Forest
Westlake Village, California

Biblically grounded,
clinically informed.

Christ-centered care for individuals, couples, churches, and schools.

Biblically grounded. Clinically informed.
Licensed Therapists
Faith-Integrated Care
Church & School Partners
Nationwide Courses
Our Mission

Bridging the gap between Church and mental health

We exist to serve individuals, couples, churches, schools, and families — integrating biblical truth with clinical excellence, and walking people toward the healing they were made for.

Forest light
"I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full."
John 10:10
What We Offer

Clinical services rooted in faith

01
Individual Therapy

Faith-integrated therapy for adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, identity, grief, and life transitions. Clinical work held inside a biblical framework — when faith is part of the work, and when it isn't.

02
Couples & Marriage

For couples navigating disconnection, communication breakdown, conflict, or the slow drift of a marriage that has stopped feeling close. Family system and attachment-based work, grounded in the conviction that covenant marriage is worth doing well.

03
Premarital Counseling

SYMBIS-based premarital program for engaged couples — communication, conflict, family of origin, money, sex, and the spiritual vision you are building together. Clinically structured, biblically grounded.

04
Teen Counseling

Therapy for teens (ages 13–17) navigating anxiety, identity, social media, and family conflict. Faith-integrated work with the teen — held in close communication with the parents who love them.

Church

"We exist to embody Isaiah 61 — binding up the brokenhearted, walking the captive toward freedom, replacing ashes with beauty — through clinically excellent, biblically grounded care."

Formation Courses

Coming soon...

We're developing something meaningful. Check back for updates.

Mountains
Who We Are

Anchored in Truth.
Excellent in Care.

Abide Counseling Collective is a faith-integrated group practice founded by two licensed therapists who believe the Church deserves clinically excellent mental health care — and that Scripture deepens everything that happens in the room.

Mission

Why we exist

To strengthen churches, schools, and families by integrating biblical truth with clinical excellence — equipping Christlike therapists and serving communities locally and nationwide.

Vision

Where we're going

To become a trusted bridge between churches and mental health professionals — forming therapists of depth, conviction, and competence, and equipping the Church to care well for emotional and relational needs nationwide.

Core Values

What we believe & how we work

Human Dignity

Genesis 1:27

We believe every person bears the image of God — and that honoring that image means caring for the whole person. Their spiritual life and their emotional reality, held together with equal seriousness.

Biblical Fidelity

2 Timothy 3:16–17

Scripture is the lens through which human suffering makes deeper sense and human healing becomes more complete. That conviction doesn't weaken clinical care — the research shows it deepens it.

Gospel-Centered Hope

Ephesians 2:8–10

Transformation is possible. Romans 12:2 names it. We've watched it happen in the room, year after year, with real people.

Christlike Character

Philippians 2:3–8

The posture we bring into the room matters as much as the training we carry into it. Humility, presence, and genuine care for the person in front of us — these are not soft additions to good clinical work. They are the work.

Church Partnership

Galatians 6:2

We believe the Church was never meant to carry its people's pain alone. When pastors and clinicians do their work well together, people get the care they actually need.

Our Therapists

Meet the team

Adam Jelloian
Adam Jelloian, LMFT
Co-Founder & Clinical Therapist

Adam has worked across treatment centers, schools, and private practice — but the thread running through all of it has been the same: a conviction that people heal most fully when their faith and mental health are held together in the same room.

He works with teens, adults, and couples navigating anxiety, depression, identity, and life transitions, drawing primarily from a family systems framework alongside cognitive behavioral approaches and EMDR. He brings a particular attentiveness to the patterns people inherit — from their families, their communities, their church cultures — and what it looks like to interrupt those patterns with both clinical skill and biblical truth.

What keeps Adam in this work is the moment a client begins to see themselves the way God sees them. Not the version shaped by failure, family wounds, or years of quietly believing they were worth less than they are — but their true worth and value as image-bearers of God. That shift, when it happens, changes everything. It is what Abide was built to make possible.

Adam attends The Church at Rocky Peak and carries a deep investment in the next generation — the teenagers, young adults, and families navigating a world that is asking more of them than any previous generation has faced. He co-founded Abide because he believes the Church is one of the most powerful forces for healing in a community and that it deserves clinical partners worthy of that calling.

Spencer Posey
Spencer Posey, LMFT
Co-Founder & Clinical Therapist

Spencer provides a compassionate, faith-informed space for individuals and couples seeking to overcome compulsive sexual behaviors, rebuild trust after betrayal, and heal from trauma. With specialized training in sexual addiction (CSAT) and EMDR, he helps clients break free from cycles of shame and move toward a life filled with empowerment, hope, and renewed relationships.

Church
Partnerships

Serving the Church.
Strengthening schools.

We exist to support, not replace, the local church. Our clinical expertise fills gaps where pastoral care reaches its limits — with confidentiality, compassion, and doctrinal alignment.

What We Provide

Clinical support for your community

Referral Pathways

A trusted clinical resource for complex cases beyond pastoral capacity.

Workshops & Training

Emotional health, trauma awareness, and relational skills for your team.

Premarital Programs

Structured clinical add-on to existing church premarital offerings.

Parent Seminars

Equipping families to support emotional and spiritual wellbeing at home.

Crisis Consultation

On-call guidance for leaders navigating mental health crises.

Formation Courses

Fruits of the Spirit cohort programs for church small groups.

Church
Church Partnerships
Pastoral referral support
Premarital clinical add-on
Marriage enrichment workshops
Anxiety & Peace small groups
Fruits of the Spirit cohort courses
Leader care & crisis consultation
School
Christian School Partnerships
Student mental health support
Faculty wellbeing consultation
Parent education seminars
Crisis response guidance
Teacher training workshops
On-campus counseling options
Partnership Pricing

Transparent, flexible, and mission-aligned

Workshop
$1,200–$2,000

Half or full-day training for staff, leaders, or parents.

6-Week Cohort
$2,500–$4,000

Structured small-group course hosted at your site.

Retreat / Intensive
$4,000–$8,000

Weekend formation and training experiences.

Church member discounts available. Contact us to discuss a customized partnership model.

Leaves
Therapy Services

Clinical care held in
faith and compassion

Private-pay therapy for individuals, couples, teens, and families. Clinically rigorous, biblically grounded — and held at the level of faith integration each person is ready for.

01  ·  Adults
Individual Therapy

An intentional one-on-one space for adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, identity, grief, and the harder transitions of adult life. Clinical work — drawing on family systems, CBT, and EMDR — held inside a biblical framework when desired, and held with care when not. For people who want both their faith and their mental health taken seriously.

02  ·  Couples
Couples & Marriage

A space for couples navigating disconnection, communication breakdown, conflict, infidelity, or the slow drift of a marriage that has stopped feeling close. Attachment-based and family-systems work, grounded in the conviction that covenant marriage is something worth fighting for — and worth doing well.

03  ·  Engaged Couples
Premarital Counseling

A SYMBIS-based premarital program for engaged couples preparing for marriage. Conversations covering communication, conflict, family of origin, money, sex, expectations, and the spiritual vision you are building together — held with clinical structure and biblical seriousness. Designed for couples who want something more substantive than a checklist before the wedding.

04  ·  Ages 13–17
Teen Counseling

Therapy for teens (ages 13–17) navigating anxiety, identity, social media pressure, family conflict, school stress, and the particular weight of growing up in this moment. Faith-integrated work designed for the teen — and held in close, ethical communication with the parents who love them. Built on family systems, CBT, and developmentally appropriate care.

Common Questions

What to expect

Do you accept insurance?

We are a private-pay practice. We can provide a superbill for potential out-of-network reimbursement from your insurance provider.

Is faith integration required?

Not at all. Faith integration is always at your comfort level. You are welcome regardless of where you are spiritually.

Do you offer telehealth?

Yes — we offer both in-person and telehealth sessions throughout California.

How do I know if therapy is right for me?

A free 15-minute consultation is always the best first step. We'll listen, answer your questions, and see if we're a good fit.

What does a Good Faith Estimate mean?

Under the No Surprises Act, you have a right to receive a Good Faith Estimate of expected costs before beginning services. We provide this for all clients upon request.

River

Formation Courses

Self-paced courses that bring biblical truth and clinical tools to the places where faith and real life collide.

01  ·  Deuteronomy 6
Walk Along the Road
Helping your preteen or teen master their devices — before their devices master them.
8-week faith-integrated course for parents of preteens and teens — for the parent who senses that the family's relationship with technology has drifted, and who wants more than a list of rules to fix it
Grounded in Deuteronomy 6 — the Shema's vision of a household whose practices are inseparable from what it believes, and whose conversations happen along the road of ordinary life
Honest about what is actually shaping your child's attention — the developing brain, the design of the platforms, and the parental modeling that matters more than any rule
Walks parents through the work of forming a household culture — from the family technology contract to the long-game conversations that prepare a young adult to govern their own attention
Closes with the Formation Charter — the long-game vision document of what your household believes about technology, attention, and the kind of young adult you are forming
02  ·  Psalms of Ascent & Matthew 6
Still Moving
Anxiety, presence & trust for young adults who are tired of living in the future.
10-week faith-integrated course for young adults (ages 18–35) caught in the spiral of what-ifs, fear of the unknown, and the exhausting work of trying to predict and control what hasn't happened yet
Rooted in the Psalms of Ascent and Matthew 6 — the pilgrim songs of people who kept moving through uncertainty without waiting until they felt ready
Clinically informed and biblically grounded — honest about what anxiety actually is, where worry lives in the body, and why no one ever wins the what-if game
Practical weekly tools to slow the nervous system down, return to the present moment, examine what you are actually afraid of, and build the evidence against the beliefs driving your anxiety
Closes with the Pilgrim's Charter — a personal declaration of what you now know, what you are choosing, and who is with you on the road
03  ·  Ephesians
Anchored
Identity, Anxiety & Belonging for Young Adults — Chosen Before You Could Perform, Loved Before You Could Earn It.
8-week faith-integrated course for young adults (ages 18–35) navigating the noise of comparison, anxiety, loneliness, and the quiet sense that who you are presenting to the world isn't quite who you actually are
Grounded in Psalms, John, and Ephesians — and honest about what is actually forming your sense of self: social media, performance, other people's expectations, and the core beliefs you picked up before you could evaluate them
Names the lie at the root of so much young adult struggle — that your worth is tied to what you do, where you are on a timeline, or who keeps choosing you — and traces it back to a worth that was settled before any of those things existed
Moves from honest naming of what you are carrying all the way to a declared, evidenced understanding of who God says you are
Closes with the Anchored Life Charter — a personal declaration of identity built from evidence, not aspiration
04  ·  Ecclesiastes
Who Am I?
Identity, Self-Worth & The You Beneath What You Do — for young adults and adults.
10-week faith-integrated course for any adult who senses their sense of self has become attached to what they do, who they're with, or what they've built — and who wants to discover the worth that was settled before any of those things existed
Grounded in Ecclesiastes and Ephesians — the most honest book in Scripture about what we've been building on, paired with the most complete declaration of who we already are in Christ
An honest excavation of titles, attachment, shame, and the dominant story you've been living inside — moving toward an identity grounded not in what you do but in who God has already declared you to be
From college students to executives, parents to pastors, the question "who am I beneath what I do?" belongs to every life stage
Closes with the Identity Charter — a personal declaration of who you actually are, drawn from the evidence of ten weeks of genuine work
05  ·  Genesis & Song of Solomon
Out of the Pit
For men who know what they're running from — and need to know what they're running toward.
12-week course on sexual integrity and restored desire for adult men
Built on the Joseph narrative and Song of Solomon — shame addressed, desire redeemed
Goes beneath the behavior to the wound, the pattern, and the way forward
Weekly reflection tools, honest self-assessment, and a closing integrity charter
06  ·  Exodus
Out of Egypt
For adults who sense their attention has drifted — and want it back.
8-week faith-integrated course for adults who recognize that the way they relate to technology has quietly drifted from the life they actually want to be living
Grounded in the Exodus narrative — Israel did not choose Egypt, they were born into it, and many could not imagine another way to live. The attention economy works the same way
Honest about the neuroscience of why freed people keep returning to old patterns — and why willpower alone has never been enough
Moves from an honest audit of what the system has made you into, to a Spirit-formed vision of technology as a tool in the hands of a maker — not a master
Important Disclaimer

These courses are for educational and spiritual formation purposes only. They are not therapy, counseling, or mental health treatment, and do not establish a therapist-client relationship. No diagnosis or individualized clinical guidance is provided. Enrolling in a course does not create any professional treatment relationship with Abide Counseling Collective or its licensed clinicians.

These courses are not appropriate for individuals in acute psychiatric crisis. If you are in crisis, call or text 988.

If course material raises significant concerns about your mental health, please seek support from a licensed professional.

Nature
Resources

Insight for the
journey inward

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Contact

We'd be glad
to connect.

Whether you're seeking therapy, exploring a partnership, or referring someone in need — we're here. Reach us anytime at hello@abidecounselingcollective.com

General Inquiry

Questions about therapy, courses, or anything else — reach out and we'll respond within 48 hours.

Partnership & Referral

For churches, schools, or organizations interested in partnership, or referring a student, family, or member.

We respond to all inquiries within 48 hours. For urgent mental health concerns, please call 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or your local emergency services.