We are thankful God has led you to One-Eighty Counseling and Education. We purpose to strengthen the local church’s ability to provide soul-care to its people and our counseling has an emphasis on training that supports that purpose. Our desire is to walk with you during this time and to encourage your spiritual growth as we rely on the sufficiency of the Scriptures and the work of the Holy Spirit to change hearts and lives. There are several expectations before getting started. If you agree to the following, sign the form below.
Counselee Commitments:
- I commit to be there on time and bring my Bible and something to take notes on
- I commit to let the counselor know a day ahead if I cannot make it due to an emergency
- I commit to do the homework assigned and if it is not completed let the counselor know a day ahead of time in order to possibly reschedule
- I commit to give a week’s notice before terminating counseling, which I have the right to do at any time if I am not pleased with the services. Any payment for completed sessions however will not refunded
- I commit to pay for services rendered per One-Eighty’s fee structure (1 Cor 9:13).
- I commit to pay for any materials that may be required
- I commit to alerting my church leaders that I am receiving counseling from One-Eighty
- I commit to have my church recommendation letter signed and returned before counseling begins.
- I commit to bring an advocate (preferably from my church) to every counseling session
- I commit to allowing a counselor-in-training to observe my counseling sessions at the counselor’s discretion
One-Eighty Counselors Commitments:
- The counselor commits to pray and prepare for your visits
- The counselor commits to help in every faithful way the Scripture allows
- The counselor commits to notify you if an emergency arises and he/she can’t make it
- The counselor commits to take this meeting time, your life and issues very seriously
- The counselor has the right to terminate counseling if there are repeated cancellations, repeated failures to complete homework assignments, or if there is a general lack of initiative or willingness to make progress
- The counselor commits to a biblically limited confidentially (discussed in detail on our confidentiality waiver)
- The counselor commits to use sessions as a training ground for other observing counselors
You can find our fee structure under the Counseling Guidelines on our website. We hope that everyone who seeks counsel will be able to obtain it regardless of his/her financial standing, but understand that our ministry and counselors are dependent on the fees we charge to operate. After taking an honest look at your finances, if you are not able to pay the counseling fees we encourage you to ask your church, friends or family. We hope to have the privilege of encouraging you through whatever trial you are facing and pointing you to Jesus, our Wonderful Counselor (Isaiah 9:6).