Author: Amanda Gram Published: 28th August 2025
When a crisis is not a sentence but a turning point. And how God speaks through honest conversations.
In today’s world, we often encounter two opposing camps: some say “only faith heals,” while others insist that “only scientific psychology works.”
Ekaterina Fakhrutdinova – a Christian family counselor, soul-care practitioner, certified BMHC Mental Health Coach, member of the Association for Cognitive Behavioral Therapists, leader of a family ministry, and member of the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) – breaks this myth. She shows that there is no conflict between soul care and science if the focus remains on the person, their pain, and their hope.
Not fearing pain – that is maturity.
When families come to Ekaterina after betrayal, when women bring wounds, teenagers bring anxiety, or pastors come with burnout, she does not look for someone to blame. She listens. She hears. And she gently walks alongside. Not from the position of “I know what’s right,” but as someone who has walked the path, who knows how to be present, and who helps people hear themselves.
Her method – the fruit of 14 years of practice, numerous supervisions, scientific research, and prayer – is built on Aaron Beck’s cognitive-behavioral therapy, Viktor Frankl’s logotherapy, and Jay Adams’ biblical counseling. The method does more than work – it reveals.
“Faith is not a form. It’s when you, even in tears, are not afraid to be real before God. And psychology is not control, but a tool that makes the journey clearer.”
What Ekaterina offers is a unique kind of spiritual care for mental health, where a person receives support in difficult life circumstances. The method helps navigate complex situations when one cannot understand what is happening inside.
It transforms loneliness into the valuable resource of solitude, and chaos into awareness.
Family pain is not the end. It is an invitation to healing.
Many couples come to Ekaterina at their hardest moment: after betrayal, abortion, frozen intimacy, or decades of silence. And it is precisely in these situations that her mission becomes clear: to create space for restoration.
The project “From Heart to Heart” has become not just the title of her book, but a true method of accompaniment, where psychological help is grounded in spiritual foundations. Here, words like “prayer,” “sin,” “forgiveness,” and “trauma” are not feared – because it is honesty that restores relationships.
“If a family has at least one living link – faith, empathy, principles, values, or the desire to understand – then there is something to work with.”
Who is this path for?
Ekaterina Fakhrutdinova helps:
- Christian families who don’t want to destroy, but don’t know how to preserve;
- Young people afraid of repeating their parents’ mistakes;
- Parents of children with special needs who are exhausted from holding on;
- Pastors, ministry leaders, and missionaries who have no safe place to be weak;
- Those who have left, lost, grown old, “given up,” despaired – yet still want to believe again.
Not a psychologist for everyone. But a guide for those who want to keep moving forward.
Ekaterina is a true companion for those ready not only to be heard, but also to listen – to themselves, to God, to others.
Her style is not about imposing, but supporting. Not about diagnosis, but dialogue. Not about quoting a book, but about living through a story.
The result?
Faith becomes alive.
Family becomes possible.
And pain is not the end – but the entry point to healing.
International Journal of Research (IJR) 