Journeys Counseling Ministry
Discover abundant life and authentic relationships.
About Journeys
Journeys Counseling provides professional psychotherapy, vibrant living coaching, and spiritual direction to the community. Our work is interdenominational, serving clients from many different backgrounds, including those who have little or no religious affiliation.
What We Believe
As a Christian organization we believe counseling should address the whole person and be respectful of people’s faith. Individual’s beliefs are both an important part of their lives and a valuable resource when experiencing distress. Counseling should assist in developing those resources further.
We’re Passionate About Supporting Churches
Ministry support is offered to churches and staff. Journeys acts as an adjunct to a church's own staff and supports them through consulting, trainings, seminars and other preparations for the unique challenges church workers face. Ministry support helps leaders train their staff and prepare them for unique situations.
A Few Thoughts from Our Founder, Randy Powell
What’s the importance of soul care?
When our soul is undernourished, we tend to give more power to things of this world. This often leads to more anxiety, more depression, and a lack of wisdom. When we attend to our soul, the eternal part of our being, we receive the peace that Jesus gives to us. We are practicing healthy psychological processes when we nourish our soul. Like the Apostle Paul, we can learn contentment and receive the peace only Jesus can give when we practice spiritual disciplines and are attentive to our mental health.
How do we balance the paradoxes of faith?
We’re in this world, not of this world. As Christians, we acknowledge both our eternal self (our soul) and our finite self (our bodies). We want to embrace this dual reality and care for our soul and our body with respect, and awe as they are gifts from God. It is more obvious to attend only to the finite body, but this leaves us in need. When we exercise faith and learn to fully embrace both soul and body and begin to find purpose, peace, and contentment. Our privilege at Journeys is to help people balance living well in this world with the knowledge that we are not of this world.