Through the Hidden Lie Framework™, our personalized therapeutic intensives help you uncover what's beneath recurring emotional and relationship struggles, so you can heal at the root and move forward with greater freedom, connection, and purpose.
Your Experience
Individual Experience
You've pushed through, prayed through, maybe even talked it through, and yet something remains. A pattern you can't break. A wound that won't fully close. A version of yourself you haven't been able to reach yet. Step into the life you were actually made for.
You don't have to keep carrying what was never meant to be permanent.
Couples Experience
Every marriage has a story. And sometimes that story gets stuck in a chapter neither of you wanted, conflict that cycles, distance that grows, wounds that never quite healed. You still love each other. But love alone hasn't been enough to find your way back.
Every marriage has hope when both hearts want to find their way home.
Group Experience
There is something that happens in a room full of people who have decided to stop pretending, something that can't happen anywhere else. When one person's story touches another person's wound, healing moves through the whole group like a current. Someone else's breakthrough may become the key to your own.
Healing was never meant to happen alone.
You don't have to have it altogether to begin. You just have to be willing.
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Hello, I am Kathy!
Licensed Professional Counselor · Certified Coach · Fellow Traveler
YOU DON'T NEED ANOTHER PERSON TELLING YOU WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU.
You need someone who can help you understand what's underneath the struggle, and create enough safety to actually work through it.
I'm Kathy Stommel, LPC-MHSP. For more than 15 years, I've helped individuals and couples move beyond painful patterns and discover healthier ways of relating to themselves, others, and God.
YOU ARE MORE THAN ENOUGH!
We opened Igniting Purpose Therapeutic Healing Center and developed The Hidden Lie Framework ™ Programming because we wanted to offer something traditional weekly therapy often can't provide:
time, space, safety, and focused therapeutic work without having to stop just as you're getting somewhere.
CLINICALLY GROUNDED,
FAITH-INTEGRATED.
At Igniting Purpose, professional therapeutic care and Christian faith can work together. We welcome people wherever they are in their spiritual journey and integrate faith in ways that respect each client's needs, beliefs, and comfort level.
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FAITH IS WELCOME. HEALING IS PERSONAL. YOUR EMOTIONAL SAFETY IS OUR PRIORITY.
Testimonials
WHAT PAST CLIENTS ARE SAYING:
“Life-altering experience!
Not long after working with Kathy, I realized the treasure I had stumbled upon and started telling all my friends about her! My cousin, her friend, and a few of my friends have now all gone to see Kathy, and the testimonies are consistently the same!
maddy
“After experiencing a personal intensive, I am achieving milestones with newfound confidence. I have worked with many therapists over the years, and Kathy is one of the most incredible healers I have ever worked with! From EMDR to Brain-spotting to merely actively listening, Kathy is one of the most talented, genuine, level-headed, and humble therapists I’ve had the privilege of working with.”
megan
"I shared with Kathy one of my deepest, darkest, shameful, ugly secrets, one I was sure would be met with disgust, but instead was met with compassion and wisdom. Exceptional! Kathy's wisdom and support reshaped my mindset. I am grateful for this experience."
Stephanie
These aren't exceptional stories. This is what becomes possible when the right space is created for healing.
Sometimes words aren't enough. Tyler and Melanie share in their own words.
Melanie and Tyler courageously opened up about one of the hardest seasons of their marriage. With honesty and vulnerability, they share how a 3-day couples intensive became a turning point, bringing them back to one another with hope, love, and safety. Their story isn't about perfection; it's about possibility. About the real, beautiful hope that healing and reconnection can happen.
THE PATH FORWARD IS SIMPLER THAN YOU THINK
How it works
THE 4 EASY STEPS
1.
BOOK A FREE DISCOVERY CALL
Tell us a little of your story. We'll listen without judgment, answer your questions, and together find the path that's right for you. No pressure. Ever.
2.
RECEIVE YOUR PERSONALIZED PLAN
Every intensive is designed around you: your history, your needs, your pace. We'll decide together which experience will serve you best.
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RESERVE YOUR SPACE
Space is intentionally limited so every person receives genuine attention and care. Choose your dates and know that what's waiting for you has been thoughtfully prepared.
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EXPERIENCE BREAKTHROUGH
Arrive as you are. Leave different, not because you were fixed, but because you finally had the space to heal. Follow-up support and resources are included to sustain everything you've gained.
Most people tell us they wish they had done this sooner. You don't have to wait any longer.
WHYTRUST US?
15
DEDICATED
YEARS OF
years of walking alongside people through their hardest seasons
1K
OF
CHANGED
lives that have found healing, freedom, and renewed purpose
99%
SATISFACTION
RATE
of clients say they would do it again — and recommend it to someone they love
We don't take lightly the courage it takes to say yes to healing. Every number here represents a real person who did.
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7 SIGNS YOU'RE EMOTIONALLY EXHAUSTED
Not ready to book or call just yet? Download our free workbook, 7 Signs You’re Emotionally Exhausted and Don’t Know It, and begin gaining clarity, grounding, and practical tools to help you take your first steps toward rest and renewal.
This is a gentle, insightful guide designed to help you slow down, gain clarity, understand what your mind and body may be trying to tell you, and begin finding your footing again.
Through practical reflection and grounding exercises, you’ll take your first steps toward greater peace, rest, and renewal.
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FAQ - FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
No. While Christian faith is an important part of who we are, you do not need to be at a particular place in your faith journey to work with us. We meet you where you are. For clients who desire it, prayer, Scripture, and spiritual reflection may be naturally integrated into the therapeutic process. These practices are always approached with respect for your comfort level and personal journey.
Not at all. What matters here is not where you've come from spiritually but where you want to go. We welcome people from all backgrounds and all places on their faith journey, including those who aren't sure where they stand right now. Healing doesn't require a denomination. It requires a willing heart, and if you have that, you belong here.
Yes, and we mean it sincerely. We never want cost to be the reason someone doesn't receive the healing they need. Through our foundation, Christian Counsel Associates, financial assistance is available for those who qualify. Applications are reviewed by our nonprofit board based on financial need and availability. If you'd like to give toward someone else's healing journey, donations are tax-deductible. Just reach out and we'll walk you through the process.
Most therapy asks you to talk about what happened. Our intensives help you actually experience healing from it, and that distinction changes everything. We combine evidence-based clinical methods like Brainspotting and experiential therapy with the kind of deep human care that most clinical settings simply don't have time for. Three uninterrupted days in a peaceful natural setting, with a small intimate group and a team that has done their own inner work. No rushing. No surface solutions. Just real, lasting change at the root.
Yes, our intensives are co-ed. We also offer dedicated all-women and all-men programming for those navigating sexual addiction and sexual betrayal — spaces designed with particular care and sensitivity for those specific journeys. If you're interested in those programs please reach out and we'll share what's available.
You are not only welcome here, you are specifically held in mind in everything we do. We understand that wounds from religious environments can run very deep, and we take that seriously. Nothing here is forced, pressured, or contingent on a particular belief. All exercises are voluntary. Your pace is honored. Our entire approach is built on the understanding that healing happens through safety and love, never through obligation or fear. You are allowed to arrive exactly as you are, with every complicated feeling intact. We will meet you there.
