What is Interior Healing in Catholic Tradition?

Interior healing is the process of bringing your emotional and spiritual wounds to God so that He can restore what has been broken inside you. It is not the same as therapy, though therapy can be part of it. It is not the same as “getting over it” or simply moving on. Interior healing is the deep, often slow work of letting God enter the places where you have been hurt – your memories, your self-image, your capacity to trust – and allowing Him to bring truth, presence, and freedom where there was only pain. ...

February 23, 2026 · 3 min · Katie Palitto