Dr. Gregory Bottaro
Dr. Greg Bottaro is a Catholic psychologist, founder of the CatholicPsych Institute and creator of the CatholicPsych Model of Applied Personalism (CPMAP). Before he was married, he was a Franciscan Friar for 4 years under the mentorship of Fr. Benedict Groeschel. He's now married with 8 kids under 12.
Sep 8, 2026 | Catholic Psychology
Catholic therapy and Catholic mentorship are two different ways of getting faith-integrated mental health support. Therapy is licensed psychotherapy: the treatment of diagnosable mental health conditions by a clinician, usually in weekly 45-minute sessions. Mentorship...
Sep 1, 2026 | Catholic Psychology
There are four sentences I heard constantly in my years practicing therapy. “There’s so much to say, where do I even start?” “I forgot what I wanted to tell you. It was something really important, but now I forgot it.” “I wish you...
Aug 25, 2026 | Catholic Psychology
Catholics looking for mental health support have four main options: a licensed Catholic therapist, professional Catholic mentorship (accompaniment), spiritual direction, and, for emergencies, crisis care. Most people don’t need all four. Most people do need to...
Aug 18, 2026 | Catholic Psychology
Catholic psychology is the practice of psychological science grounded in the Catholic understanding of the human person. It takes everything legitimate that modern psychology has discovered about the mind, the brain, trauma, and relationships, and orders it according...
Aug 11, 2026 | Catholic Psychology
If you’ve been praying about your anxiety for years and it hasn’t lifted, the problem is not that your faith is weak. I want to say that before anything else, because somewhere along the way a lot of Catholics absorbed the idea that mental suffering is a...
Dec 17, 2025 | Faith, Family, Featured Content, St. Joseph
Every once in a while, a book finds you at the exact moment God is trying to get your attention. Not a clever book. Not a popular book. A disruptive book. The kind that reframes your assumptions so completely that you end up seeing your faith, your history, and even...
Oct 29, 2025 | Featured Content, Femininity, Masculinity, Popular
How a pre-modern biology lesson slipped into our theology and how John Paul II shows us the way forward. The Problem of Limited Data St. Thomas Aquinas is a towering saint, doctor of the Church, unmatched synthesizer of faith and reason who built parts of his...
Oct 22, 2025 | Communication, Featured Content, Popular, Relationships
When most people hear Theology of the Body, they immediately think about sex, marriage, and family life. And it’s no surprise, St. John Paul II had profound insights into these areas, and his teaching has been a lifeline for many Catholics navigating modern confusion...
Aug 5, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Catholic Psychology, Featured Content
Let me start with something surprising: AI therapy works. We’re now seeing clinical outcomes from AI-driven counseling tools that are comparable to—and sometimes even better than—traditional therapy. That’s not science fiction. That’s current reality. Whether it’s...
Jul 16, 2025 | Catholic Psychology, Faith, Featured Content, Popular
Recently, I called a friend of mine to ask for some wisdom. I don’t know about you, but I have a tendency to overcomplicate things and overcommit myself. So I reached out and shared the challenge I was facing—one I was confident he had encountered before—hoping he...
Jul 11, 2025 | Catholic Psychology, Faith, Featured Content, Popular
I was heading down to the basement to work out. That was the plan. But as I descended the stairs, I passed the storage closet—recently emptied of a few boxes—and noticed how disorganized it had become. And suddenly, reorganizing that closet felt… necessary. Urgent,...
Jul 4, 2025 | Catholic Psychology, Faith, Featured Content, Popular
As we celebrate the Fourth of July, it’s worth asking a question most Catholics probably haven’t considered: Can you be holy and still be American? Or more pointedly, does the American mindset help or hinder the spiritual life? In 1899, Pope Leo XIII wrote...
Jun 25, 2025 | Faith, Mental Health Awareness Month, Popular
Loving Your Spouse’s IFS Parts Like Your Own: The Key to a Thriving Marriage When we start doing the inner work of healing and integration, we quickly come face to face with our “parts.” These parts—fearful, angry, defensive, shameful—can feel like little...
May 27, 2025 | Faith, Mental Health Awareness Month, Popular
Did You Know There Are Two Types Of Narcissism? Why Narcissism Sometimes Sneaks Up On Us. When you hear the word “narcissism,” what’s the first thing that comes to mind? For many people, it’s an image of someone loud, arrogant, and aggressively...
May 9, 2025 | Faith, Mental Health Awareness Month, Popular
Habemus Papam! We have a pope, and his name is Leo XIV. White smoke has risen from the Sistine Chapel chimney, and the Catholic world has a new shepherd. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been elected as the 267th pontiff and has chosen the name Leo XIV, a choice...
Dec 27, 2024 | Catholic Mindfulness, Healthy Living
Every Christmas, our attention turns to the manger scene and the profound mystery of the Incarnation: the eternal Son of God entering the world through the womb of the Virgin Mary. In meditating on this event, it is striking to note how Mary gave Jesus at least half...
Dec 10, 2024 | Catholic Psychology, Podcast
Transcript Hello and welcome to The Being Human Podcast. I’m your host, Dr. Greg Bottaro, and today, I’m going to share a secret with you — the secret for self-compassion. Now, this might sound fluffy or easy, something you can just roll past, but wait a...
Dec 4, 2024 | Catholic Psychology, Podcast
Transcript Hello and welcome to the Being Human Podcast. I’m your host, Dr. Greg Bottaro, and today I’m going to share with you another continuation of this little series we’re doing on man and woman. Specifically, I’m sharing with you the...
