Adam Cross is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (#116623), writer, and speaker who is passionate about helping people experience healing and freedom rooted in their identity as beloved sons and daughters of God. He is the founder of the Catholic Therapy Center — a group practice dedicated to a holistic Catholic approach to healing the human person through the power of the Holy Spirit.
What Is Therapy Really Like? A Glimpse Inside Catholic Therapy
What does therapy actually look like — and can it really fit with your Catholic faith?
In this episode, Catholic therapist Adam Cross, LMFT (#116623) sits down with Nora Rosales, a therapist with The Catholic Therapy Center, to give an honest glimpse inside the therapy room.
Nora shares her journey as a first-generation college student and eldest daughter of Mexican immigrants — from a culture where therapy was rarely encouraged to becoming a therapist herself. Together, she and Adam unpack what makes therapy work and where God shows up in the process.
Topics covered: • Why obstacles can become our greatest teachers • The power of telling your story and being truly heard • What to do when you hit a wall with your therapist • Cultural stigma, and why faith is a cultural consideration too • Seeing our parents as God sees them — and naming the wound so we can forgive • A Catholic view of self-care: loving ourselves as God loves us
Healing isn't selfish: we're healed to be sent out, with our cup full, to love others well.
Have questions? Visit my website: adamcrossmft.com Adam Cross, LMFT #116623
29 Oct 2026
Is Church Drama Part of Your Ministry? A Catholic Therapist Explains
What if the drama in your parish is the ministry?
In this episode, Catholic therapist Adam Cross, LMFT (#116623) draws on his nine years as a youth minister to unpack why conflict, burnout, and other people's brokenness show up in every kind of church ministry, and how to meet them with love instead of reactivity.
Topics covered:
Parish politics, burnout, and human brokenness
Reacting from your wounds vs. responding by the power of the Holy Spirit
Doing your own healing work so conflict does not run the show
Loving the difficult person, including choosing not to react right now
When to set a boundary or walk away, and when to keep going
Mercy, apology, and forgiveness without always requiring reconciliation
If you are tempted to give up, the Holy Spirit is working through your perseverance and your love.
Sponsored by Ascension Press. Alto is a monthly companion with the daily Mass readings, Lauds, Compline, and saint reflections. Get 10% off with code ADAM10: https://ascension-press.linkjolt.io/l/adam-cross
Have questions? Visit my website: adamcrossmft.com Adam Cross, LMFT #116623
22 Oct 2026
Is Self-Love Catholic? A Catholic Therapist Explains
Can you love yourself the way God loves you?
In this episode, Catholic therapist Adam Cross, LMFT (#116623) unpacks an unexpected fruit of intimacy with God: a healthy, holy love of self rooted in being God's beloved.
Topics covered:
Daily Lectio Divina and time with the Word as a bedrock of faith
How intimacy with God reveals how he sees us
Reclaiming "self-love" as stewardship of body, mind, and soul
What "die to yourself" does and does not mean
Why loving your neighbor as yourself is hard when you are harsh with yourself
Your God-given needs and limits as an invitation back to the Father
Before we can be a gift to others, we have to know we are already a gift.
Sponsored by Ascension Press. Alto is a monthly companion with the daily Mass readings, Lauds, Compline, and saint reflections. Get 10% off with code ADAM10: https://ascension-press.linkjolt.io/l/adam-cross
Have questions? Visit my website: adamcrossmft.com Adam Cross, LMFT #116623
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