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TRANSFORMATION MINISTRIES COUNSELING
Transformation Ministries provides faith-based biblical counseling to individuals, couples and families who are in crisis. TM counselors may be either credentialled counselors or lay counselors. TM counseling is short term, time limited counseling. Those needing long-term assistance or specialized help are referred to our ministry partners that have expertise in the areas of specific need. Our most frequent referral requests are related to marital issues, addictions and past or current traumatic events. Other common referral issues include emotional distress in the form of anxiety, dysphoria, grief, and family problems. Our Counselors adhere to the American Association of Christian Counselors Code of Ethics.
COUNSELING AT TRANSFORMATION MINISTRIES
OVERVIEW
Transformation Ministries provides faith-based biblical counseling to individuals,couples and families who are in crisis. TM counselors may be either credentialledcounselors or lay counselors. TM counseling is short term, time limited counseling.Those needing long-term assistance or specialized help are referred to ourministry partners that have expertise in the areas of specific need. Our mostfrequent referral requests are related to marital issues, addictions and past orcurrent traumatic events. Other common referral issues include emotional distressin the form of anxiety, dysphoria, grief, and family problems. TM Counselors adhere to the American Association of Christian Counselors Code of Ethics.
TM COUNSELING AT A GLANCE
ï‚· The TM Counseling Department consists of 11 ordained ministers and 4 lay-pastoral counselors. ï‚· All counselors are trained graduates of TM’s School of Ministry and are RTF certified Prayer Ministersï‚· Counseling is Biblically based and utilizes prayer, scripture, inner healing and deliverance.ï‚· Counseling is short term, typically 6 to 8 sessions
ï‚· We are not able to provide acute care for psychiatric emergencies and individuals with psychiatric emergencies should go immediately to an Emergency Roomï‚· Counseling sessions are face-to-face meetings at our 5120 Cyrus Circle location
ï‚· Counseling hours are typically Monday through Thursday 9:30 to 4:30, how ever there is some limited availability for after-hour counseling depending on counselor availability.ï‚· There is no charge for counseling services; however, donations are greatly appreciated and encouraged to assist with offsetting the costs related to offering ministry services.ï‚· Donations are tax-deductible.
TM COUNSELING MODEL
Counseling at TM is through trained counselors that provide biblically based counseling. This includes the use of prayer, scripture, inner healing work, and deliverance to assist individuals and couples find healing from life’s issues. We are first and foremost Spirit-led as counselors and always biblically rooted in everything we do. Our desire is to see total healing spiritually, mentally, and physically for every person. The model of ministry laid out in Isaiah 61:1 is one of the motivating scriptures behind what we do. “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives and freedom to prisoners.” Isaiah 61:1 NASB.
A Christ-Centered and Spirit-Led healing relationship embodies the Father’s love. It embodies compassion, empathy, truth, honesty, and respect. Scripture also tells us that confession of personal information is tied to healing. “Therefore, confess your sins to each other and pray for each other that you may be healed.” James 5:16. The counselor and the counseling process must foster trust, so that what needs to be healed can be discussed. Confidentiality is therefore an essential part of TM Counseling. Counselors are certified graduates from TM’s School of Ministry and certified RTF Prayer Ministers who have been trained in the content and skills necessary to provide effective biblical counseling. The specific content of counseling sessions will vary depending on the issues and the individual being counseled. Counseling may at times draw from secular sources but will always be consistent with scripture. However, it is the Holy Spirit’s leadership and guidance in the application of these ministry skills that is essential
and cannot be stressed enough. It is the Holy Spirit who reveals, guides, instructs and ultimately heals.
SCRIPTURAL BASIS FOR HEALING
The Cross is the Biblical basis for all healing: spiritually, emotionally and physically. The Greek word for salvation is “Sozo”. It is often used in scripture and conveys wholeness, fullness or completeness of healing. Wholeness of spirit. Wholeness of soul. Wholeness of body. This proclaims God’s desire for our total provision. ï‚· Wholeness of Spirit – Forgiveness – Freedom from sin
Wholeness of Soul – Deliverance – Freedom from mental and emotional torment
ï‚· Wholeness of Body – Healing –Freedom from affliction and pain
This total healing is accomplished by Jesus through His death and resurrection. The Cross offers a two-way process of identification that provides the foundation of all healing. First there is Christ’s identification with humanity. Then there is our identification with Christ through faith. Through faith, we are able to identify with Him and appropriate ALL that was accomplished on the cross. This includes, not only His death, resurrection and ascension to the throne but also freedom and healing. “But Christ has rescued us from the curse pronounced by the law. When He was hung on the cross, He took upon Himself the curse for our wrongdoing. For it is written in the Scriptures, cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.” Gal 3:13-14 Therefore, if Jesus bore our curses on the cross, then He also bore our sicknesses, both
mental and physical. Scripture confirms this. “Surely He took up our pain and bore our sufferings, yet we considered Him punished by God, stricken by Him and afflicted. But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities: the punishment that brought us peace was on Him and by His wounds we are healed.” Isaiah 53:4-5
It is through identification with Christ and the finished work of the cross that all healing is made possible. Healing of the spirit, soul and body is included in the great divine transactions that occurred on the cross. By Christ’s obedience we are offered life for death, righteousness for sin, peace for torment and health for sickness. On the cross our transgressions and iniquities and their consequences are exchanged for peace and wholeness through the divine transaction of the cross. TM counseling seeks to assist 4 those who need and desire healing to appropriate the work of the cross and all that our Lord Jesus Christ died for.