StrengthsFinder
Let the Samaritan Counseling Center help you, your family, your spouse, or your business discover your true talents. Nurturing your talents into strengths will enable you to realize and acheive your dreams. John Lucas is a certified StrengthsFinder coach and has been trained in administering and interpreting StrenthsFinder inventories.
Lucas

Managing Holiday Stress
Holiday seasons often begin and end with anxiety and/or depression. This workshop will help participants identify the causes of stress, for them as individuals as well as how our culture has created expectations that contribute to negative emotional experiences. Also included are ways to cope with the stress and reclaim holidays as an opportunity for celebration and spiritual growth. This can be presented in one or two sessions, depending on time available.
Johnson

Healing Violence Against Women
From domestic abuse to sexual harassment in the workplace, violence against women is one of the most pressing issues of our time. This program explores the dynamics of domestic abuse and workplace harassment and offers practical suggestions for fostering peace-filled environments at home and at work. Participants also discuss the role the church can play in preventing and healing such violence.
Philben

Stop the Fear Factor
Often we are stymied by fear and negative thoughts. What we want most sometimes equates to an impossible dream due to our “stuff” that gets in the way. This inner turmoil can seem like an unending battle between our minds and hearts. Get to know your voices of fear and learn various ways to quiet them so that you can move forward with your life.
Morris

Coming Up for Air: Self-care for Moms
Becoming a mother is an all-encompassing role adjustment. Even experienced mothers can feel exhausted, unsure, and out of sync with themselves and their families. This seminar, series or retreat is for moms who want to catch their breath, relocate their sense of self and move forward with purpose.
Hester

Rituals of Connection
A ritual is a repeated, significant activity. Successful couples and families often have a variety of rituals that make them feel close. This workshop invites participants to identify and upgrade their rituals of connection. We will talk about little things that add up over time, like how we say good-bye or goodnight. We will also explore the bigger rituals, such as birthday and anniversary celebrations.
Gregg Dana

Beauty: Going Beyond the External and Getting to the Heart
This seminar, workshop or retreat focuses on creating a healthy self-image and countering cultural stereotypes of women.
Hester

Communicate, Communicate, Communicate
This workshop will help you and those you love to communicate better. It will help you to understand what people are really saying at work and even at church. Simple solutions to a complicated problem.
Lucas

Embracing the Darkness
The darkness of winter is difficult for many people. This program examines different aspects of darkness and our relationship to winter. It will look at the challenges of winter and the positive benefit of embracing this time of the year.
Philben

Heart’s Desires
Are you feeling dissatisfied with life? Do you want to make changes but don’t know where to begin? Do you remember what fills you up? Using a life wheel, we will delve deeper into ourselves in order to identify areas of life ripe for change and next steps in reaching our desires.
Morris