I. Mission
Wellspring Counseling, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that provides professional, Christian counseling and psycho-education to help people move to personal wholeness, interpersonal competence, mental stability and spiritual maturity and to relieve emotional suffering.
II. Vision
A. Counseling:
Provide full-service counseling by professional, licensed, skilled, Christian counselors to the greater Miami community and beyond.
B. Psycho-education:
Provide training and education in the realms of counseling and mental health to therapy groups, churches, schools, community gatherings, conferences or retreats, and to counselors in training.
C. Trauma Expertise:
Provide specialized trauma counseling, to train others regarding trauma, and to encourage others to use skilled trauma techniques in the emotional healing process.
We believe that the healing of negative and traumatic life experiences through skilled trauma work is foundational to the goals of our mission statement.
D. Counseling Availability:
As funds are available, to provide greater access to counseling through a Scholarship Fund to reduce counseling fees for clients in need.
E. Support for Full-time Christian Workers:
Provide counseling and psycho-education to full-time Christian workers at the Wellspring Counseling offices and on location in their places of service.
F. Outreach Programs:
As funds are available, to provide outreach counseling and education programs.
III. Philosophy of Practice and Counseling
A. As a Christian practice, our staff is committed to Jesus and His church. We seek to incorporate Biblical values into our own lives and into our work with clients. We do not require that our clients believe or practice the Christian faith, but it is important that our clients realize that our staff does. All members of our staff are in agreement with our Statement of Faith and are active members of a church.
B. As a professional practice, our staff maintains the professional counseling license(s) legally appropriate to their scope of client work and to remain current in any continuing professional education or training required for the licenses held.
C. As a group practice, we collaborate as trained and competent professional therapists.Within the group is a variety of experience, skills, and professional identifications. We meet regularly as a staff in order to support one another and stay familiar with important new information in the Mental Health fields.
D. As a non-profit practice, the fees we receive are used to pay the costs of maintaining our offices, billing and record keeping, and providing the best possible services to our clients. We attempt to adjust out-of-pocket costs to our clients, where necessary, through scholarships and reduced fees, in order to provide services to a broader scope of clients. We consider that a client’s family and church should be the first sources of aid for financial support in order to receive counseling.
Wellspring is not a for-profit or competitive practice. We believe in the Body of Christfunctioning interdependently within a community for the benefit of all of its individual members and the Kingdom of God as a whole. Thus, we seek to network with churches, other professionals, para-church organizations, and other disciplines on behalf of our clients to promote holistic healing. We consider the physical, intellectual, emotional, social, behavioral, spiritual, and environmental aspects of a person’s life to all affect his/her emotional well-being.
IV. Core Values
Our Source:
A commitment to Biblical truths as we honor Jesus Christ and glorify God, remaining flexible and responsive to the Holy Spirit in all that He has called us to be and do.
Our Service:
A commitment to clinical excellence as we provide quality, professional, clinical services and training.
Our Strength:
A commitment to ethical, legal and financial correctness.
Our Staff:
A commitment to hiring competent, licensed, counselors and dedicated staff who love God and feel called to provide counseling and soul-care for hurting people.
Our Stewardship:
A commitment to profitably steward the resources God gives to us in order to continue serving the needs of hurting people.
Our Philosophy:
A commitment to help our clients reach their personal goals for mental and spiritual health and/or reducing emotional pain and conflict. For Christian clients, a hope that as a result of reaching their goals, they will be enabled to love God, love others and live well for the glory of God.
A recognition of the value of a holistic approach to mental health to include addressing the physical, intellectual, emotional, social, behavioral, and spiritual aspects that affect a
person’s emotional well-being.
Our Heart:
A desire to provide counseling services to those who cannot afford full fees.
A desire to support full-time Christian workers through counseling services and psycho-education in order to multiply our effectiveness in the Kingdom of God.
A desire to reach out to the greater Miami community.
V. Statement of Faith
Wellspring Counseling is a non-denominational Christian counseling service. We exist to serve persons from any background or persuasion, religious or secular; however, our approach to therapy will be based upon an understanding of the nature, needs and purpose of human beings which is grounded in biblical revelation. We will also seek to integrate the best contributions of the psychological sciences to provide the highest quality care to our clients.
Statement of Faith
For further information regarding our financial or professional practice, please contact Tova Kreps, President of Wellspring Counseling.
Confidentiality and Privacy:
The law protects the relationship between a client and a psychotherapist, and information cannot be disclosed without written permission.
Exceptions include, but are not limited to:
- Suspected child abuse or dependant adult or elder abuse, for whichyour therapist is required by law to report this to the appropriate authorities immediately.
- If a client is threatening serious bodily harm to another person/s, your therapist must notify the police and inform the intended victim.
- If a client intends to harm himself or herself, your therapist will make every effort to enlist their cooperation in insuring their safety. If they do not cooperate, the therapist will take further measures without their permission that are provided by law in order to ensure their safety.
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