Duration of Counseling. Counseling can be short-term or long-term; the duration and frequency of our work together is up to you. It is common for clients to schedule weekly or biweekly hour-long sessions. Your sincere commitment to the counseling process increases the likelihood of a positive outcome.
Duration of Counseling. Short-term counseling ranges from 1-5 sessions at 1 hour per session. Following the first session, the pastor will set the number of sessions, within the 1-5 session range. Issues requiring more extensive care than five sessions will result in referral. Appointments Please be sure to schedule your appointment with the pastor prior to just showing up “to talk.” If you come late to an appointment please be aware that your allotted time starts with the set appointment time and not the time when you show up. If you have an appointment scheduled and need to cancel or reschedule please contact the church office as soon as you become aware of this need.
Duration of Counseling. Short-term counseling ranges from 1-4 sessions at 45 minutes per session. Following the first session, the pastor will set the number of sessions, within the 1-4 session range. Issues requiring more extensive care than four sessions will result in referral. Appointments Please be sure to schedule your appointment with the pastor prior to just showing up “to talk.” Counseling appointments can be made Tuesdays, preferable during office hours unless otherwise noted. If you come late to an appointment, please be aware that your allotted time starts with the set appointment time and not the time when you show up. If you have an appointment scheduled and need to cancel or reschedule, please contact the church office as soon as you become aware of this need. Guidelines • Counseling will be done, men with men and woman with woman, whenever possible. As such, a recommendation can be made for whom to seek counseling from, if needed. • If counseling must occur with the opposite sex, another person must be in the room with you, preferably the pastor’s spouse and/or the spouse of who is being counseled. • Conversations between opposite sex will be done with an ‘open door’ policy at all times. • No counseling with any persons under 18 will occur without a parent present. • Home visitations, or any visitation/contact of the opposite sex or person shall not be made alone, but only if accompanied by another member of the staff, volunteer or spouse. • Counseling should be done during office hours unless a previous exception has been made. • Marriage Counseling and Pre- Martial Counseling will be done by a married couple Termination of Counseling You as the counselee have the right to end pastoral counseling at any time but grant me permission to check in with you periodically concerning matters discussed in counseling sessions. I also have the right to end our pastoral counseling at any time for the following reasons: • If my family or I are threatened in any way. • If as the counselor I am placed in a potentially compromising position. • If the issues of the counselee are deemed to be beyond my scope of abilities. • If I believe the counselee is not putting forth effort to do his or her part.
Duration of Counseling. Short-term counseling ranges from 1-5 sessions at 1 hour per session. Following the first session, the pastor(s) will set the number of sessions, within the 1-5 session range. Issues requiring more extensive care than five sessions will result in referral. Appointments Please be sure to schedule your appointment with the pastor(s) prior to just showing up “to talk.” If youcome late to an appointment please be aware that your allotted time starts with the set appointment time and not the time when you show up. If you have an appointment scheduled and need to cancel or reschedule please contact the church office 000-000-0000 option 1 as soon as you become aware of this need. Donations There are no fees or charges for pastoral counseling. However, Donations are accepted as non- refundable, on a sliding scale with a minimum of 25 to 50 dollars to support charitable programs and ministries.
Duration of Counseling. Group members will attend one session per week for 26 weeks for the Batterers Intervention Program or 16 weeks for Anger Management Program. • Group sessions will last 90 MINUTES per week. • Group size will be a minimum of 3 clients and a maximum of 15 clients. • All members are invited to continue utilizing this group after successful completion, for a nominal fee of $10 per group.
