Franciscan Renewal Center Counseling Ministry
On-going Support Groups and Individual Counseling
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The Franciscan Renewal Center provides a staff of professional counselors, all of whom are licensed by the State of Arizona Board of Behavioral Health. Our counselors take time from their private practices to counsel individuals, families, and couples with one-on-one sessions, as well as facilitated support groups that deal with a variety of adult issues.
Individual sessions are available mornings, afternoons and evenings, Monday through Friday, and require an appointment. For an appointment, please call the Counseling Ministry at (480) 948-7460, extension 133, between the hours of 8:30 and 12:00 Noon, Monday through Friday, or leave a message on the Counseling voice mail system and your call will be returned as soon as possible. An appointment is NOT required for any of the on-going support groups.
For all counseling services a suggested donation is appreciated as this ministry is self-supporting.
Divorce, Separation and
Significant Relationship Endings
This support group deals with the pain of divorce, separation, and relationship endings
in a positive, healing way, among supportive and caring people.
Mondays, 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Facilitators: Judith McHale, MA, LPC and Tom Mitchell, Ph.D
Grief Support Group
This group is for individuals grieving the loss of a loved one.Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Facilitator: Elizabeth Adler, RN, MSN
Resources for Families and Friends Dealing with Chemical Dependency
A support group to help you learn how to rebuild, restore, recover and manage relationships with families and friends struggling with chemical dependency.Tuesdays, 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Facilitator: Caroline Becker, MA, LISAC
Depression Support Group
This group helps with issues surrounding problems of everyday life and how to overcome self-defeating behavior problems.Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Facilitators: Judith McHale, MA, LPC and Beth Welch, MC, LPC
The Counseling Ministry will be closed and there will be no support group meetings on the following dates:
Year 2006: Memorial Day, May 29; Fourth of July, July 3, 4; Labor Day, September 4; Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 24; Christmas, December 25.
Year 2007: New Year's Day, January 1; Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 15; Presidents' Day, February 19; Memorial Day, May 28; Fourth of July, July 4; Labor Day, September 3; Thanksgiving Day, November 22, 23; Christmas and Christmas Eve, December 24, 25.
Grounded in the Gospel concepts of peace and human dignity, the Casa Counseling Ministry provides an opportunity for its members to serve others. As "wounded healers," the ministry has this privilege and responsibility to actively participate in God's work through those who reach out to us for hope and care.
The presence of this ministry is a response to a call of solidarity with those who are poor and emotionally wounded. It has a responsibility to create an environment of hospitality, teaching and presence that is conducive to healing. This, in turn, leads to communion in the full sense of the word.