Services
Reasons for Counseling
Life is a journey with many transitions, relationships, and opportunities.
The pathway can become blocked, seeming like a maze of uncertainty and
turmoil. When this occurs, movement and meaning can often be fostered
through assistance with a trusting counselor. Persons seek counseling
for various reasons, including:
- Personal growth concerns
- Emotional or spiritual stress
- Vocational or retirement difficulties
- Marriage or family struggles
- Parenting problems
- Aging concerns
- Dealing with losses, death or grief
- Facing alienated or broken relationships
Clients seeking counseling often say:
- "I feel trapped, lost, and alone."
- "I no longer seem to know who I am or where I am headed."
- "As a family, we seem to be in constant conflict."
- "My job is the pits...it seems to have lost challenge and appeal."
- "Since my spouse's death, I can't seem to find my way; I'm overwhelmed by anger and sadness."
- "My partner doesn't understand me. What we once had in our relationship seems to have been lost."
Pastoral Counseling
Our vision is to provide excellent counseling for you in a spirit of pastoral care. We want to treat you as a person of worth, to help you grow toward a more meaningful and purposeful life, and to relate to you in a manner of grace and care. We try to love because God loves us and we believe God wants us to serve you and this community.
The benefits you attain from counseling will depend on your willingness to honestly discuss your thoughts, feelings and behaviors and examine how these may be contributing to your difficulties. At times this may be an uncomfortable process that will need to proceed at a pace that is comfortable for you. However, since the goal of our work together will be to enhance your understanding and skills for dealing with the causes of your problems, our focus will be evaluating what you are doing and helping you to change your behavior.
