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
Notes de l'éditeur
Anthony has experience in conducting therapy with individuals, couples, families and groups. He has also conducted workshops on topics of Relationships, Spirituality and Boundaries. Anthony has also counseled clients for Premarital preparation, Parenting for partners and single parents. Anthony stated that he also has experience in conducting workshops on Stress management for leaders and managing intercultural dynamics for individuals and the workplace.
As a client you want to make sure that the staff is competent and knowledgeable of their job. Ethics always plays a major role in choosing a counselor or organization because you want to make sure that you have their trust and all your information is confidential, and that they will respect your wishes.
Members of the community also make donations because they want to be able to help people that need help and are unable to afford to pay the fees. Anthony stated that there are also schools, and other churches outside of the Center that conduct fundraisers to help raise money to fund the center so that it can stay open and available to the community.
All of these recommendations will help a human service professional give good service to their client. You may not use all of these skills with one client but one must realize is that you may end up using all of these skills during your career as a human service professional. One other factor that would be good to receive training in is working with people that have been in prison or mental institutions because you never know what type of client you may have that will walk in your office one day. It is important to be prepared and well rounded.