Agape Counseling Center, Winter Park, FL

Will try to keep it short, but I found Agape Counseling at a key time in my life. Counseling with Caleb has helped me grow in a lot of ways I wanted to before but didn't seem to be able to. I had lived most of my life repressing my emotions. Now I'm beginning to feel and work through fear, shame, sadness, anxiety and grief. Which has allowed to me feel glimmers of hope, joy and peace.

I have seen Denise Kirsop every other week for over 8 months. She has gently walked alongside me as I process, grieve, and move beyond an abusive “Christian” marriage and divorce. Denise created a safe space (in both marital counseling and our individual sessions), has made sure I don’t get “stuck” anywhere in the healing process, and consistently speaks Biblical Truth. I especially appreciate her ability to help me distinguish where my responsibility does and does not lie in all this mess, in a kind way, giving me a clear picture of myself (both the “good” and the “bad”), something that is very necessary for continued healing. As other abuse survivors may understand, I also really appreciate Denise’s accurate perception of my ex-husband, as it keeps me from neither extreme of having to defend him (the occasional instances his behavior was not abusive) nor convince her of the damages he inflicted – freeing me up to focus my attention and energy on myself.