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Programs

Pastoral Counseling & Psychotherapy for Individuals,

Couples, Families and Groups

We are an interfaith, non-profit ministry to provide pastoral counseling and psychotherapy. Our services are available to all members of the community regardless of race, creed, age or sexual orientation. 

 

We are committed to the religious or spiritual dimension of life and are equally careful not to promote any particular religious persuasion or point of view.

We also offer workshops to the community on various topics related to mental health & wholeness.

 

We are also able to do speaking engagements to groups.

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Individual Therapy:

A therapist will meet with you on a regular basis to help you sort out your problems, gain insight into beliefs and behaviors which may be self-defeating, make changes, and find wider options for life fulfillment. 
 

Couple Therapy:

A therapist meets with the couple together or individually to identify and address your particular areas of distress. These may include communication problems, differences in family backgrounds and expectations of the relationship, deciding whether to stay together, old wounds that have never healed, or conflicts around sex, money and parenting. 


Pre-marital Counseling:

Before you embark on your new status, a therapist can enable you to affirm the qualities which attracted you to each other, understand your differences, and learn how to negotiate future difficulties. 

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Family Therapy:

A therapist meets with various combinations of parents and children, and perhaps extended family, so that each person may hear and be heard by the other members. You will be coached to develop better ways of resolving problems, with the goal of living together in greater harmony, with a support system which respects each individual and the family as a whole. 

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Group Therapy:

Small groups of five to ten persons meet weekly with a therapist to explore feelings and interactions, receive feedback from peers, and increase your competence and pleasure in interpersonal relationships.

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Ministry Development Services

Formerly Career And Personal Counseling Service

P.O. Box 2634

Indian Trail, NC 28079

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704.554.9222

mdvs@ministryds.org

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Ministry Development and Vocational Services is based in Charlotte and is extending our assessment programs to the greater New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York areas in an effort to more conveniently share our services with our partners.   MDVS, formerly Career and Personal Counseling Services, is accredited by the Ministry Development Council.  We are a non-profit, celebrating over 60 years of serving high school students, candidates for ministry, church professionals and clergy as they discern their vocation in ministry. We partner with Presbyteries in the Mid-Atlantic region, the North and South Carolina Synods of the ELCA, MCC, UUA, Western North Carolina UMC, South Carolina UMC, Quaker, American Baptist Churches, UCC, Moravian and other denominations in carrying out our mission.  In extending our services to the greater NJ, NY and PA region, we have also increased our programs to include pastoral counseling and psychotherapy.  This includes individual therapy, couple therapy, pre-marital counseling, family therapy and group therapy.  Our services are available to all members of the community regardless of race, creed, or age.  As a pastoral counseling center, we are committed to taking seriously the religious or spiritual dimension of life and are equally careful to promote no particular religious persuasion or point of view.

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