What We Offer

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Your Journey Starts Here...

Whether you're searching for support, guidance, short or long term treatment we commit to journeying with you, as you explore and seek insight into physical and/or emotional distress. Your overall health - mind, body, and spirit are our concern.  We welcome the opportunity to journey with you on your quest for wholeness, healing, and transformation to a freer you.

The office of pastoral counseling provides guidance and support related to spiritual, non-spiritual, and mental health concerns.  Our therapist are clinically trained therapist who integrate components of spirituality and psychology in the therapeutic encounter as desired by the counselee in relationship counseling, couples counseling, individual counseling, and group counseling.

A pastoral counselor is able to provide an expertise as persons who are in crisis struggle with their faith and conflictual past and present life experiences.

We help clients to examine and unpack their feelings, thoughts, and actions in a safe and sacred space.  We journey with individual, couples, and families to explore a range of conflicts that hinder them from living their best life and becoming their best self. 

Domestic Violence Commitment 

We partner with DV organizations to provide support services and free resources to promote healing, empowerment, and transformation in the lives of those who experience financial, emotional, physical, and sexual violence.  If you would like to support us in our efforts, please contact us at pastoralcounseling@mhtfamilylifecenter.org.

ClergyCare 

provides counseling, support, and training for pastors, church leadership, and others interested in establishing, and developing a Pastoral Care ministry within their church or organization.

Counseling and Support for Clergy and Church Leaders

We believe that it is essential for clergy to receive care as they pour into the lives of others.  In recent years there has been an increase in clergy suicide due to lack of support, no safe spaces, burn out fatigue, and other life stressors.  It is our goal to provide a safe and sacred space for clergy and church leaders to share their feelings and thoughts, in addition to offer an atmosphere that allows them to lament and be replenished in order to carry out their work in ministry.

Certificate Training Program

Our training program consist of 12 sessions designed to prepare and educate pastors, church leadership, and lay persons with essential skills to develop a specialized Pastoral Care department within the church.

The program provides in depth understanding of the wide scope of spiritually-based care-giving skills needed to meet the needs of those who suffer crises and transition within the church.

Training sessions are 90 minutes in length and include the following:

•Defining “Pastoral Care”

•Defining the difference between Pastoral Care, Counseling, and Therapy

•Ministry of Presence

•Boundaries

•Ethics

•and Relationship between spirituality and psychology

Cost for Training Certificate Program:  $600.00 includes books and training materials.

We look forward to creating space for you, call our office today to schedule an appointment at (770) 468-7100 or (678) 758-7093 or email us at pastoralcounseling@mhtfamilylifecenter.org for more information regarding our services for clergy and church leadership.