What Will Make My Life... Happier? More Fulfilling? More Meaningful?Have Greater Purpose? My Co-Workers or Boss Have More Self-Esteem Make New Friends? End a Relationship? Work Through a Conflicted Situation? Feel More Comfortable in a Group?
Saying "No"? Starting Over Again? Coping With...grief...anxiety...depression...anger...guilt?
What makes life worth living? Relationships? Work? Children? Achievement? Peace of mind? Knowing God? There are as many answers as there are people. And just as many stumbling blocks. Everyone at some point of life will face times of crisis. Important decisions, death, marital difficulty, the threat of suicide, adolescent "acting out", job changes. A sympathetic trained counselor can be of great help in sorting out issues and making critical decisions.
At other times we may recognize a need for a deeper personal awareness and growth. We experience behaviors and feelings in ourselves that we do not fully understand and cannot control--a long standing over-anxiousness, a tendency towards too-quick anger, repeated difficulties in interpersonal relationships, unresolved problems with parents, addictive behaviors, uncertainty about God's love and forgiveness. With a sensitive counselor these can often not only be understood, but changed in a positive way.
Counseling is a process of finding healing and wholeness and becoming more fully what God intended. The process may be short or it may be time-consuming, depending upon the nature of one's difficulty and the willingness to work at growth. It involves learning about oneself, getting in touch with feelings, taking greater initiative for one's life, getting "unstuck", and learning to identify and make new choices. The result is a fulfilling life and greater emotional and spiritual well-being.
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CONFIDENTIALITY: All counseling sessions and records are held in strict professional confidence. The exceptions to this, as mandated by law, are that the counselor must report cases of child abuse and situations of personal endangerment.
FEES: Our goal is to provide a caring, healing ministry at an affordable rate to each person who seeks it. Therefore, counseling fees are set on a sliding scale, based on family income and the number of persons in the family.
GETTING STARTED: Counseling is by appointment and hours are from 11:00 AM through the evening hours on weekdays, with exceptions for emergencies. To schedule an initial interview, call 260-5949. Inquiries can be made at any time. If no one answers, please leave your name and number on the answering machine for a return call.
Rev. Janette O. Riehle, M.A. is a longtime Alaska resident. She was born in Anchorage, raised her family in Alaska and has lived on the Kenai Peninsula for over ten years. She received a Master's degree in Pastoral Care and Counseling from Anderson School of Theology, Anderson, IN in 1984 and a second Master's Degree from Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis in 1986. Rev. Riehle was ordained in 1989 and is a Member of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors.
THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PASTORAL COUNSELORS was formed in 1963 to promote the ministry of pastoral counseling and the professional competence of pastoral counselors.
A pastoral counselor is a trained and certified practitioner of two disciplines. He or she is a clergyperson is good standing with a religious tradition or denomination. The counselor has also achieved a level of competence as a therapist through approved academic and clinical training, including five hundred hours of counseling experience and supervision.
Members of AAPC are committed to the values and beliefs of our faith communities. We are committed to the dignity and worth of each individual. We are accountable for our ministry, whatever its setting, and this accountability is expressed in our relationships to clients, fellow counselors, students, our faith communities, and through the acceptance and practice of the principles and procedures of our Code of Ethics.
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