Here in are some agencies which provides help for families in crises situations. These agencies provide counseling for the blended and stepfamilies. Each one is fully trained and capable to offer each family the spiritual as well as the psychoanalytic guidance needed for well balanced growth. Evangelical Child and Family Agency provides a variety of ministries for the family, they are not specifically focused on the blended and stepfamilies. However, they are a Christian based agency who can provide some ministry needed by the blended and stepfamilies. Evangelical Child and Family Agency provides counseling services for people of all ages. Some of the counseling they can offer the blended and stepfamilies are listed: they even have a special focuses on socializing the children. They also focus on areas such as, but not limited to: Grief and Loss Spiritual Issues; Family of Origin Issues; Problems in Adolescence; Depression; Self-Esteem; Adoption Issues; Marital Difficulties; and Post-Abortion Grief. The counselor or Spiritual Adviser will meet with the family or individual once a week. Two down sides are that there is a fee for these services and these counseling sessions can only be held at the Wheaton and Chicago offices. This does limit opportunities for many people to receive ministry from this agency.
Kanawha Pastoral Counseling Center also provides Spiritual Advisers for family needs. They have a goal to reach out to every person without discrimination hoping to provide strong faith and sensitive spiritual advice at a cost that the average person may be able to afford. The family who is seeking guidance from a Spiritual Adviser need not be very concerned about the expensive billing from this ministering agency. They do willingly accept most insurance companies. If insurance is not available Kanawha Pastoral Counseling Center has been blessed by sizable corporate donations which allow them to adjust cost according to the level of income. The Spiritual Advisers will meet with the family once each week for a fifty minute long session. Counseling by a The Spiritual Adviser is a specified discipline which can and will provide an environment of admiration for the spiritual characteristics of each member of the family. These Spiritual Advisers are all ordained or confirmed by an honorable denomination. This spans over a wide breath of religious faiths. Nevertheless each one is trained and qualified to provide the spiritual counseling that the blended and stepfamilies need.
Center for Pastoral Counseling of Virginia can offer the blended and stepfamilies spiritual help because they provide sympathetic and confidential spiritual counseling to individuals, couples, and families who are under great pressure when it comes to their relationships. Every Spiritual Adviser provided here is well trained and highly qualified to provide the psychotherapy and Spiritual Advice that will help each person within the blended and stepfamilies to grow psychologically and Spiritually.
These are only a few of the agencies who supply the quality spiritual care that only a qualified Spiritual Adviser can give. Many local churches have qualified pastors and lay persons who can offer Spiritual Advice.
If you’re not located in one of these areas and your local church does not staff someone who is qualified with proper training then contact the National Christian Counselors Association (N.C.C.A.). They are a faith (in Christ) based non-profit professional organization provides proper training, for those who desire licenses in Christian counseling.
N.C.C.A. serves people from all walks of life: “ministers, Christian counselors, testing specialists, medical doctors, attorneys, and educators.” They can help you find the qualified Spiritual Christ centered counseling that you need.
