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Articles by Josh Spurlock, MA, LPC, CST, NICC

Josh Spurlock, MA, LPC, CST, NICC is the Founder and CEO of MyCounselor.Online Josh is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Certified Sex Therapist (CST) who brings more than 13,000 hours of direct clinical experience to his practice. He provides online counseling and coaching, specializing in sex therapy, marriage counseling, and executive performance coaching for pastors and business owners. His authority in the field is built on a strong academic and clinical foundation, including a Master’s in Counseling (M.A.) and a B.A. in Biblical Languages. As an ordained minister, Josh uniquely integrates clinical best practices with a faith-based perspective, establishing a high level of trust and specialized expertise for his clients. B.A. Biblical Languages, Central Bible College M.A. Counseling, Assemblies of God Theological Seminary National Provider Identifier: 1467608679 Certified Sex Therapist, American Board of Christian Sex Therapists (ABCST) Missouri Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) – License Number: 2008023816 Montana Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) – License Number: BBH-LCPC-LIC-72683 Colorado Licensed Professional Counselor  (LPC) – License Number: LPC.0011920 Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) – License Number: MH17995

Josh Spurlock, MA, LPC, CST, NICC is the Founder and CEO of MyCounselor.Online
Josh is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Certified Sex Therapist (CST) who brings more than 13,000 hours of direct clinical experience to his practice. He provides online counseling and coaching, specializing in sex therapy, marriage counseling, and executive performance coaching for pastors and business owners.
His authority in the field is built on a strong academic and clinical foundation, including a Master’s in Counseling (M.A.) and a B.A. in Biblical Languages. As an ordained minister, Josh uniquely integrates clinical best practices with a faith-based perspective, establishing a high level of trust and specialized expertise for his clients.

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Navigating Personal Grief and Shock in Church Leadership

Learn to recognize, accept, and manage your emotions effectively as a church leader facing the fallout from a moral failure within the leadership.

Self-Care Strategies for Church Leaders in Crisis

Discover essential self-care strategies for church leaders to maintain well-being and effectively support their congregation during a crisis. Prioritize your health today!

Supporting Your Family Through Church Leadership Crisis

Learn how to support your spouse and children during a church leadership crisis with strategies for emotional validation, open communication, and practical support.

Strengthening Faith in Crisis: A Guide for Pastors and Church Staff

Discover strategies to maintain your spiritual health and strengthen your relationship with God during times of turmoil. Essential tips for pastors and church staff.

Secondary Trauma in Pastors: Self-Care for Sustained Well-Being

Explore the impact of secondary trauma on pastors and the importance of self-care. Learn strategies to maintain emotional health and provide effective pastoral care.

Navigate Church Crises with Expert Counseling Support

Get the support you need during church crises. MyCounselor.Online offers faith-based counseling for church staff navigating stress, grief, and leadership changes.
Self Pay vs Insurance Top Therapy Choices

Self-Pay VS. Insurance: Top Therapy Choices

You’re ready to dive deep into your mental health, armed with your insurance card, only to find out that the top-tier therapists—the ones who totally get the nuances of anxiety, depression, or those tricky relationship hurdles—often don’t mesh with insurance plans.
A Christian Man’s Guide to Sex by Josh Spurlock

Relationship Roller Coaster: Attachment Styles and What to Do

Have you been feeling the roller coaster effect in your dating or marriage relationship? Perhaps there are periods of closeness where the two of you feel safe and connected. But these times are inevitably followed by someone pulling back, or by hurt and conflict. After a while, the closeness comes back but you know the downward plummet will eventually come again, and you feel stuck riding the relationship roller coaster.

Why am I noticing Grief as I Plan for my Wedding Day?

When your face hurts from smiling as you think about your special day and your countdown gets smaller and smaller you start to notice something new come up inside of you… sadness. Wait what?? Sadness?? NO!! Why am I sad?! This “should” be the happiest day of my life? My wedding day! As fear starts to creep into your mind and you notice this new feeling emerge, you wonder: “Is this normal…?”
Eating Disorder

Binge Eating Disorder

“I am not even hungry. Why am I still eating?” “I find myself eating past the point of feeling full. I actually eat until I am so full it hurts.” “I often hide the packages of the food I have eaten. I am so embarrassed that someone might see how much I ate.” These statements are from real people who are suffering from binge eating disorder.
Burnout in Ministry | Symptoms, Causes, and Prevention by Josh Spurlock

The Do Over: What if you could revisit the past and mend the wounds inflicted on you?

No one escapes trauma. Childhood is full of injuries that come from adventure, curiosity and unfortunately people. What if those injuries were life altering? Would you want a redo? Perhaps a better question would be: Are you willing to do the hard work that leads towards healing.
Anxiety

Transforming Social Anxiety

Anxiety can surface in many forms such as fear of the future, fear of failure, worry about the well being of your loved ones. But I wanted to laser in on one area of anxiety which surfaces in social situations and is characterized by the fears of being evaluated in a negative or critical manner by others, causing angst and avoidance of social situations.