GPC COUNSELING RESOURCE LIST
SEEKING HEALING AND RECOVERY
Let the wise listen and add to their learning,
and let the discerning get guidance.
Proverbs 1:5 (NIV)
As members of the body of Christ we are instructed to bear one another’s burdens (Gal. 6:2). For some of us, this may include addictions and other destructive behaviors. For others, it may mean coping with the “normalcy” of living in a broken world, e.g. disobedient children, financial insecurity, and difficult relationships.
It is the desire of the Session of Grace Presbyterian Church to walk with you in whatever struggles you face and to help bear your burdens. Please feel free to contact your shepherding Elder or Pastor Sears to discuss any issues with which you feel you need help in coping. Strict confidentiality will be honored. At the same time, however, we feel that maintaining contact and accountability is essential to healing and recovery. It is how we “love each other well.” Thus, your Elder or another lay-leader (with your approval) should follow-up with you to see how you are doing and to ensure accountability for any action items for which you are responsible.
Finally, as the quote above states, a wise man seeks counsel. Although we endeavor to walk with you through your trials, some things need to be discussed with a professional counselor, too. The listing below includes many resources to give counseling, instruction, and comfort. We do not explicitly endorse any of the listed resources but feel that the list provides a good place to start the journey to healing and recovery. It is incumbent on the individual to find the “right” person or group for them.
Please feel free to contact the church office at (615) 781-3964 with any questions or requests related to this list.
COUNSELORS
Center for Professional Excellence
877-861-1170 or 615-837-2282
www.cpenashville.com
info@cpenashville.com
CPE is a pioneer in helping impaired professionals recover their lives, their passions, and their integrity from the effects of addiction, depression, anxiety, and other behavioral problems.
Daystar Counseling Ministries
(615) 298-5353
www.daystarcounselingministries.org
Children, adolescents, teens, family issues
Lisa Gohmann, LPC, CCSAS, MHSP
(615) 400-6577 (Also at Center for Relational Healing, below)
Women, addiction recovery, co-dependency
Ken Graham, LPC, CCSAS
(615) 377-8866 (Also at Center for Relational Healing, below)
Sexual addiction, sexual betrayal, sexual disorders (couples), intimacy disorders (couples), unwanted same-sex attraction
Rebecca Griffin, MA
(615) 565-6281 (through YMCA of Middle TN)
Men, women, marriage
Laurie Lokey, MA
(615) 565-6281 (through YMCA of Middle TN)
Sexual abuse, eating disorders, addiction, marriage
John Marshall, LMFT
(615) 566-2307
Men, spiritual direction, marriage
Doyle Yarbrough, LCSW
(615) 496-5734
Men, women, marriage, adolescents, addiction, co-dependency, affair recovery
MINISTRY ORGANIZATIONS
Bethesda Workshops
Toll-free 866-464-4325
Local 615-467-5610
www.bethesdaworkshops.org
Sexual addiction
Center for Relational Healing
www.relationalhealing.com
Men & women sexual integrity/addiction and co-dependency, couples counseling
Daystar Counseling Ministries
(615) 298-5353
www.daystarcounselingministries.org
Children, adolescents, teens, family issues
Restore Ministries (through YMCA of Middle TN)
www.restoreymca.org
Life change, 12 Step, individual and group counseling
CLASSES
Daystar Counseling Ministries parenting resources www.daystarcounselingministries.org
The Back Door To Your Teen’s Heart (1 day seminar)
Naming Girls (one day per week for 3 weeks)
Nurturing Boys (one day per week for 3 weeks)
Sexual Integrity For Men
www.fellowshipnashville.org
Examines the roots behind sexual sin and offer realistic directions to those whose lives have been impacted by sexual behaviors
Wounded Heart Study For Women
www.fellowshipnashville.org
Provides an honest, hopeful and healing journey into the damage of childhood sexual abuse.
Wounded Heart Study For Men
www.fellowshipnashville.org
Provides an honest, hopeful and healing journey into the damage of childhood sexual abuse.
Journey To Freedom (7 week study)
www.journeytofreedom.org
Offers hope to those who want to change (weight, anxiety, loneliness, grief, addictions and other life issues) but don’t have the tools to do so. (through Restore Ministries—YMCA of Middle TN)
Power To Choose (14 week study)
www.restoreymca.org
Christ-centered 12-step program through Restore Ministries—YMCA of Middle TN (Pre-requisite: Journey to Freedom)
Love Is a Choice (14 week study)
www.restoreymca.org
Offers hope to those who feel caught in a trap of constantly trying to please others and yet feel guilty. Through Restore Ministries—YMCA of Middle TN (Pre-requisite: Journey to Freedom)
Sage Hill Institute
(administered through the Center for Professional Excellence)
615-837-2282
An in-depth study of “The Voice of the Heart - A Call to Full Living” by Dr. David (Chip) Dodd. Recounting his journey and relationship with God, Dodd offers a "spiritual root system" for discovering how to live a full life. Drawing on years of professional experience counseling addicted professionals, Dodd offers a healing plan that draws on biblical truths and offers readers the opportunity to live the abundant life God offers.
SUPPORT GROUPS
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
www.alcoholics-anonymous.org
Al-Anon—spouses/family members of alcoholics
www.middletn.alanon.org
Sexaholics Anonymous (SA)—sexual addiction recovery
www.sanashville.org
S-Anon—spouses/family members of SA
www.sanon.org
Women of Restoration
weekly meeting for spouses of men struggling with sexual sin www.fellowshipnashville.org
