In your religious views have you ever considered studying the "Exercises of Ignatious Loyola"? I have found his method of our examination of our inner selves to be the best and most reasonable way to get at what is really the problem within us.

They are available online and I just printed several of them to study from time to time when I needed refreshing on how things were on the interior.

Problems are not so easily solved by looking outward; they are far more easily resolved by looking inward (where most of the reconstructive work on ourselves is really accomplished.)

Take care.