Whether you are on paid staff as a professional missionary, pastor, elder, deacon, counselor, psychologist, social worker, marriage/family therapist, or educator—or called by God to volunteer at a church, parachurch, or secular ministry setting—the helping profession is a noble endeavor.  Earning a master’s degree or perhaps even a doctorate is a monumental achievement while working and/or raising a family.  Whether you went to seminary for an M.Div or an M.A. in Counseling, or to a secular program for mental health counseling, social work, or marriage and family therapy, God has given you the heart to care for others.

You’re eager to help.  Not only do you hate the idea of the imposter syndrome, but you love the feeling of being anointed by God to serve Him by loving His people.

The question is: how can I be further equipped to mature fully in Him and become an approved worker capable of handling His truths?

God calls us to serve His people, for all to be royal priests interceding for one another. Equipping for the work of ministry means that Biblical clinicians have the desire to attain knowledge of Jesus and mature to His fullness in order to properly handle His Word of truth, speaking it in love so that others are equipped and working as God designed to/in love.

He gives us undershepherds who are brothers/sisters-in-Christ called to be one body, where members actually want to suffer/rejoice with one another.

ICHTHYSroe can come alongside you with Biblical clinicians who have excelled at the master’s and doctorate levels—while loving their spouses/children and broader communities.

Mentoring moves clinicians from theoretical classroom instruction to practical real-life application. If you are a PhD/PsyD candidate, we advise you through a hands-on dissertation process (including research design/writing).

If you are in a CACREP-accredited program, we help you analyze/treat DSM-5 diagnoses from a Biblical perspective or pass the National Counselor Exam (NCE) and the Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Examination (CPCE). If you are a seminarian, we help you fulfill Applied Ministry Program (AMP) or field experience requirements. If you are a pastor or leader in the marketplace, we mentor you through all spheres of influence.

In the course of our time together (slowly, over weeks, months, or even years) we will consider:

• What made you first consider entering into the “helping profession?”  What is your long-term career aspiration?
• What got you through those years earning your master’s degree?  What motivated you to go on to get a doctorate?
• What was the sign that you should be equipped at a seminary?  What is the purpose that you see in getting an M.Div or an M.A. in Biblical Counseling?
• What have the opportunities and challenges been for you in going for licensure?  What is most attractive to you about getting a degree in mental health counseling, vis à vis social work, vis à vis marriage/family therapy?
• How can we improve your compassion satisfaction?  Which protective factors can promote greater resiliency in your practice?
• How do you see your professional and personal identities in light of one another?
• Which cases trigger your own struggles the most?