Family Counseling
Pathways Professional Counseling, a Family Ministry of the Alabama Baptist Children’s Home, has been in partnership with the Colbert Lauderdale Baptist Association since 1998.Dwight Wilson, a licensed professional counselor, is in our office Monday and Tuesday each week.
Good News for new clients. The intake paper work is available on the Alabama Baptist Children’s Website. Go to www.abchome.org then click on professional counseling, you will see a link to the intake paperwork modules. There is a module for child clients, one for adolescent clients, one for individual adults, one for engaged or married couples and one for family counseling. Fill out the the form and email it to Dwight Wilson prior to your appointment. Be assured that this is a secure website, and only the counselor you choose will be able to access your information.
While counseling is the main priorityof Pathways they also offer several seminars that can be taught in our local churches. These seminars include:
CPREP (Christian Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program ) a one day marriage enrichment seminar that can be done on a Saturday or for a Friday night -Saturday morning retreat.
Grief (Understanding the Grieving Process) is a 6 hour seminar that can be done in almost any setting with very flexible scheduling.
Christian Money Management is a 5 hour seminar which helps couples get a handle on their finances by assisiting them to begin budgeting. The cost is $10.00 per couple for materials.
Successful Christian Financial Management helps Christians to begin putting God’s financial principles into practice. This requires 4 hours on Sunday.Materials cost $6.00 per couple or individual.
Group premarital counseling covers such topics as finances, communication, problem solving (how to fight and enjoy it), hidden issues, filters, and other subjects.
There are many other areas in which Pathways counselors have been trained and would be willing to assist when needed. Workshops and seminars are also provided on parenting training,trauma response, divorce recovery and step family strengthening and team building. You can reach Mr. Wilson through the Association office at 383-7301 or by email at dwightwilson@juno.com (please flag this in some way in the subject line as he does not open mail when he doesn’t know the sender)
