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MINISTRIES
HOPE Counseling
Are you experiencing unresolved conflict or dealing with emotional struggles? Contact us! Our Hope counselors are available to offer encouragement, prayer, and biblical guidance to help you find lasting solutions and hope for life’s challenges.
WHAT IS BIBLICAL COUNSELING?
Biblical counseling is a discipleship ministry under the oversight of God’s church dependent upon the authority and sufficiency of God’s Word through the work of the Holy Spirit.
Biblical counseling guides people to examine their desires, emotions, thoughts, actions, and worship in an effort to restore people to a right fellowship with God and others.
Counselors speak the truth in love and apply Scripture to the need of the moment by comforting the suffering and calling sinners to repentance.
Biblical counseling is not based on secular principles found in psychology, psychiatry, mental health fields, or clinical treatment approaches.
OUR APPROACH
Counseling will be dependent upon God's Word (the Bible) and the Holy Spirit.
The Bible provides all the needed principles and guidance for understanding our mental processes, analyzing our emotional responses and exercising control over our behavior. It contains solutions for every problem of attitude, relationship, communication, conduct, and behavior.
2 Peter 1:3-4 | Psalm 19:7-14 | 2 Timothy 3:16-17
COMMON COUNSELING ISSUES
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Abuse
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Addictions
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Anger
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Anxiety, worry, & fear
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Communication
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Compulsive Behaviors
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Decision making
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Depression
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Discipleship
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Eating disorders
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Financial stewardship
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Forgiveness
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Grief
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Guilt
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Loneliness
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Marriage & family
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Perfectionism
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Pornography
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Conflict & reconciliation
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Rejection
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Relationships
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School challenges
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Self-esteem
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Sexual struggles
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Stress
WHAT TO EXPECT
The counseling process is a step-by-step journey of growth and application.
1
Getting Started
Fill out a questionnaire and sign a consent form.
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Sessions
Meet weekly at first, with sessions spread further apart as you grow (about 1 hour each).
3
Come Prepared
Bring your Bible, a notebook, and other materials.
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Between Sessions
You'll be given "homework" to build godly habits like Scripture reading, prayer, journaling, and more.
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During Counseling
We'll pray, discuss your homework, and study Scripture, applying biblical principles to daily life.
OUR COUNSELORS
Our counselors are certified through the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC). They are volunteers who operate under the authority and direction of the HOPE Counseling Ministry and the elders at Alfred-Almond Bible Church.
Pastor Nathanael Swayne oversees this ministry. If you have questions or would like to learn more, please contact him or Brandi Lasnick.
Mary Hess
Counselor
Mary Hess, an ACBC-certified counselor since 2009, is married to Joe and has six grown children and eleven grandchildren. Despite their retirement, they continue to disciple people of all ages to Christ. Her special interests include mental health issues, substance abuse, women’s and children’s ministry.
Life verse: Colossians 2:8.
Tammy Hopkins
Counselor
Tammy is a certified Biblical counselor with the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors. She has been married to her husband James for over 26 years. She loves spending time with women while sharing God's Word through her love of quilting and fellowship. She is available to counsel both in-person and on Zoom.
Her favorite Psalm is 139 and her favorite verse is 2 Corinthians 4:18.
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