Whether you are on staff as a:

• professional missionary
• pastor
• elder
• deacon
• counselor
• psychologist
• social worker
• marriage/family therapist, or
• educator

—or called by God to volunteer at a church, parachurch, or secular ministry setting—the helping profession is a noble endeavor.  Earning a master’s degree or perhaps even a doctorate is a monumental achievement while working and/or raising a family.  Whether you went to seminary for an M.Div or an M.A. in Counseling, or to a secular program for mental health counseling, social work, or marriage and family therapy, God has given you the heart to care for others.

You’re eager to help.  Not only do you hate the idea of the imposter syndrome, but you love the feeling of being anointed by God to serve Him by loving His people.

The question is: how can I be further equipped to mature fully in Him and become an approved worker capable of handling His truths?

God calls us to serve His people, for all to be royal priests interceding for one another. Equipping for the work of ministry means that Biblical clinicians have the desire to attain knowledge of Jesus and mature to His fullness in order to properly handle His Word of truth, speaking it in love so that others are equipped and working as God designed to/in love.

He gives us undershepherds who are brothers/sisters-in-Christ called to be one body, where members actually want to suffer/rejoice with one another.

ICHTHYSroe can come alongside you with Biblical clinicians who have excelled at the master’s and doctorate levels—while loving their spouses/children and broader communities.

Our professional guidance can move clinicians from theoretical classroom instruction to practical real-life application. If you are a:

• psychologist, counselor, social worker, or marriage/family therapist, we provide career coaching, licensure supervision, training groups, and case consultations
• PhD/PsyD candidate, we advise you through a hands-on dissertation process (including research design/writing);
• Masters student in a CACREP-accredited program, we help you analyze/treat DSM-5 diagnoses from a Biblical perspective and/or pass your licensure exams—the National Counselor Exam (NCE), National Clinical Mental Health Counseling Examination (NCMHCE), and the Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Examination (CPCE);
• seminarian, we help you fulfill Applied Ministry Program (AMP) or field experience requirements; or
• pastor or leader in the marketplace, we coach you through all spheres of influence.

Giving students the opportunity to counsel God’s people with His wisdom is an honor for us, and we take it very seriously.  That is why we have a robust onboarding and continual supervision process in place that was designed to build up each and every one of our supervisees to be approved workers fit for God’s work.

Here is just a sample of tools provided to prepare our professional clients for success:

• Interview tip-sheets across Q&A, case studies, and role-play formats
• Extensive library of Biblical counseling resources (e.g., theories, interventions, case studies) to understand what we do and how we do it
• Post-session note templates for counselees/supervisees to complete after various types of interaction
• Clinical documentation and treatment planning templates with key information captured and indexed for ease-of-reference
• Detailed time log with drills down to specific deliverables that align to key initiatives
• Detailed project plan for completing deliverables that fulfill the indirect hours requirement, with:
• Examples and templates of statistics, special population factsheets, and resource guides
• Qualitative evaluation templates for supervisor assessment, counselee assessment, and counselor/supervisee self-assessment
• Quantitative evaluation templates for supervisor assessment, counselee assessment, and counselor/supervisee self-assessment with 30+ item sets

In the course of our time together (slowly, over weeks, months, or even years) we will start by (and go beyond) considering:

• What made you first consider entering into the “helping profession?”  What is your long-term career aspiration?
• What got you through those years earning your master’s degree?  What motivated you to go on to get a doctorate?
• What was the sign that you should be equipped at a seminary?  What is the purpose that you see in getting an M.Div or an M.A. in Biblical Counseling?
• What have the opportunities and challenges been for you in going for licensure?  What is most attractive to you about getting a degree in mental health counseling, vis à vis social work, vis à vis marriage/family therapy?
• How can we improve your compassion satisfaction?  Which protective factors can promote greater resiliency in your practice?
• How do you see your professional and personal identities in light of one another?
• Which cases trigger your own struggles the most?

And then, most importantly, we can delve into:

• In what ways does God lead you in your role?  In what ways does God manage you in your role?
• What has happened in your life that surprised you that you had no control over? How does that compare with your greatest accomplishments and worst failures? What were the criteria and drivers for each?
• How do you see yourself? What do you wish to be known for? By whom? What do you hate being associated with? By whom?
• What characteristics would you like to emulate and grow in?