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Frequently Asked Questions
Should you have any other questions or concerns, feel free to
contact us.
What
does ICS provide?
ICS staff provides:
- Individual (adolescents, adults,
seniors) and couples therapy
- Family therapy
- Group therapy
- Premarital and remarriage counseling
- Spiritual Direction
- Education and consulting
- Pastoral Counseling
Because ICS is concerned with a person’s spirituality, emotions
and relationships, ICS is an alternative to a strictly psychological
understanding of human needs and interactions. Languages
spoken are English and Spanish.
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Who can benefit from
counseling?
Counseling can be beneficial for a wide
variety of life experiences since life is full of challenging changes.
Counseling helps individuals, couples and families cope with
difficulties.
You can benefit from counseling if you are experiencing:
- Persistent anxiety, unhappiness or depression
- Relationship or family conflict
- Sexual dysfunction
- Substance abuse
- Physical, sexual or emotional abuse
- Unresolved family issues
- Emotional adjustment to separation, divorce,
illness, trauma or death
- Work stress or job performance problems or career decisions
- Spiritual crisis
- Life changes such as a new job or
career development, marriage or aging
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What is pastoral counseling?
Pastoral counseling moves beyond the
support or encouragement a religious congregation can offer by
providing psychologically sound therapies that weave in the religious and
spiritual dimension. Pastoral counseling is done in the spirit of
shepherding, the original Latin meaning of “pastor”. ICS counselors
help people cope with their needs, conflicts, destructive behaviors, upsetting
feelings, resentments and hurts. The pastoral
counselor gently contains and redirects these struggles – shepherds them
– toward pastures of safety, wisdom and serenity. Such counseling helps
people not become lost among the world’s steep cliffs, wolves and bad
weather -- metaphors for the conflicts inside oneself, in one’s
relationships, and with the external world.
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What can I expect from
counseling?
Counseling can help you to
- Learn about yourself
- Realize your growth potential
- Get in touch with your feelings
- Take greater initiative in your life
- Discover new alternatives to past responses and behaviors
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are the counselors?
ICS staff are trained professionals
including psychologists, pastoral counselors, social workers and
licensed therapists. Their training includes mental health and
additional religious and theological education in order to combine
the healing resources of faith, psychology and psychotherapy to help
people find healing and growth. To learn more about ICS staff,
click here.
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much does it cost? Do you accept insurance?
Our goal is to provide quality,
affordable counseling to everyone. Fees are based on a sliding
scale, balancing the financial ability of our clients to pay, resources
available through grants and donations, and our need to cover
expenses as a not-for-profit service. The services of many of our
staff are covered by insurance. Fees and insurance will be discussed
with the appointments cordinator.
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ICS located?
Information about our locations and directions
to them by car or public transportation can be found on our contact page
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is the first step?
For more information and to make an
appointment, contact our appointments coordinator, MaryAnn
Armstrong, at 617-332-3856. Evening and daytime hours
are available for appointments and first visits can usually be
arranged within the week. During the first session you will have the
opportunity to talk about your concerns and what you hope to achieve
through counseling. Your counselor will gather background
information, discuss the fees with you and develop a counseling
plan.
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