Final Project for Psychology in the Community

1. Samaritan Center of
Puget Sound
Cherise C. Brown
Argosy University

2. MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of this organization is to express
God’s love and compassion, and they seek to
rebuild hope, bring together relationships and
contribute in the change of people’s lives. This
organization provides counseling, education,
consultation, mediation and other services for
individuals, families, parishioners and
associations.

3. Licensed Mental Health
Counselor (LH60222488)
Client-specific consulting and Anthony Barr-Jeffrey
coaching for:
 Musicians and Bands coping with
personnel or creativity struggles
 Athletes wanting to overcome
“sticking points” and improve their
performance
 Individuals in leadership or
management who are impacted by
Adult ADD symptoms
 Multicultural identity development
 Parenting and adult family issues
 Spirituality and faith (Samaritan
Center of Puget Sound, 2012).

4. SERVICES PROVIDED BY
SAMARITAN CENTER OF PUGET
SOUND
Helping people cope with a wide
 Family therapy range of troubling situations
such as
 Individual therapy  Handling the symptoms of
anxiety and depression
 Marriage  Understanding and
counseling resolving marital and family
conflicts
 Divorce therapy  Coping with loss and grief
 Transitions related to career
 Group therapy and life changes
 Issues of aging and long-
term illness (Samaritan
Center of Puget Sound, 2012)

5. Advantages of Faith-based
Counseling
 Competent
 Ethical
 Loving
 Accountable
 Compassionate
 Genuine
 Low fee help in difficult
economic times (Barr-Jeffrey,
2012)

6. Members of the Staff
 Psychologists
 Marriage and Family
therapists
 Social Workers
 Mental Health Counselors
 Pastoral Counselors
Each of the staff members is
licensed by the State of
Washington (Samaritan Center
of Puget Sound, 2012)

7. Population being served
 Christians  Low income clinics
are offered to make
 Muslims available
counseling for
 Agnostics people who are
 Children & limited with their
finances but still
Adults
need care (Barr-
Jeffrey, 2012)

8. Funding Sources
 Counseling/Program (payments from
the clients)
 Contributions
 The Samaritan Fund- This fund is
dependent the fundraising events that
are hosted by this organization
(Samaritan Center of Puget Sound,
2012).

9. Training
Recommendations
 Counseling skills  Understanding Grief (Martin,
2007)
 Understanding child
development  Working knowledge of
substance abuse
 Understanding human
services administration  Diversity (Racial Sensitivity)
 Management skills  Ability to recognize trends and
patterns
 Multicultural Counseling
 Oral communications skills
 Planning and organizational
skills  Grant writing skills
 Creating concise reports and  Research skills (World Wide
essays (World Wide Learn, Learn, 2012)
2012)

10. Personal Reflection
 I have learned that a faith-based counseling agency deals
with the same issues standard counseling centers deal with.
 I also learned that everyone that had become counselors at a
faith-based agency were not looking specifically to work at a
faith based organization.
 The counselor I interviewed stated that, “Honestly, I wanted
a job as a counselor at a well run, trusted organization with
well, trained therapists and administrators who operate
with integrity and the client and therapist's wellbeing at the
forefront. I wasn't looking for any particular faith-based
organization.” (Barr-Jeffrey, 2012)

11. Personal Reflection (con’t)
 I have learned that you will have situations such as a
helping clients wrestle with sexual identity issues and as
a counselor helping the client truly is your first priority.
 I have learned how much empathy and compassion play
a role in the field of counseling.
 As a faith-based counselor you do not always talk about
religion and how it affects a clients life.
 Faith-based counseling sounds like a road I may consider
looking into because I have a deep love for God and
people and as a Christian we are not to judge but show
the love of Christ.

12. Impact of Samaritan on the
Community
 The community knows they have a organization of people that
genuinely love them, and will do what is possible to give them
help and closure.
 Members of the community make donations to go towards
counseling for people who can not afford counseling
 The community has someone they can consider as an
accountability partner.
 I asked the the counselor I interviewed how he liked working
outside his office and he stated, “People do not live in a
counseling office so they need reinforcement in their lives from
places that matter to them and I love when I get the privilege to
"work" in those places.” (Barr-Jeffrey, 2012)

13. Impact of Samaritan on the
National/Global Society
The Samaritan Ministry is one of the largest providers
of professional counseling in the United States.
 There are 481 Samaritan Center  The Centers are supported by
offices in 389 cities in the United 26 denominations and faith
States and Japan (Samaritan traditions and have an active
Center of Puget Sound, 2012). relationship with about 4,000
 Annually, more than $20 million congregations (Samaritan
of subsidized counseling is Center of Puget Sound, 2012).
provided for those who cannot
afford the full cost of counseling.
Samaritan Centers promote
holistic health: integrating mind,
body, spirit, and community
(Samaritan Center of Puget
Sound, 2012).

14. Conclusion
If I had the opportunity to work at this organization I
would like to have the position of being a family counselor.
I have a love for working with children, and I believe that it
is important to have the parents involved, which is why I’d
like to work with families. I currently am a youth leader at
my church and I deal with many issues with young people,
and after interviewing Anthony he enlighten me that I
would be dealing with the same issues at a Faith-Based
organization and I think that is great. I want to be able to
give back to the community and at the same time let a
person know they are loved and their life is important.

15. References
Barr-Jeffrey, A. (2012, March 22). Interview by C.C. Brown
[Personal Interview]. Faith-based counselor.
Martin, M.E. (2007). Introduction to human services through the
eyes of practice settings. Boston: Pearson Education Inc.
Samaritan Center of Puget Sound. (2012). Restoring hope,
reconciling relationships, and transforming lives. Retrieved
from http://samaritanps.org/
World Wide Learn . (2012). Human Services. Retrieved from
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/online-education-guide/so