Struggling? Need Help?
Suffering is a painful yet normal reality in this sin-cursed world. All of us, at one point or another, need hope and help in some area of our life. In the Bible, God has given us all the truth we need to understand life, endure trials, and overcome destructive behaviors. No matter what your situation is, we are eager to come alongside you with help and encouragement from God’s word.
If you attend another church, please see the section below before filling out the PDI form. If you have any questions about our counseling, contact Pastor Gabe or the church office. Otherwise, you can begin the process filling out the PDI Form as thoroughly as possible. Be sure to read the Counseling Agreement carefully. You will be contacted within 48 business hours after we have received your completed form. Each individual receiving counseling will need to fill out their own form.
Cost
We offer counseling services free of charge as a ministry of our church. We do ask, however, that after the second session, individuals make a one-time suggested donation of $25 ($40 for couples) to help defray some of the costs involved in operating a counseling center. Note: These gifts are not tax-deductible.
Do you attend another church?
As a church-based biblical counseling center, we are committed to having your church involved to the greatest degree possible. God’s design is that your leaders will give an account for your soul (Hebrews 13:17; 1 Peter 5:2), and we do not want to supplant their God-given role in your life. Their involvement before and during the counseling process will also be a great blessing to you because it will help them disciple and encourage you long after formal counseling is over (Galatians 6:1-2, 9-10). As well, the more your church is involved, the more they will be equipped to help others in the future.
If you have not yet done so, we would urge you to follow these steps:
- Speak to a pastor or leader to seek their counsel for your struggle. If they are unable to help you, ask them if they or someone in the church can join you in your counseling sessions.
- If someone is not able to join you in your sessions, let your pastor know that you are seeking counseling outside the church, but that you want them to be kept informed of the progress. Ask that they pray for you and check in on you as they are able.
- If possible, identify someone in the church whom you can talk to regularly to let them know what you are doing in counseling so that they can pray for and encourage you.
Because we are not able to meet all the counseling needs in our community, we will prioritize cases that have direct involvement by the church (either a pastor or leader who is engaged in the process at some level). We know that there are many situations that make it difficult for your church to be involved in your care, but we would urge you to give them the opportunity if at all possible.
About Biblical Counseling
Biblical counselors are trained in the meaning and use of the Bible and biblical principles for counseling. We are committed to the position that Scripture provides the only authoritative guide for what we are to believe and how we are to live. We do not base our counseling knowledge on our own opinions, experience, or concepts of behavior, but will seek to apply the full range of biblical truth relevant to the particular struggles in your life.
The biblical counselor deals with the full range of problems and struggles that arise in living in our sin-cursed world, including broken marriages, parent-child relationships, abuse, fear, depression, alcohol and drug abuse, tension, anxiety, worry, and other problems that result in oppression, suffering, enslavement, confusion, immobility, and other inhibiting realities.
Because we desire to train and equip others in biblical counseling, there may be one or two others in the counseling room observing or participating. Confidentiality is respected but held within appropriate limitations. A case may be discussed with other counselors or other professionals, but only to the degree necessary to find further biblical solutions to the problem. All such consultation is conducted in accord with the highest standards of biblical ethics.
Biblical counselors believe in the total health needs of the counselee. If deemed necessary, a counselor may recommend having a full or specified medical examination. If medical assistance is required, counseling will continue whenever possible.
Biblical counselors will use all their skill in applying biblical principles to help you in whatever problem deprives you of the peace and joy that God has promised in His Word. Specifically, counselors concentrate on three basic foundations from God’s word:
Hope — Because in Jesus Christ we have a great High Priest who has been tempted in all things, yet without sin. Thus, because of Him, even though every sin common to man may be tempting you, God has promised that He will not let you be tempted beyond your ability to endure by His grace, but will provide for you the way to escape from sin so that you can endure it (1 Cor. 10:13; Heb. 4:14-16).
Change —Because in Jesus Christ we can learn how to lay aside the old selfish ways of living and put on the new ways of living in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in good work and increasing in the knowledge of God (Eph. 4:20-24; Col. 1:10).
Practice — Because we need to prove ourselves to be doers of God’s word, lest we be merely hearers, forgetting and deluding ourselves. Only in effectual practice of the Scriptures shall we be blessed in what we do, and only then will we please the Lord (James 1:22-25).