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About Us
The Samaritan Counseling Center of Southeast Texas is a
non-profit counseling organization that utilizes professional counselors and the
concept of mind, body and spirit in a faith-sensitive environment to promote the
healing and growth of people and the reconciliation of couples, families and
organizations. The integration of behavioral sciences and faith traditions is
our foundational base for counseling.
Our Goals
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Provide accessible, professional counseling to
individuals, couples and families.
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Make mental health services affordable and available to
low-income families.
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Make mental health services available to women and
children in crises situations.
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Provide services to the citizens of Jefferson, Orange
and Hardin counties.
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Have licensed and certified counselors available to
respond to the spiritual needs of clients and integrate mind, body and
spirit in the healing process.
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To assist local congregations with their care-giving
ministries.
THE SAMARITAN
INSTITUTE - a nonprofit
organization headquartered in Denver, is the international office for a network
of counseling Centers. Samaritan
Counseling Center of Southeast Texas, accredited by the Samaritan
Institute, is a member of this network called The Samaritan Ministry; it is one
of the largest providers of professional counseling in the United States.
Samaritan Centers
provide professional mental health services, healthcare education, and
consultation in more than 380 cities and communities throughout the United
States and Tokyo, Japan. Annually, over $20 million of subsidized counseling is
provided for those who cannot afford the full cost of counseling. The Samaritan
Ministry’s growth has been in direct response to the needs of congregations and
communities.
The Samaritan Program began in 1972 when two parish
pastors, a physician, and a seminary professor observed that a team approach to
counseling was highly effective in helping people with stress related problems.
This team approach became the foundation of the Samaritan program, drawing upon
the unique talents of professionals from the counseling, theological and medical
disciplines.
The Samaritan Center has counselors on staff that
attend to the whole person-mind, body, and spirit. These facets of the human
being should be in balance with one another, and to treat one without taking
others into account is to neglect the wholeness of the human being.
The Religious Perspectives of our clients are
treated with respect, and may be used as a resource for healing. Samaritan
counselors do not impose their own religious beliefs on others, or persuade
clients to adopt any particular understanding of faith.
All matters discussed in counseling are held in strictest
confidence. All Samaritan Center counselors have
graduate degrees, and are certified or licensed as professional therapists
through the state licensing board.
What
Clients are Saying About Their Experience with the Samaritan Center
*Please note that all quotes are used anonymously to protect
client confidentiality. All quotes are taken from client evaluation forms.
“The Samaritan Counseling
Center has really blessed me … My counselor was a great help, and she gave me
the strength to go on with my life.”
“(My counselor) is like a
very much appreciated answer to prayer. … She has nearly saved my life on
several occasions. She has helped my self esteem and has helped me so that I get
along better with people I work with.”
“I have been to other
private counselors as well as doctors, and I feel I was being ‘treated’ without
compassion or care! I was referred here by a coworker, and I am very pleased
with the professionalism and compassion I am receiving.”
“I have been very pleased
with the Samaritan Center, my counselor and everything about my counseling. My
life is much better since I’ve been in counseling.”
“(My counselor) made me feel
comfortable to be able to share completely my innermost feelings and concerns
about problems in my life. This is helping me … get on with my life since the
death of my husband. Thank you for this valuable service!”
“Thank you for your kind,
listening manner and caring heart.”
“My future husband and I
enjoyed the counseling sessions. … Our counselor was interested in us as a
couple and as individuals.”
“My counselor made me feel
so comfortable … Her patience, understanding and compassion appealed to me right
away.”
“I chose the Samaritan Center because its office was at my
church and its counselors were the very best.”
“My employer had a contract with the Samaritan Center.
It’s the best benefit they’ve ever offered in my opinion.”
“(My counselor) has
developed a strength in me that I never could have possessed without her. I have
to state, from the bottom of my heart, how valuable she has been to my adult
development through heartache and trauma.”
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