The Emmaus Center offers individual, couples and family counseling in English, focusing on issues of anxiety, dependency, depression, family conflicts, financial stress, unresolved grief/loss, phase of life problems, vocational stress, spiritual issues, marriage difficulties.  We plan on offering services in Spanish, in the very near future. Therapy sessions are confidential and private. The goal of counseling is to build capacity within the individual, couple or family and empower them to manage issues that emerge from life changes. Some of these life changes or emotions can include grief, anxiety,  depression or unhealthy behaviors. Appointment sessions are normally 50 minutes in length and are scheduled weekly, bi-weekly or as needed. The Emmaus Center does not offer crisis counseling or crisis intervention. Due to a volunteer receptionist schedule, we cannot take walk-in clients. Psychiatric emergencies are referred to providers that are qualified to handle such emergencies. 

The staff of The Emmaus Center utilizes various types and techniques of therapy, depending on the presenting issue.  The process involves an active interaction between the client and the therapist.  For example, problem-solving may be one aspect to therapy. Strength-building can be another.  A therapist may help a couple or a family to learn better communication skills.  Certain therapy approaches may be more helpful for some issues than others.  If a particular strategy is not working for you, our staff will discuss this with you.  There are certainly no guarantees that treatment will work for everyone. The Emmaus Center currently offers therapy in three formats:  individual, marital/couples and family.  In Family Therapy, all or some family members will attend sessions together.  Staff may invite different combinations of family members to attend at different points in the therapy process, or we may recommend that the same members attend each time.  In Family Therapy, the goal is to help the family become stronger and  healthier as a group.  The focus is not on any one particular family member.  In Couples or Marital Therapy, we work with the couple to strengthen the relationship and help it to become more healthy and fulfilling.  In Individual Therapy, the therapist works with the client one on one.

The Emmaus Center

The Emmaus Center does not accept third party insurance.  In order to provide professional and Christian-based counseling to as many people as possible, each session is $25.00, which is substantially lower than other counseling centers and individual therapists.  Cash, credit cards and checks are accepted.  Donations are also welcomed, to enable the Center to offer counseling services to those who cannot afford the established fee.