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Type of Service: A Christian providing prayerful professional counselling - marriage counselling and individual therapy.
Fee Structure: $150 per 90 minute session with some allowances for circumstances.
List of Services: Individual therapy, marriage counselling, parenting consultations, professional career coaching, monthly Saturday seminars and mentoring program. Intensive therapy available over several days with 6 hours per day.
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Names of Staff and their Qualifications:
George Hartwell:
Education/Certification: Master of Science degree, University of Calgary School and Community Psychology Program. BA from University of Toronto.
Supervised Training Experiences: Supervised experience in family therapy, group therapy and psychological testing at Alberta Hospital Ponoka and Calgary Guidance Centre. More recently some counselling supervision from Institute of Family Living West and Chartwell Institute of Care and Counselling.
Professional Experiences: Training in Psychodrama, Transactional Analysis, Reality Therapy, Positive Parenting, Stop Smoking, Alcoholism Treatment, Desensitisation of fear, Christian Counselling, Transformational Christian Therapy (John and Paula Sandford) and Prayer Counselling.
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Mission Statement:
My personal mission is to enjoy serving God and others.
Professionally my mission is to have the joy of pleasing the Father by using my professional skills to bring healing to marriages and families and to people’s lives.
I believe that the Christian counsellor is one of the body of Christ and fulfills some of the “one another” Biblical commands in his practice: counsel one another, pray for one another, love one another and build up one another.
Within the five fold ministry the counsellor and therapist is a pastor who shepherds the flock. Like a shepherd the counsellor heals and guides the flock. More than preacher, counsellors constantly grapple with the issues of sanctification - bringing wholeness and holiness to lives.
As a transformational Christian Therapist my job is to bring discernment (which includes training and experience plus the gift of the Holy Spirit) to understanding the presenting problems. I am talking about having penetrating insight into root or childhood issues and other factors influencing a person’s life and being able to share these insights with clients in helpful ways.
As a Listening Prayer Therapist, my own term for what I do, I will use up to half of the 90 minute session in some form of a healing encounter with God. We may explore a memory in prayer; find what was believed and ask for God’s truth.
I do not see any of the ministry of Jesus, as described in the gospels, as being out of date. I want to be fruitful in the same way Jesus was - by listening to God. Fruitfulness is Christ in me ministering through me.
I have spent nearly 20 years in private practice Christian counselling. In all that time prayer has been a part of every session. I have gained in skill and learned from that experience, however, the most effective is to allow Christ more freedom to minister while, it seems, I do less.
For more details see my web site: www.HealMyLife.com.
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