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PASTORAL SERVICES: Professional Counseling Services

Last revised: March 7, 2008 4:14 PM


"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."
~Philippians 4:6-7 (NIV)

 

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Professional Counseling Services at St. Blase | Archdiocese of Detroit - Office for Family Life
Care of the Soul - Support Groups | Emotions Anonymous | Grief Support and Widowed Friends Touched by Suicide | Project Life | Disabilities Concerns Advisory Board

In what webs have we become entangled? Drop your net and follow Jesus.

In the darkness that surrounds us,
we have lost you from our sight.
Even though your love has found us,
we embrace the powers of night.
Scatter now our deepest darkness.
Guide our hearts into the light.
Join us to the cross of Jesus.
Help us set our living right.

Jesus was driven by the Spirit into the desert. There he was tempted and angels ministered to him. Our lives too can seem as if we live in a deserted place plagued by despair. Yet, like Jesus there are angels ministering to us. There is healing and renewal to be found in quiet stillness.

Do we live in the web of addiction? Are we trapped because of alcohol, drugs or other substances? Has depression overwhelmed your life? Is it time to deal with the concerns or problem in life?

Consider making a change and contact professionals who can help, for example:

Archway Associates, PC (also known as Archambault and Associates, PC):
Professional Counseling Services:
248.827.8801 or 248.608.2750
www.a-atherapy.com

Catholic Services of Macomb
15945 Canal, Clinton Township 48038
586.416.2300
www.csmacomb.org

Center for Counseling 586.716.0980
Macomb Family Services 586.254.5660

 


Archdiocese of Detroit - Office for Family Life
The Archdiocese of Detroit Office for Family Life directly supports a number of services and programs to parishes and families to enrich and nurture the many families – whether in pre-family, active-family or post-family stages – that make up the church.

Family Life Office
305 Michigan Ave.
Detroit, MI 48226
Office: (313) 237-5894 Office Director
Office: (313) 237-5892 Office Facilitator
E-Mail: FamilyLife@aod.org

Parish Family Ministry Support

Active-Family Support

Post-Family Support


Church-Based Confidential
Professional Counseling Services at St. Blase

Archway Associates, PC (also known as Archambault & Associates, PC) provides counseling services at St. Blase Parish. They are offered at six hurch sites in Oakland, Macomb, and Wayne counties. Multiple sites allow you to take advantage of quality, professional, experiencd assistance for your personal, marital, fmaily, or substance abuse-related problems and make a choice to see counselors at your parish or neighboring parish. Your right to confidentiality, as well as quality care, is of great importance to our staff. Bob Grabowski, MA, and Sue Varady, ACSW are available to help you. To arrange or discuss counseling, call (248) 827-8801 or Sue Varady, ACSW at (248) 591-7006. You can learn more about us at our website at www.a-atherapy.com. Payment for services is covered by many medical insurances or paid for on a payment plan mutually agreed upon by the practitioner and you.


Care of the Soul - Activities & Support Groups

Many activities and support groups: Women's Support Group, Class in Acceptance, Good Grief Group, Men and Women's Counseling & Support Group, Sexual Healing & Well Being Group, Men's Support Group, Weekly Cafe Conversation & Rap, Healing, Holy Humor plus much more! Check this website for lots of help and information: www.CareoftheSoul.org


Emotions Anonymous

Emotions Anonymous, a 12-step organization, similar to Alcoholics Anonymous. The group comes together weekly for the purpose of working toward recovery from emotional difficulties. The only requirement for membership is a desire to become well emotionally. Call Rosemary at (586) 776-3886 or visit www.emotionsanonymous.org.


Grief Support and Widowed Friends

Beginning Experience
The purpose of Beginning Experience is to facilitate the grief resolution process for adults and children who have suffered a loss through death, divorce or separation, thereby enabling them to again love themselves, others and God.

We accomplish the purpose by offering quality, copyrighted, grief resolution programs presented by trained peer ministers. These programs are designed to move grieving people through a transformational process to a new beginning in their lives.

We believe that through resolving the grief of a significant loss, individuals participate in the death and resurrection of Christ as he lives in the world today; that those working through this experience can effectively walk with others for whom the experience is new and hard; and that the invitation to recover offers an opportunity for transforming one's life, and for freeing individuals to love self, others and God in new and deeper ways.


Widowed Friends, Birmingham
Widowed Friends Support Network are a welcoming network of Support Groups made up of now-close-friends who were initially brought together through one of life’s most painful experiences -- the loss of our spouse – and who are now dedicated to helping other widowed men and women of all ages recover from the grief of their own loss in healthy and supportive ways: physically, emotionally, intellectually and spiritually.

To that end, Widowed Friends has a full calendar of supportive programs and activities, including shared spiritual-support experiences, proven Grief-Recovery Workshops, wonderful social get-togethers, and a whole spectrum of other related “Helps For The Journey,” including our Widowed Friends Men’s Fellowship and Young Widowed Friends Group.

Please know, too, that while Widowed Friends is a Catholic, Christ-centered Network ministering under the auspices of, and in full collaboration with, the Archdiocesan Office for Family Life, help, companionship, programs and activities are open and welcoming to all widows and widowers who need help and choose to take part, regardless of their personal faith or denominational affiliation. Contact (248) 666-4826

With a mission to offer caring companionship and the opportunity for healing, spiritual development, education and growth, Widowed Friends offers programs for widows. For general information about Widowed Friends, call Mary at (586) 247-2619.

  • Our Healing Journey is a peer ministry for grief and loss for widows only. There are sessions for both those who have lost their spouses recently, and those who have lost their spouses long ago. For information, call Carol at (248) 853-2268.
  • Young Widowed Friends offers conversations and activities for widows, both men and women, 55 years of age or younger. For information, call Rocco at (248) 391-2289 or Betsy at (313) 475-0079.
  • Widowed Men's Breakfast meets at 9 a.m. on the first and third Thursday of each month at the Big Boy restaurant at 18 Mile and Dequindre roads in Troy. For information, call Ray at (248) 585-5402.
  • New Horizon Depression Support Group meets second and fourth Monday of each month 6:00-7:30 PM in Room 3 at Christ Lutheran Church, 32300 Schoenherr, (½ mile south of Fourteen Mile Rd) in Warren, MI. For more information call (586) 469-6313.

Touched by Suicide

Meetings are held at St. Columban’s Parish Center (1775 E Melton Rd) in Birmingham, on the 4th Wednesday of every month at 7:30 pm.

Those Touched By Suicide offers support for those who have lost a loved one to suicide, or whose loved one has attempted suicide. If someone in your family or among your friends has attempted or succeeded at death by suicide, or if you just feel you may have something to share with others on this subject, come to the informal discussion, led by Melanie Marion.

The St. Columban's Parish Center is the addition to the church and is located five blocks east of Woodward just north of Fourteen Mile Road. If you would like any further information please call the Parish Office at (248) 646-5224, Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. or (810) 642-4563 evenings. You may also call Melanie at (248) 542-2140 for more information and referrals or email her at thosetouchedby@aol.com.


Project Life

Project Life of the Archdiocese of Detroit lends a helping hand to those who feel forced by whatever problems or pressures they face to choose abortion or assisted suicide.

Please call the Project Life help line at 800-281-2102. All calls are confidential.

Every human being has worth and dignity - from conception to the last natural breath. Life itself is a gift from God and thus we do not have the right to diminish or take it away. The gift of life is ours from God and it is to be nourished and utilized to the fullest, not merely for individual purpose, but for the benefit of all humankind

In support of life in all its stages, Project life coordinates the resources of the Archdiocese of Detroit, in partnership with Catholic social service organizations, health care service organizations, parish communities and archdiocesan offices.

"I stand ready to process whatever resources are necessary: personnel, educational materials and financial resources - basically whatever it takes, to respond personally and directly to any woman considering an abortion, to respond personally and directly to any person considering the so-called option of physician assisted suicide." ~ Adam Cardinal Maida

Project Life publishes a newsletter that can be found on the Archdiocese's website.


Helping People With Disabilities

When communicating with people with disabilities, remember to communicate with the person, not with his or her interpreter, companion or assistant. The Disabilities Concerns Advisory Board of the Archdiocese of Detroit brings these thoughts to you. If you have any questions, call 313-237-5978.



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