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| The Park Church Elmira, NY |
The Family Counseling Ministry invites your church to join our network of member congregations.
We are counselors accredited by the American Association of Pastoral Counselors, the American Association of Marriage and Family
Therapists, and the American Psychological Association, and we are persons of faith.
We offer a ministry of professional counseling and psychotherapy to families, couples, individuals, and groups. The Family Counseling
Ministry provides the following services to member churches and their pastors:
The Family Counseling Ministry is a resource provided since 1975 by the Susquehanna Association of the New York Conference, United
Church of Christ, to clergy and the churches they serve, regardless of denominational affiliation.
We encourage you to become a member and use these services for pastoral support and for the benefit of your congregations. The
Member Church Commitment is $300.
Client fees provide the basic support. The full fee per session is $100; however a sliding fee scale is used according to family size and
income, which can go as low as $10 for member churches and as low as $45 per session for others.
For more information, please call L. Paul Pitkin, Senior Clinician at (607)758-3339.
We are counselors accredited by the American Association of Pastoral Counselors, the American Association of Marriage and Family
Therapists, and the American Psychological Association, and we are persons of faith.
We offer a ministry of professional counseling and psychotherapy to families, couples, individuals, and groups. The Family Counseling
Ministry provides the following services to member churches and their pastors:
- Clergy may refer parishioners to any of the counselors with assurance that they will be seen by one of the counselors as quickly as
necessary – no matter how busy the counselors are.
- Clergy may consult as much as needed about pastoral counseling they are doing or about other church-family processes with any of
the counselors, either by phone or in person, without charge.
- Affordable workshops are held as desired for clergy to be introduced to new counseling methods, to discuss their own pastoral
counseling concerns, to become better acquainted with the counselors, and to apply family systems ideas to parish problems.
- All the counselors are experienced in dealing with family problems, marital issues, divorce adjustment, depression, anxiety, grief
reactions, anger, physical and sexual abuse, employment and job concerns and other family, couple and personal concerns. Each
counselor also has his or her own areas of expertise, which are of value in case consultations, clergy workshops and church
presentations. Confidentiality is assured for every client except in cases where there is harm to self, others, or child abuse.
The Family Counseling Ministry is a resource provided since 1975 by the Susquehanna Association of the New York Conference, United
Church of Christ, to clergy and the churches they serve, regardless of denominational affiliation.
We encourage you to become a member and use these services for pastoral support and for the benefit of your congregations. The
Member Church Commitment is $300.
Client fees provide the basic support. The full fee per session is $100; however a sliding fee scale is used according to family size and
income, which can go as low as $10 for member churches and as low as $45 per session for others.
For more information, please call L. Paul Pitkin, Senior Clinician at (607)758-3339.