Pastoral Counseling Services

03/24/2025

PCS will hold its Good Samaritan Awards celebration on Thursday, Oct. 9th, 2025 at the Derryfield Country Club in Manchester. This inspirational event honors kind, generous, and compassionate individuals who go “above and beyond the call of duty” in providing care and support that improves the quality of life for people in NH. If you would like to nominate someone for this prestigious honor, please find a nomination form on our website, www.pcs-nh.org, under the GSA tab. For additional information about our counseling services, call (603) 627-2702.

Counseling - Education - Consultation

08/10/2024

PCS will host its Good Samaritan Awards celebration at the Derryfield Country Club in Manchester on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. This year we will honor Donnalee Lozeau (the Executive Director of Southern NH Services), Dana Dexter (a Concord Police officer and detective), and James Tenn (a Manchester attorney and former Chair of the NH Bar Foundation). To purchase tickets for this event, please go to our website, www.pcs-nh.org.

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05/21/2024

May is ! We are scheduling our annual appeal this month in honor of this designation which is intended to increase the awareness of the importance of mental health and wellness, and to celebrate recovery from mental illness.

This year we are focusing our appeal on enhancing the mental health of children, adolescents, and their families. Visit https://pcs-nh.org/donate-now/ to make an online donation today!

10/26/2023

PCS is happy to announce that we will be participating in Giving Tuesday on Nov. 28th. Created in 2012, the purpose of Giving Tuesday is to use the abilities of social media and technology to promote charitable giving. This is a terrific opportunity to support the organizations that are providing services that you believe in. Please consider going to our website,
www.pcs-nh.org to make a gift to support our mission of “promoting wholeness of mind, body, and spirit!”

Counseling - Education - Consultation

08/22/2023

Please join us at our Good Samaritan Awards celebration on Sept. 14, 2023, to honor five inspirational individuals who make a difference in the lives of so many throughout New Hampshire. This year we are recognizing Amy Chhom, an Affordable Housing & Community Advocate; Tom & Chrissy Harte, Ambassadors for Make-A -Wish New Hampshire; the Rev. Jed Rardin, UCC Pastor and Justice Advocate; and, Lynn Stanley, the Executive Director of the New Hampshire and Vermont Chapters of the National Association of Social Workers.

This event will be held on the back lawn of the Manning House at Brookside Congregational Church at 2013 Elm Street in Manchester on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023, from 5-7 PM.

05/08/2023

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Given the severe and chronic stressors that are impacting our mental health and wellbeing, the need for effective mental health treatment is essential. During the month of May we are asking supporters and friends to partner with us by making a financial donation that will support our provision of mental health services during this critical time. If you would like to make a donation, please visit our website:

Counseling - Education - Consultation

03/22/2023

Dear friends of PCS:

I am pleased to announce that Marsha Baray has joined the PCS team as our Development Associate. Marsha has extensive experience in development from her roles as Director of Development at Special Olympics Texas (SOTX) and the Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest. In her position with SOTX, she served as an ambassador of the organization with a diverse group of stakeholders with the sole purpose of advancing the mission and vision of SOTX.

Marsha is a native of Manchester, NH. She has lived in California, where she completed her Bachelor’s degree in Social Science at the University of California-Irvine. She later lived and worked in Texas and Maine before returning to her home in New Hampshire.

Marsha brings a broad knowledge of event planning, grant writing, fund-raising, and public and donor relations to PCS. Her primary responsibilities as Development Associate will be to assist in the creation of a strategic long-range fundraising plan, develop corporate and individual donors and community partners, identify grant opportunities, handle donor correspondence, maintain the donor management database, support and plan fund-raising events, and participate in community relations activities.

Please join me in welcoming Marsha to the PCS team.

11/22/2022

PCS will be participating in Giving Tuesday on Nov. 29, 2022! Begun in 2012, this national day of giving encourages people to support organizations in their local communities that are committed to helping others.

PCS will use the money raised through Giving Tuesday to provide clinical care to people who would otherwise be unable to afford it during these stressful and challenging times.

With your help our goal is to raise $5,000. A donation of $500 will provide 10 counseling sessions to individuals who would otherwise be unable to afford it. A donation of $250 will offer 5 counseling sessions and a gift of $50 will provide one session.

To make a donation to PCS, please visit our website, www.pcs-nh.org. Thank you for your support of our mission!

11/04/2022

We are thrilled to be making an official Facebook welcome (a few months late!) to Susan Friedburg, MBA, our Administrator of Finance!

Susan has been with PCS since August, and comes to PCS with diverse not-for-profit, financial management experience from her work with hospital, physician, social work and educational organizations.

She also volunteers her time at Temple Beth Jacob as Past-President of Sisterhood, through the Zonta Chapter of Greater Concord and as the Treasurer of the PFA at her son’s school.

Susan resides in Bedford, NH with her husband, father-in-law and teenage son. She is thrilled to be a part of the PCS team!

Susan has been a terrific addition to our team and WE are thrilled to have her aboard!

09/26/2022

PCS is opening our waitlist up for children and adolescents, ages 7 and up! Please call us at 603-627-2702 x 137 if you would like to schedule an appointment!

09/23/2022

Thank you for all who came out to support PCS and our outstanding Good Samaritans last night! It was an inspirational evening! Congratulations again to our 2022 Good Samaritan Honorees: Elliot, Carrie, and BJ Perry, Mark and Kay Mulcahy, Patricia Carty and Bobbie Bagley!

09/22/2022

The 2022 GSA is still on for tonight! We have moved the event indoors, but it is still on! We can't wait to honor this year's Good Samaritans... see you all there!