Counseling and 
Spiritual Direction

The cure (care) of souls at
​Trinity Anglican Church​

Restoring Souls Is What We Do

At Trinity we recognize that we all come to Christ with a history. Sometimes that history is painful and damaging. There may be experiences that have broken us, wounded us, bound us or derailed us. Sometimes these experiences separate us from our faith, causing us to leave church and lose heart. Sometimes these lead to addiction and life-controlling behaviors. 

Divorce and marital problems, depression and anxiety, addiction and compulsive behaviors, combat or first-responder trauma - God cares about all of these and can bring healing and recovery. As the pastor of Trinity the cure of souls is vitally important to me. We sometimes get stuck and need help. That's what we are here for. We are available for curative spiritual direction and pastoral counseling, we offer special seminars on recovery, inner healing and mindfulness, as well as Reboot Combat Recovery and Imago Trauma Recovery.  If you are struggling and seeking healthy and effective faith-based solutions, come visit us.

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Addiction and Recovery

 Spiritual Direction and
​Pastoral Counseling

At Trinity we understand recovery.  We know that developing relationships with a healthy community and nurturing spiritual connection with God are necessary components of recovery.  You are welcome to come and attend services. We will not reject you. We want to provide meaningful help in your recovery.

If you are or have been addicted to alcohol, opiates or methamphetamine and want to find faith based encouragement, coaching and counsel call Fr. Matt.

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What we practice as "Christian Counseling" is Soul Care in the ancient tradition, and includes spiritual and Biblical counseling, spiritual direction, inner-healing ministry, prayer, spiritual interventions, guidance and the sacraments.  This methodology is rooted in a 2000 year long continuum of Christian care for the human person. 

The "Cure of Souls" is the ministry of guiding the whole person to health and growing into His image.  The practice of Soul Care took many forms in the past, it was an integrated discipline. Our ministry also integrates all of the historic aspects of Christian soul care as well as some aspects of modern psychology.  Our focus is to work through the process of Ignatian Spiritual Direction to help persons interpret their understanding of God, themselves and the world through prayerful reflection.

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Who is it for?

This ministry is for anyone who is battling addiction (alcohol, drugs, porn), anxiety, or compulsive thoughts. It is for anyone who wants to overcome barriers to personal growth.  If you feel like you are a failure, if you have debilitating thoughts and feelings that rip you up inside, if you have compulsive behaviors, we can help.  

I provide short term marital and pre-marital pastoral counseling.  I also offer Spiritual Direction is for those who want to deepen their spiritual life. 

​I have years of working with people with addictions and life-controlling problems.   It's a hard road to recovery, and God is the source of a new start.  We will not give up on you along the way.  I understand addiction from the inside out.  

I am not a psychotherapist. I advise those who are suffering from acute psychological disorders to continue to see a licensed psychotherapist or psychiatrist for care.  In such cases I would seek to establish a cooperative relationship in those professionals. 

About Fr. Mirabile

Endorsements

Fr. Matthew Mirabile is a Priest in the Anglican Church of America. He was a missionary in Amsterdam, NL (Holland). There He completed a Discipleship Training School with Youth With A Mission and went on to study Cross-Cultural Church Planting and Communication at the Amsterdam School of Missions, a 2 year program of Pacific and Asia Christian University. He completed St. Michael’s Seminary program , a seminary of the Charismatic Episcopal Church.  He has continued studies in psychology through Liberty University Online Distance Learning.  He is a certified Spiritual Director, trained at the Center for Spirituality and Justice in New Rochelle New York. He also has certificates in Addiction, and Clinical Pastoral Training through St. Francis Academy.  He has spent the last several years studying and integrating the writings and methods of soul care of the Eastern Orthodox Tradition, particularly the desert fathers, into his ministry.
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He is a “Spirit filled” Christian who has studied and practiced Inner Healing for many years and employs the gifts of the Holy Spirit in his ministry. His experience brings together a unique skill set that combines inner healing ministry, spiritual direction, biblical pastoral counseling and orthodox therapy – all grounded in solid orthodox Christian theology.


"As a Christian therapist who provides both psychological intervention and spiritual direction, and as a trauma specialist, I can personally attest to Fr. Matt's superb skill, discernment and wisdom. He has accomplished more with my son than a horde of therapists and hospitals ever did, both secular and Christian. In fact, I only wish that I had such skill. I pray that traumatized individuals, with complex emotional issues, all have a Fr. Matt in their life. Thanks to Fr. Matt (and the Lord)my son is completely healed."
-Elaine Tsangarisdes, PHD, LPC

Fr. Matt is an amazingly faithful and anointed man of God.  His genuine love and compassion for people, and his strong gift of being able to help deliver people from deep bondage is a testimony to his unbending love and obedience to Jesus.  He possesses a transparency seldom seen in “men of the cloth” and this realness allows him to relate on so many levels with people of all walks and backgrounds. I have witnessed firsthand the results of how God has used him in the lives of men and women who were held captive by the bondage of severe psychological and spiritual pain.  These were people who society and secular counselors had written off as too far gone.  If you or know someone who is at that place, then you need to contact Fr. Matt right away and allow the power of the Holy Spirit working through him, to free the captive in you or your loved one.”
​-David Gullotti M.S.C.C.

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