Journey Counseling

12/02/2025

✨ It’s Giving Tuesday! ✨
At Journey Counseling Ministries, we are committed to providing biblically grounded, clinically excellent counseling to individuals and families in our community. Today, we invite you to partner with us through your financial support.

Your gift helps lessen the financial burden of counseling by contributing to our Client Assistance Fund, making it possible for those facing hardship to receive the care they need.

This year alone, Journey has already provided over $10,000 in counseling support through the Client Assistance Fund—allowing individuals and families to continue counseling when finances might have otherwise made it impossible. Through the generosity of ministry partners like you, we have been able to offer a safe place for people to process grief, rebuild marriages, strengthen mental health, and receive Gospel-centered care during some of life’s most difficult seasons.

So far this year, over 160 counseling sessions have been made possible through the fund—and the need continues to grow.
For many of the individuals we serve, the Client Assistance Fund is the difference between receiving the care they desperately need… or going without.

Will you help us continue this work on Giving Tuesday?

Make a difference  Supporting Our Work and Mission If you are interested, here are a couple ways to make a financial contribution to Journey:Support Journey by mail, check payable to Journey Counseling Ministries.Marie BradleyBusiness Administrator for Journey Counseling250 E Elizabeth Street, Suit...

11/27/2025

The Journey Team is wishing you a Blessed Thanksgiving! “Thankfulness is an attribute which transcends your circumstances. No matter what your circumstances, I believe there is reason to be thankful in them. Your circumstances may never change, but your attitude toward them can change -- and that will make all the difference.” Read more here:

“Thankfulness is an attribute which transcends your circumstances. No matter what your circumstances, I believe there is reason to be thankful in them. Your circumstances may never change, but your attitude toward them can change -- and that will make all the difference.”

11/03/2025

🌿 Join Our Team at Journey Counseling Ministries!

Journey Counseling Ministries is growing, and we’re looking for a compassionate, Christ-centered counselor to join our team.
If you’re passionate about integrating faith and clinical excellence to bring hope and healing to individuals, couples, and families, we’d love to hear from you.

Learn more about the position and how to apply here:
👉 https://www.journeycounselingministries.org/team/

Come be part of a ministry that points hearts to the everlasting hope of Christ through professional counseling and community outreach. 💛

Meet the Team Counselors Join Our Team Administration Board We have a diverse team with many years of experience. We can help you match up with the right counselor by calling our main number and leaving a message at 540.908.3464, or feel free to contact a specific counselor directly. Our Counselors...

10/26/2025

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Board Member, Heather Koontz, shares a biblical perspective, recognizing domestic abuse, and how to help support a friend or loved one that is experiencing it. Read her recent blog post about this important topic:

Many who are experiencing domestic violence may not even realize that what they are experiencing is abuse. It’s hard to consider that the person that you love and who is supposed to love and protect you is abusing you. The Domestic Violence Awareness Project states that “1 in 4 women and 1 in 9 ...

09/20/2025

We are thrilled to welcome Jessica Buckwalter, MA, Resident in Counseling, to our counseling team! 🎉

Jessica brings both clinical expertise and a heart for ministry to her work. She is passionate about walking alongside individuals and families in seasons of hardship, helping them find hope and healing through Christ-centered, clinically informed counseling.

Jessica sees adults, adolescents, and children and offers support for a variety of concerns, including anxiety, depression, life transitions, and relational struggles.

You can learn more about Jessica and schedule an appointment here:
🔗 journeycounselingministries.org/jessica-buckwalter

Join us in giving Jessica a warm welcome! 💛

04/28/2025

Our clinical director, Ally Padilla, shared about Journey Counseling at Church of the Nazarene this week. Want to hear more? Click here and scroll down to “Hope Talks” to find it: https://www.cotnaz.org/messages

This week Ally Padilla joined us to talk about Journey Christian counseling. To listen to the full episode, click "Learn More” on our Facebook profile.

04/20/2025

"He is Risen!" "He is Risen, indeed!" From the Journey team, we are praying Easter blessings for you: may your day will be filled with reminders of the eternal hope we have in Jesus Christ, our Lord.

04/17/2025

Thank you to everyone who gave, shared, and prayed today! We are so grateful to all of our donors who gave a total of $8,145 🙌 Every dollar raised goes to supporting the mission of Journey: providing biblical, clinical counseling for our community. We couldn’t do this without YOU!

04/16/2025

⏰ Journey’s Outreach Coordinator, Kristin Miller, is counting down now - because there is only ONE HOUR left to reach Journey’s goal of $12,000! ⏰ If you haven’t given yet, now is the time! We are so grateful for everyone that has given so far. Click on the link below to see our current total, and to give!

https://www.greatcommunitygive.org/organizations/journey-counseling-ministries

04/16/2025

We are so close to the SEVEN thousand dollar mark!! Can you believe it?? Our clinical director, Ally Padilla, is helping us count here in Journey’s play therapy area. Your generous donations during past Great Community Give events have helped make this dream become a reality! Can you help us reach $7,000? Your gifts allow those that have a financial need and are seeking counseling to receive low-cost sessions, and for us to continue developing our counseling team.

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Go to: https://www.greatcommunitygive.org/organizations/journey-counseling-ministries

04/16/2025

🌟 $6,326! 🌟 One of our counselors, Evan Pergrim, is celebrating his birthday today, AND that we made it past the $6,000 mark - which is halfway to our goal!! Happy birthday, Evan, we are thankful for you!