, CA

Los Gatos, CA

Reno, NV

How could spiritual counseling benefit you? Here are just some of the ways spiritual counseling can support your search for a better life.

How Your Spirituality Informs Your Goals

We all have underlying values and beliefs about the way the world should be, and the right way for us to behave as individuals.

Structured Beliefs

For some, specific religions provide structure for moral and ethical beliefs

Personal Discovery

Others search out their own answers through meditation, research, or philosophy

No matter what your spirituality looks like, it deeply informs your hopes, wishes, and goals.

Warning: If your life choices don't allow you to stay connected to and in line with your spiritual beliefs, you can suffer from mental and even physical health disturbances.

You might start to feel like:

You don't know yourself

You don't know what you want

Your Spiritual Core

Your spirituality provides a strong core or center to your life plan, life story, and lifetime goals.

Getting in touch with your spirituality through spiritual counseling is often key to clarifying your own goals, and illuminating the right path to take in order to achieve them.

When You Need Spiritual Counseling

You may have fallen out of touch with your spirituality for a variety of reasons, or you may be troubled by an unwanted sense of questioning or self-doubt.

Spiritual Uncertainty

You could pursue spiritual counseling if you're not sure about the role of spirituality in your life, or if you've been feeling like you're on the wrong trajectory.

Part of Mental Health Treatment

Spiritual counseling can be a part of your treatment plan for mental health issues like depression or anger management.

Guidance for Difficult Issues

Spiritual counseling may be a positive way for you to approach a difficult issue or decision, giving you space to fully understand your position, values, and goals.

What to Expect in Spiritual Counseling

In your spiritual counseling sessions, you can expect to talk with your provider about your concerns, ranging from philosophy to religion.

Empathetic

Respectful

Integrative

You receive empathetic, respectful engagement that takes your mind, body, and spirit into consideration.

Transform Your Life

For integrative therapeutic support that can genuinely transform your life and place your goals within range...

Contact Nugent Family Counseling Center and find out more about spiritual counseling today.

Begin Your Spiritual Journey

Connect with your true self and deeper life goals through professional spiritual counseling

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Align Your Life with Your Deepest Values

Whether you're seeking clarity about your life's purpose, struggling with spiritual questions, or want to integrate your beliefs with your mental health treatment, spiritual counseling offers a respectful, empathetic space to explore. Our integrative approach honors your unique spiritual path—from organized religion to personal philosophy—helping you reconnect with your true self and achieve meaningful goals.