Therapy and the Sacraments: Do They Really Fit?

Therapy and the Sacraments: Do They Really Fit?

From RED-C Roundup by RED-C Apostolate

September 16, 2025 · 42 min · Episode 405

About this episode

This episode discusses the integration of therapy and Catholic sacraments for healing, featuring insights from LPC Amanda Kapchinski.

Catholic counseling: how therapy and the sacraments can truly work together for healing. In this episode, LPC Amanda Kapchinski offers hope on wounds, shame, and scrupulosity—beyond treating faith as a mere coping skill. Host Kevin Kapchinski welcomes his wife, Amanda Kapchinski—Licensed Professional Counselor and Director of Pastoral Counseling at St. Mary’s Catholic Center (College Station)—for a grounded conversation on integrating mental health care with Catholic faith. Amanda shares how evidence-based practice and the primacy of relationship never contradict truth, and why deep, lasting healing unfolds in the safety of being seen, not just in coping. They explore common barriers (wounds, shame, avoidance), how counseling can complement Confession (not replace the sacraments), and ways EMDR and relational support help people get “unstuck.” Amanda explains scrupulosity (moral OCD) and the freedom that comes from trust rather than certainty, offers a 30-day challenge (sleep well and show up), and addresses sexuality, pornography, and lifelong chastity with clarity and compassion. Along the way she describes praying with clients when appropriate, inviting the intercession of the…

People in this episode

Guest: Amanda Kapchinski

Topics covered

  • Catholic counseling
  • therapy
  • sacraments
  • mental health
  • scrupulosity
  • faith

Keywords

  • healing
  • shame
  • EMDR
  • relationship
  • trust
  • chastity

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