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New clients will be administered a professional temperment assessment (APS) in the first session. The results of this test provide insights for the counselee to better understand their unique temperment. The one-time cost for this is $40 per person.

Counseling fees are based on a sliding scale from $30-$60 per session.

Payment

Cash, check and all major credit cards are accepted for payment. Payments may be made at the time of service or an invoice can be sent to your email to be paid within 5 days. You will not be granted additional sessions if you have have an outstanding balance.

Cancellation

There is no cancellation fee if counselee cancels 24 hours prior to the appointment. If 24 hour notice is not given, or if the appointment is missed, there will be a $25 fee.

An invoice for insurance purposes can be supplied upon request. However, Independent Grace is not able to bill your insurance, nor can we guarantee payment by your insurance provider.

Independent Grace does however offer a sliding payment scale based on ability to pay.

I continue to see some counselees in my home office using Covid Precautions.

I also utilize quiet spaces such as a coffee shop, private meeting room at a church or the library ... all this to ensure a balance of personal privacy and safety.

I also am able to provide remote counseling over the phone or via video conference using servies such as Zoom or Facetime.

Where and how we will meet will be decided from initial phone call, text, email, etc.

I provide remote counseling services over the phone for those who prefer meeting in this way. I also provide video conferencing via Skype, Facetime or Zoom for those who may be traveling, sick, live in other cities or are more comfortable in this setting.

Typically, I would meet with you and your spouse in the first 75-minute session, and, by the end of the session, I would suggest a treatment plan that would probably include meeting with each of you individually, in addition to your couple sessions. In couple sessions, I carefully observe and respond to a couple’s communication and problem-solving skills, how each person responds to the stress of marital conflict, and try to show a couple how each person’s unique personality and spiritual giftedness might contribute to both the marital problems and solutions. In meeting with you or your spouse individually, we would explore the negative feelings and thoughts and behaviors that occur in the presence of your spouse. Marital conflict often “triggers” feelings of worthlessness, alienation, rejection, powerless that I believe only Jesus can change into love, joy, and peace. Once those wounds are healed in you, the marriage greatly improves. When both partners experience healing, the marriage improves all the more.

Regardless of religious beliefs, I am able to tailor our sessions to encourage healing.

When people come to me for emotional healing, I hold no expectation that they be converted my beliefs. However, as a Pastoral Counselor and with the permission of the counselee, I may ask people to think about and try to articulate their beliefs about God. I may also ask questions about their beliefs in the context of their current problems. I may ask — again with their permission — to experiment with Christian approaches to problems, which may or may not result in their becoming Christians or changing their beliefs about God.

Grace is the freely given and unmerited favor and love of God as manifested in the salvation of sinners and the bestowal of blessings.

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This Grace is bestowed on us each individually when we put our trust and faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.

God continues to lavish us with His grace as we learn to abide in Him.

Like a sheltering tree in the midst of a storm, Independent Grace offers a shelter of support, encouragement and truth.

"You have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in their distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat..." Isaiah 25:4