The Catholic Therapist

Your Drive to Grow Might Be Preventing It


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What if the way you're trying to grow is actually keeping you stuck?

In this episode, Catholic therapist Adam Cross, LMFT (#116623) unpacks a pattern he sees constantly in his clinical work: clients who want to be better, more disciplined, more spiritually mature, but who are driven by an internal critic instead of love. That fear-based motivation, he explains, often leads to burnout, numbing, and avoidance instead of real change.

Topics covered:

  • The internal critic and where it comes from
  • Fear-based growth versus peace-based growth
  • Why doom scrolling and numbing out happen
  • The "how" and "why" behind our goals
  • 1 Corinthians 4 and the judgments of others
  • Resting in being already loved by God
  • You don't have to earn your worth to grow. You already have it, and that changes how you pursue every goal.

    Have questions? Visit my website: adamcrossmft.com Adam Cross, LMFT #116623

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