Welcome—Glad You’re Here Hello. My name is Ryan Sturgis. I’m a husband of 20 years and a father of five lovely children (2 girls and 3 boys pictured with me). I’m really grateful you’re here and excited to start this community together. My journey into biblical counseling didn’t begin in a classroom—it began in real life. Years of pastoring and counseling, walking with people through pain, confusion, anxiety, broken relationships, and spiritual questions showed me something very clearly: people don’t just need answers, they need hope that transforms the heart. While I started with Cognitive Behavior Therapies, over time, I became convinced that Scripture was more than adequate to address everything at stake in counseling—it actually provides the clearest anthropology of the human condition and the most hopeful path forward for the hurting soul. The Bible explains why we struggle (sin, suffering, and a broken world), and it also reveals how God meets us there with truth, grace, and transformation through Christ. That conviction led me to pursue formal training in biblical counseling, but more importantly, it shaped how I care for people. Biblical counseling isn’t about quick fixes or behavior modification—it’s about helping people see their lives, their pain, and their hearts in light of God’s truth, and learning how to respond to life in ways that honor Him and lead to lasting change. As a pastor and counselor, I not only lead this ministry which aims to educate and to provide counseling, I am also lead pastor of a new church in Springfield Va that teaches the Bible as sufficient for mental and emotional health. Jesus as hope for the whole person. Please, take a moment to introduce yourself and share your journey to biblical counseling.

Here is a great starting point for understanding biblical counseling. Heath Lambert does a fantastic job of helping to paint a clear picture of biblical counseling and why the truest and most God-honoring approach to counseling the soul is God’s Word.

All counseling is theological: the counselor applies who he/she thinks God is (or is not), how God has made man (or did not), and what he believes man’s deepest need is.

To educate on the Bible’s sufficiency for counseling.