Below are lists of National and Regional counseling organizations.
NOTE: The following list in no way implies endorsement or certification by MarriageVine of any organization's or individual's qualifications, ability, or proficiency to counsel. The purpose and objectives of this list are strictly informative and educational. The official position of MarriageVine on Christian counseling is that persons seeking Christian counseling should consult with their pastors and trusted Christian friends in their community first as they seek how to find a Christian counselor or organization that can help meet their needs.
Christian
Counseling Education Foundation (CCEF)
Counseling education, counseling resources, seminars, courses
Membership: All of our faculty adhere to the statement that the biblical counselor, by definition, is committed to the Old and New Testaments as the only authoritative rule of faith and practice. Both the faith and conduct of the biblical counselor, as well as his counseling theory and practice, are formed by the standards of Scripture. (Doctrinal Statement)
Philosophy: The mission of the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF) is to see hearts transformed as God applies his Word to the problems of life. God's grace, God's Word, and God's people are what Christians need for personal change, spiritual growth, and help with the pressing problems of life. Sadly, many in the church look elsewhere for help. They don't see how the Bible connects with their problems. Others think biblical counseling is nothing more than throwing a Bible verse at a problem - and they've seen that approach come up empty. CCEF leads a biblical counseling movement that teaches people how to explore the rich wisdom of Scripture and apply it to the complexities of human life.
(About Us)
Contact:
Ed Welch
1803 E. Willow Grove Avenue
Glenside, PA 19038
(215) 884-7676
www.ccef.org
Christian
Care Network (CCN)
Network of Christian counselors with membership in the American
Association of Christian Counselors
Membership: The Christian Care Network (CCN), a division of AACC is a national referral network of community and church-based, licensed professional counseling providers…committed to providing biblical, theological, and psychological truth that ministers to the soul of a hurting person and helps them move to personal wholeness, interpersonal competence, mental stability, and spiritual maturity. CCN members have demonstrated minimal requirements and competencies for clinical excellence and Biblical integration in Christ-centered care." (Mission Statement, CCN Statement)
Philosophy: The CCN is committed "to promoting the advancement of Christian counseling and the integration of Christian theology with psychology, psychiatry, and mental health. The ultimate goal of Christian counseling is to help others move to personal wholeness, interpersonal competence, mental stability, and spiritual maturity. Christian counselors do not presume that all clients want or will be receptive to explicit spiritual interventions in counseling. We obtain consent that honors client choice, receptivity to these practices, and the timing and manner in which these things are introduced: prayer for and with clients, Bible reading and reference, spiritual meditation, the use of biblical and religious imagery, assistance with spiritual formation and discipline, and other common spiritual practices." (Statement of Faith, Consent for Biblical-Spiritual Practices in Counseling)
Caveat: Christians should carefully discuss attempts at integration of Christian theology with psychology, psychiatry, and mental health. For more on this, see David Powlison's book, Seeing With New Eyes: Counseling and the Human Condition through the Lens of Scripture (Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2003).
P. O.
Box 739
Forest, VA 24551
434.525.9470 (voice)
434.525.9480 (fax)
www.aacc.net
Find an AACC counselor near you.
National
Association of Nouthetic Counselors (NANC)
Counseling referrals, counseling resources and seminars
Membership: Membership subscribes to the Scriptures as the only authoritative standard for their counseling and who adhere to our Statement of Faith and Standards of Conduct of this Association. The biblical counselor performs his service as part of the ministry of the Christian church. The biblical counselor's role consists of showing the counselee that in order to be relieved of his problems biblically, his motives, thinking and behavior must conform to the concepts and standards of the Scriptures. (Constitution, Standards of Conduct)
Philosophy: The purpose of the National Association of Nouthetic Counselors is to encourage, acknowledge and standardize counseling and counselor training done by Christian clergymen and laymen who are committed to the Scriptures (both the Old and New Testaments) as the only authoritative rule of faith and practice. Both the beliefs and conduct of the biblical counselor, as well as his counseling theory and practice, are formed by the standards of Scripture. (Mission Statement)
Contact:
Kurt Larson
3600 W. 96th Street
Indianapolis, IN
46268-2905
(317) 337-9100
www.nanc.org
To
find a NANC counselor nationwide quickly.
New
Life Ministries
Counseling referrals, counseling resources and seminars
Membership: New Life Ministries is a community of professional Christian counselors that look to serve as an agent of healing and transformation in the lives of people worldwide. We are a network of thousands of Christian therapists inclusive of psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, addictions specialists, pastoral counselors, child counselors, etc. (Overview; Membership Application )
Philosophy: We believe it is essential to integrate Scripture and psychology into the counseling process and to be able to discard principles and training that are inconsistent with Scripture. We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, inerrant, authoritative Word of God and believe that all psychological principles should be thoroughly evaluated through the grid of Scripture, and that Scripture always holds the final authority. (Statement of Faith, Becoming a Christian Counselor)
Caveat: Christians should carefully discuss attempts to integrate Scripture and psychology into the counseling process. For more on this, see David Powlison's book, Seeing With New Eyes: Counseling and the Human Condition through the Lens of Scripture (Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2003).
P.O.
Box 650500
Dallas, TX 75265-0500
1-800-NEW-LIFE (639-5433)
www.newlife.com
Peacemaker
Ministries
Marital conflict resolution, Christian conciliation of all disputes,
resources, seminars
Membership: Peacemaker Ministries mission is to equip and assist Christians and their churches to respond to conflict biblically. We prepare church leaders, adults, and children for peacemaking through educational resources, seminars, and training. We also provide conflict coaching, mediation, and arbitration services to resolve church and ministry disputes, lawsuits, family divisions, and business conflicts. (Our Mission)
Philosophy: Peacemaker Ministries (PM) has four distinctives: The Necessity of Biblical Counseling , The Comprehensiveness of God's Word , The Centrality of Christ, and The Responsibility of the Church. They believe destructive conflict comes from desires that battle within people's hearts. Therefore, we do not merely try to resolve surface issues. We also counsel parties to find their fulfillment in Christ, renounce sinful desires and actions that have contributed to conflict, and seek genuine reconciliation with others. We believe that God's Word is totally authoritative and completely sufficient for all aspects of life, and his peacemaking commands and promises apply to every conflict a Christian can encounter. (Our Distinctives)
1537
Ave D., Suite 352
Billings, MT 51092
406-256-1583
www.hispeace.org
Setting
Captives Free
On-Line studies for addictions, pornography, homosexuality, teenage
purity, smoking and gluttony, with daily on line mentoring and
accountability
Membership: Setting Captives Free exists to offer Christ-centered Hope and Freedom to those in the grip of sin through accountability to Bible-based Truth resulting in the true enjoyment of Life in and for the Glory of God. Setting Captives Free Mentors go through Setting Captives Free's free 60-day courses, the 120-day Mentorship Course, and study other biblical resources. Our mentors are also encouraged to continue to NANC certification or IABC training, which many are doing. All Setting Captives Free's mentors obtain approval and recommendation from their pastor via the SCF Mentor Pastor/Elder Approval Form. (Mission Statement, E-mail submission from Founder & President, Mike Cleveland)
Philosophy: We are an alternative to psychology, Christian or otherwise. We believe in biblical counseling and that God's Word is sufficient for all the problems of mankind. We affirm the power and sufficiency of God's Word, as applied by God's Spirit, without any other man-devised resources, to heal and deliver man from sin and self. We watch people become totally new creations in Christ, who have previously been to the world, or to integrationists for many years. We know God made the human heart and therefore only God can fix the human heart, and He does so through His Word, apart from any additions or discoveries by man. (FAQs, E-mail submission, Founder & President, Mike Cleveland)
Director:
Mike Cleveland
"SGC-Setting Captives Free"
Shepherds Grace Church
2325 Medina Road
Medina, OH 44256
330-239-2600
E-mail: info@settingcaptivesfree.com
Go to www.settingcaptivesfree.com for online courses and accountability from a mentor.
This list
is not exhaustive by any means. It is simply a list of counseling
organizations that we have found to be biblically based.
If you know of a counseling center in your region that should
be listed, please let
us know.
Alabama
Eastwood
Counseling Ministries
Director: Rev Lou Priolo
1701 E Trinity Blvd
Montgomery, AL 36106
334-277-8404
Briarwood
Presbyterian Church
Director: Peggy Riley Lay Counseling Program
2200 Briarwood Way
Birmingham, AL 35243
205-776-5281
earkie1@earthlink.net
Alaska (Fairbanks)
Fairbanks
Baptist Bible College
Director: Rev. Marshall Hamilton
138 Farewell Ave
Fairbanks, AK 99701
iyq@Agci.net
Arkansas
The Bible
Church of Little Rock
Director: Pastor Lance Quinn
19111 Cantrell Road
Little Rock, AR 72223
501-227-4980
lance.quinn@bclr.org
www.thebiblechurchoflittlerock.org
California
Biblical
Counseling and Discipleship Institute
Executive Directors: George Scipione, Elyze Fitzpatrick
5333 Lake Murray Boulevard
La Mesa, CA 91942-1335
(619) 462-9775
www.ibcd.org
Biblical
Counseling Ctr. of Sonoma County
Director: Rev. Kevin Kirby
620 E Washington St., Ste. 205
Petaluma, CA 94952
707-778-1296
revkevpet@aol.com
www.geocities.com/proclaimingsovgrace
Biblical
Counseling Center
Director: Dr John Street
21726 Placerita Canyon Rd
Santa Clarita, CA 91322
800-568-6248 ext 3031
bmack@masters.edu
www.masters.edu
Visalia
Evangelical Free Church
Director: Dr Robert Somerville
1317 W Main St
Visalia, CA 93291
559-627-3912
bobs@vefc.net
Delaware
Life Enrichment
Christian Counseling Center
Biblical counseling
Executive Directors: Dot Huff, Jeff Stark
1006 Wilson Road
Wilmington, Delaware 19803
(302) 478-3848
Florida
Charis Counseling
Center
Director: Jim Keller
2714 Rew Circle
Suite 300
Ocoee, FL 34761
Tel (407) 656-3111
Fax (407) 656-3973
info@chariscounselingcenter.com
Total Life Counseling
Center
1507 S. Hiawassee Road, Suite 101
Orlando, FL 32835
or
1850 Lee Road, Suite 215
Winter Park, FL 32789
(407)248-0030
www.totallifecounseling.com
Georgia
Christian
Counseling Institute
Director: Pastor Robert Carroll
3079 Hidden Forest Ct
Marietta, GA 30066
770-422-3844
Beefer@bellsouth.net
Illinois
Biblical
Counseling Center
Dr Ronald Allchin
3233 N Arlington Heights Rd., Ste. 302
Arlington Heights, IL 60004
847-398-7193
BiblicalCC@aol.com
www.biblicalcounselingctr.org
Mt. Carmel
Ministries
Director: Rev Rick Thomas
9008 Fairview
Brookfield, IL 60513
708-485-8730
MCMBCLSOR@juno.com
Indiana
Faith Biblical
Counseling Ministries
5526 State Road 26 E
Lafayette, IN 47905
Dr Robert Smith
765-448-1555
crabtree_edris@fbc1.org
www.fbclafayette.org
Rod &
Staff Ministries
PO Box 176
Greenwood, IN 46142
Dr Woodrow Church
317-859-6941 ext 278
GodsWord23@aol.com
Iowa
Family Legacy
Counseling
Director: Gary Rosberg
2540 106th Street, Suite 101
Urbandale, Iowa
Tel (515) 727-1338
Fax (515) 727-1340
legacyforyou@aol.com
Louisiana
Biblical
Family Soulcare
Director: Rev Sid Galloway
3823 Coventry St
Slidell, LA 70458
504-646-1413
sid@soulcare.org
www.soulcare.org
Maine
Hollis Center
Baptist Church
Director: Pastor Ron Sargent
Box 180
Hollis Center, ME 04042
207-929-4711
ronsargent@sacoriver.net
Michigan
Biblical
Counseling Center
Director: Rev Kenneth Smith
515 Baldwin St
Jenison, MI 49428
616-457-0050
Ksmith4880@CS.com
Biblical
Counseling Training Institute
Director: Dr Marc Graham
Calvary Bible Church
8318 Carpenter Rd
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
734-434-8680
calvarybible@provide.net
Missouri
Center for
Biblical Counseling and Education
Biblical counseling, conflict resolution, education and consulting
Executive Director: Judy Dabler
12928 Ladue Road
St. Louis, Missouri 63141
(314) 878-5425
www.cbce.org
Montana
Gallatin
Valley Presbyterian Church
514 Terrance Loop Rd
Bozeman, MT 59718
Dr Craig Rowe
406-585-2223
craigrrowe@aol.com
New York
Life Enrichment
Christian Counseling Center
Biblical counseling
Executive Directors: Dot Huff, Jeff Stark
38 Gramarcy Park
New York, New York 10016
(215) 481-9878
North Carolina
Pastors
for Nouthetic Ministry
Director: Pastor Jim Bledsoe
610 E Lake Dr
Greensboro, NC 27405
336-275-9275
Ohio
Biblical
Counseling Institute
Director: Rev Joe Propri
8146 High St
Garrettsville, OH 44231
330-527-4205
ucgbible@juno.com
Clearcreek
Chapel Counseling Ministries
Director: Pastor Rick Wilson
P O Box 327 Springboro, OH 45066
937-885-2143
joni@clearcreekchapel.org
www.clearcreekchapel.org
Shepherds
Counseling Ministries
Director: Pastor Will Lohnes
2325 Medina Rd
Medina, OH 44256
330-239-2600
welohones@shepherdsgrace.com
www.shepherdsgrace.com
Wheelersburg
Baptist Church
Director: Pastor Brad Brandt
PO Box 224
Wheelersburg, OH 45694
740-574-5116
brandt@zoomnet.net
Pennsylvania
Christian
Counseling Education Foundation (CCEF)
Biblical counseling education and training, resources, seminars
Contact: Ed Welch
1803 E. Willow Grove Ave.
Glenside, PA 19038
(215) 884-7676
www.ccef.org
Equipping
for Life & Ministry Institute & Counseling Center
Director: Dr Wayne Mack
20 N Main St
Coopersburg, PA 18034
610-282-5532
strengtheningmin@aol.com
www.mackministries.org
Life Enrichment
Christian Counseling Center
Biblical counseling
Executive Directors: Dot Huff, Jeff Stark
914 Hunters Lane
Oreland, Pennsylvania 19075
(215) 481-9878
South Carolina
Redeemer
Presbyterian Church
Director: Dr Jay Adams
3870 Duncan Moore Hwy
Moore, SC 29369
864-574-1661
RedeemerChurch@mindspring.com
Grace Harbor
Counseling Ministries
Director: Rev Rick Thomas
P.O. Box 25333
Greenville, SC 29616
864-915-7070
info@graceharborministries.org
Texas
Biblical
Counseling Resources
Director: Michael T. McCloskey
8600 Wurzbach Suite 1021
San Antonio, Texas 78240
210-692-9992
www.mikemccloskey.com
Virginia
Christian
Counseling & Training Center, Inc.
Director: Andrew Redford
3602 Floyd Ave.
Richmond, VA 23221
(804) 357-9968 (Counseling) (804) 358-1343 (General)
info@cctcinc.org
West Virginia
Grace Fellowship
Church
Director: Rev Robert Jones
2296 Joy Lane
Culloden, WV 25510
304-562-6604
rdavidjones@juno.com
