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Shield-Bearer Counseling Centers

Licensed Mental Health Counseling for Everyone! Your Most Trusted Resource For Life's Relationships

INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING: Grief recovery, physical, emotional and/or sexual abuse issues, relationship issues, addictions (including pornography) and family-of-origin issues. ADOLESCENT COUNSELING: Peer relationships/pressures, family conflict, cutting, abuse from dating partners and physical, emotional and/or sexual abuse. COUPLES/FAMILY COUNSELING: Managing conflict, parenting issues, infidelity, m

arriage intensives and premarital counseling. GROUP COUNSELING: Anger management, parenting, addictions, post-partum depression and many, more issues.

07/19/2025

We got over 100 reactions on one of my posts last week! Thanks everyone for your support! 🎉

07/10/2025

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www.shieldbearer.org

07/01/2025

We turn 20—and we’re throwing open our doors to celebrate.

🎉 You’re Invited to Our 20-Year Anniversary Open House
📅 Tuesday, July 15, 2025
⏰ Come and go between 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Whether you’re a community member, former board member, a past volunteer, a generous donor, a church partner, a counselor, a client, or a long-time friend, you are part of this story. You are why we’re still here.

This come-and-go open house will offer:

A chance to reminisce and reconnect
A self-guided tour through our expanded facilities
Meet-and-greets with counselors, staff, and fellow supporters
Updates on our services and vision for the future

Light refreshments, laughter, and stories that stretch back two decades

We’d love to know you’re coming!
👉 RSVP by replying to this email or send us a note at: https://givebutter.com/K2Okad

Looking at the numbers—over 19,000 sessions just last year, 78% offered at reduced cost, thousands impacted by trauma, depression, marriage stress, and su***de risk—we don’t see data. We see faces. Stories. Lives changed. And behind each of them… you.

To every church who opened your doors, every business who believed in our mission, every family who gave, every volunteer who showed up, and every person who prayed: thank you.

Let’s celebrate what God has done—together.

With deepest gratitude,

06/26/2025

We hope to see you at our July 1st Tuesday Breakfast!
🌞 You're Invited! 🌞
Join us for our First Tuesday Breakfast this July 1st at 8:30 AM!

We’re honored to welcome Kendra Windisch from MD Anderson Cancer Center, a seasoned community health educator and two-time cancer survivor. Kendra will share life-saving insights on how to spot skin cancer early—because awareness is powerful, and prevention is possible.

☕️ Enjoy Breakfast Tacos & Coffee
🤝 Connect with local community members
💡 Learn practical tips that could save a life

📍 Shield Bearer Counseling Centers
📅 Tuesday, July 1
🕢 8:30–10:00 AM

Bring a friend and come hungry for wisdom—and tacos. RSVP today!

06/10/2025

This summer, your donation can make a world of difference! Donate blood at Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center from June 1st to July 31st, 2025, and as a heartfelt thank you, you’ll receive a $25 eGift Card. Don’t miss the chance to save lives and get an extra reward for it!
You Never Know Whose Life You Might Save
So don’t miss your chance to save lives! Click the underlined link below to reserve your donation appointment. Thank you in advance.

Shield-Bearer
Tuesday, 06/17/2025 (10:00 am - 02:30 pm)
12337 Jones Road; Suite 114
Shield Bearer - SBH1 - Community Engagement Room
Houston, TX 77070

APPOINTMENTS PREFERRED.
https://www.commitforlife.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/403605
Your reward points will be added to your Digital Donor account within 2-3 business days after your donation. Redeem your eGift Card in the Reward Store and ensure your account has a valid email address. eGift Cards are valid at popular retailers.

06/08/2025

Most of us were taught how to hide our emotions, not heal them. We downplay the anger, spiritualize the sadness, or stuff the fear and hope it all disappears. But buried feelings don’t die—they just come back disguised as burnout, resentment, or numbness.

God created our emotions, not to rule us—but to reveal us.

This isn’t about drowning in feelings or letting them run wild. It’s about learning to name, trace, and challenge what’s happening inside with honesty, humility, and hope.

Because transformation doesn’t come by pretending we’re okay. It comes by inviting Jesus into the mess, the memory, the moment.

So take a breath. Begin with a name: “I am feeling…”

That’s not weakness. That’s where healing starts.

06/07/2025

We often measure our days by what we do, but rarely pause to ask how we are. Not on the surface, but deep down—where your thoughts gather when no one’s watching.

“How full is your emotional cup?” isn’t a soft question—it’s a necessary one. Because an empty soul can’t pour out truth, love, or grace for very long.

Growth takes honesty. Healing takes intention. And the life God designed for you—abundant, meaningful, whole—asks for both.

So check in. Not to feel guilty, but to take responsibility. Not to fix it all today, but to begin.

You are allowed to be a work in progress and still worthy of rest, compassion, and joy.

Fill your cup. The world needs what’s in it.

06/07/2025

Sometimes the soul doesn’t need a sermon—it needs a nudge. A deep breath. A change of scenery. A reminder that our emotional spirals are often invitations, not punishments.

Anxiety, anger, burnout—these aren't moral failures. They're signals. And while we can’t always change the storm, we can steady the ship.

Write. Walk. Rest. Reach out. These small, grace-filled choices aren’t escapes—they’re stewardship. Because even Jesus withdrew to quiet places, not to avoid life, but to meet the Father in it.

Your body is talking. Your heart is trying to heal.
Give it what it needs—and trust that God meets you there, even in the smallest act of care.

06/06/2025

Your mind is always listening—to your words, your thoughts, your tone. It doesn’t just hear what you say; it believes it.

That’s why Scripture tells us to “take every thought captive.” Not because thinking is bad, but because unchecked thoughts can quietly rewrite our identity.

If you constantly tell yourself you’re failing, falling behind, unworthy—your mind will accept it as fact. But speak hope? Truth? Grace? That, too, will take root.

So be kind with your inner script. Feed your mind what your soul was made for: the promises of God, the truth of who you are, and the love that has never let you go.

Your brain is listening. What are you feeding it today?

06/05/2025

Some days, hope doesn’t rise on its own—you have to choose it. Speak it. Plant it like a flag in the middle of your doubt.

Psalm 42:11 isn’t a platitude—it’s a battle cry from the soul. “Why, my soul, are you downcast?” the psalmist asks. And then comes the choice: I will put my hope in God. Not because everything feels okay, but because God still is.

Hope isn't denial of reality. It's defiance against despair. It's betting your life on the faithfulness of a God who’s carried you before—and won’t stop now.

So if your soul feels heavy today, don’t fake it. Just anchor it.
Hope in Him. Say it out loud. Say it again.

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Houston, TX

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 8pm
Tuesday	8am - 8pm
Wednesday	8am - 8pm
Thursday	8am - 8pm
Friday	8am - 8pm
Saturday	9am - 2pm

Telephone

+12818947222

Website

http://www.shieldbearer.org/

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