A Book & Coaching Resource
You Don't Have to Navigate This Alone.
Mental illness in a marriage or relationship can feel isolating, confusing, and exhausting. By integrating clinical expertise, relationship principles, and biblical wisdom, this book offers a path toward understanding, healing, and restoration — for anyone who loves someone with a mental illness.
Mental Illness
and Marriage
The Book
A Roadmap for the Road No One Planned to Travel
Written with compassion and hard-won clarity, Mental Illness and Marriage walks alongside those who love someone struggling with mental illness. It doesn't offer easy answers — it offers honest ones.
- Understand what your partner is experiencing — and what you are too
- Set boundaries without abandoning the person you love
- Find your own footing when the ground keeps shifting
- Discover when to stay, how to cope, and how to heal
Readers Say
Words That Found Us
This book gave me language for something I had been living but couldn't name. I finally felt seen — and less alone.
— A Reader
I've read every book on this topic. This one is different. It's honest in a way the others aren't.
Sarah M.
Spouse of someone with bipolar disorder
The coaching sessions changed how I see my marriage. I came in ready to leave. I left with hope.
James T.
Coaching client
Coaching & Services
You Deserve Support Too
The book is a beginning. For those who want to go deeper, group coaching, speaking services, and an upcoming learning course offer a space to grow, heal, and find your footing alongside others.
Group Coaching
A small, confidential community of people who truly understand what you're going through, facilitated with clinical care and faith.
Speaking & Workshops
Victoria speaks at churches, conferences, and retreats on mental health, faith, marriage, and emotional healing.
Learning Course
Coming SoonA self-paced, faith-informed course for individuals and couples — coming soon.
Start Here
The First Step Is Knowing You're Not Alone
Whether you're in crisis or just quietly struggling, this book meets you where you are. No judgment. No easy answers. Just honest, compassionate guidance from someone who has walked this road.
About the Author
Written From Experience, Not Just Research
Victoria Pollard, MSN, PMHNP-BC, is a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Christian author, speaker, and podcast host. With more than seven years of clinical experience and a deep passion for the integration of faith and mental health, she helps individuals and couples pursue healing, wholeness, and restored connection.