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Member Care Centres Worldwide
Discover the various Member care/ Christian Counselling centres around the world through this site's listings. -
High Meadow Retreat
High Meadow is a small residential retreat centre near Exeter in the beautiful southwestern county of Devon. We offer tailored counselling and coaching in a place of outstanding natural beauty to support Christian workers at all stages of their ministry. -
OSCAR
OSCAR empowers and connects Christians for mission and ministry. We do this by promoting opportunities, organisations, resources, events and networking. -
Thrive Together
Provides a unique opportunity to grow personally or professionally in a confidential and collaborative environment with others who are on a similar journey to ourselves.
Each group is a facilitated group process led by a skilled coach, with the intention of maximizing the combined experience and wisdom of cross-cultural missionaries.Location: Chippenham, Wiltshire -
Thrive Worldwide
We are committed to serving by providing clinical, learning and consultancy services so that people and organisations thrive worldwide.Web: thrive-worldwide.orgEmail: info@thrive-worldwide.orgTel: 0203 974 1400Location: Marlow, Buckinghamshire -
Advance Global Coaching
We provide personal, relevant coaching for individuals and married couples in mission work. -
Alongside, Michigan, USA
Alongside is a Christian ministry that fosters growth and renewal of mind, body and soul for missionaries, pastors and other leaders. Through retreats that offer professional counseling, teaching, and community, Alongside fosters restoration for those who have found themselves in difficult circumstances. -
Barnabas International, Wisconsin, USA
Barnabas International exists to edify, encourage, enrich, and strengthen servants in ministry. We creatively seek ways to fulfill our charter through a variety of ministry models. We are pastoral care providers, shepherding the hearts and souls of God’s people. Our ministry priorities are targeted toward global servants, pastors, national church leaders, and their families. -
Beracah Counselling, Canada
Hazel Mayhew offers counselling to individuals and couples with a variety of concerns, including:
cross-cultural adjustments and missionary re-entry
ministry issues
relationships (family of origin, friends, marital, co-workers, etc)
trauma and abuse
depression and anxiety
loss and grief resulting from bereavement or transitions
career and life changes, including career counselling
self-worth and self-compassion
burnout and work related stresses
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Bethany, Hong Kong
Bethany is a member care organisation for Christians and their families serving the Lord. Committed to providing rest, encouragement and restoration through appropriate physical, emotional, spiritual and counselling care.
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Brook Besor Trust
Brook Besor offers residential debriefing, counselling and spiritual direction for individuals, couples and families for up to five days, excellent to start or preparation to return from furlough or when returning to the UK. Dorset based. -
Care Port Counseling
Care Port Counseling is online video counseling for those who live and serve abroad – whether you’re in the military, in missions, or some type of humanitarian aid work, we’re here to help. Care Port also serves nonprofit organizations serving abroad through mental health consulting.Location: United States -
Centre for Counseling and Growth, Taiwan
We are a Christian member-care centre which promotes the well-being and effectiveness of Christian workers and organizations serving in Taiwan and Asia by caring for people’s spiritual, emotional and relational needs.
CCG’s services includes counselling, debriefing, assessments, pastoral care, conflict resolution, and team building as well as training in the above skills.Web: ccgasia.net/ccgwp/Email: tmfccg@gmail.comTel: [ 04 ] 2236-1901Location: Taiwan, Province of China -
Claudia Smith - Your Online Counsellor
My names is Claudia Smith and I am an accredited BACP registered counsellor with over 10 years experience of counselling, specialising in providing online counselling, member care and life coaching.
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Compass Ministries, Florida, USA
Open-sourced member care for Christian missionaries and their families. We offer counselling and other member cares services. -
Cornerstone Counseling, Thailand
Cornerstone Counseling Foundation primarily serves Christian workers throughout Asia and the people of Thailand.
We provide confidential and professional counseling, consultation, and training from a Christian perspective for individuals, marriages, families, teams, and organizations. -
Counselling Space
I offer individual counselling including phone & online. I am a Senior Accredited member of BACP & a registered member of ACC, with a lifelong engagement in churches and missions. My approach is person-centred. I offer Pastoral Supervision for clergy -
Ellel Ministries Netherlands
Ellel Ministries Netherlands is located on an historic estate at the edge of the small village of Baak. In this beautiful God-given place we run the Ellel courses and Healing Retreats for our guests, for every one from 18 to 80+!. Here you can enjoy the peace of this prayer-place and let the fellowship, worship, Kingdom-teaching and ministry strengthen you. Come join our vision to see Christians discipled, healed, set free and released into their God-given destiny. -
Ellel Ministries Norway
Ellel Norway offers a number of courses and workshops throughout the year. Our main focus has been theme weekends and the new course series Explore. The courses provide a thorough and current approach to many of today's challenges. -
Ellel Ministries Singapore
Ellel Singapore was established in 2005. We hold a wide variety of training and ministry events in Singapore and also have a vision to reach other nations in East Asia with the life-changing teachings about healing and discipleship. -
Ellel Ministries, Australia
Ellel Australia is based at Gilbulla near Sydney, where we run a wide selection of short courses, healing retreats and longer training events. Ellel Australia started here in 2002. Ellel Victoria began in 2014. We offer teaching and ministry events at various locations in this part of Australia. We offer in-depth and online training opportunities, conferences, Healing Retreats and events for pastors and leaders. -
Ellel Ministries, Canada
The vision of Ellel Ministries Canada is to come alongside people, to minister, to train and to disciple them, so that each one's particular gifts and calling can be fully used in the Body of Christ. This is done by offering Healing Retreats, weekend courses, summer events like our Time Out for Married Couples and The Explore School of Healing and Discipleship. -
Ellel Ministries, Hungary
Each Ellel centre offers healing retreats, and training courses online and face-to-face. -
Ellel Ministries, New Zealand
We are based in a rented office in a local church in Christchurch, but are a very mobile team, travelling to a number of churches in Christchurch and around New Zealand (so far including Mosgiel, Dunedin, Greymouth, Reefton, Westport, Richmond/Nelson, Mapua and Carterton) to provide seminars, training, healing meetings and prayer ministry. We also host international speakers and healing retreats. -
Ellel Ministries, Sweden
ELLEL MINISTRIES SWEDEN is a non-community foundation with the purpose of providing Bible teaching, discipleship and pastoral care. We believe that every human being, as God's creation and as the object of Jesus' work of salvation, can be established to wholeness and security. We offer mental health care , teaching days and courses. -
Ellel Ministries, UK & Ireland
Ellel Ministries is a non-denominational Christian ministry that began in England in 1986 and is now established in over 20 countries around the world. We look to serve the Body of Christ in two main ways - by offering personal prayer ministry to those in need and by training and equipping people so that they can help others more effectively. We offer a wide range of events and training from our 5 centres in the UK & Ireland. -
Ellel Ministries, USA
Ellel USA exists to seek to bring the heart of God to the heart of man so that true transformation can take place and individuals can embark on a new journey of discipleship and relationship with Jesus. Currently Ellel USA is offering training and ministry events both at its center in Florida and also through church visits and conferences in other regions.Web: ellel.org/usaEmail: info.usa@ellelministries.orgTel: +1 (813) 737 4848Location: United States -
Epiphany Life Coaching
Jenny Butter does Skype or telephone coaching with mission partners, clergy and aid workers worldwide. Life coaching is not counseling or therapy. Life coaching starts from the present and takes you into the future. Based in West Sussex. -
Excelling Leaders, USA
Excelling Leaders is a non profit ministry that provides a safe place for missionary families, couples and singles to receive coaching, debriefing and resources to equip them to be effective and resilient. We offer a debriefing retreat, coaching and resilience building. -
Field Life, Malaysia
Field Life offers care, coaching, and a guest house for global workers. Our guesthouse is in Malaysia and our work is done online and in-person as needed.Web: www.fieldlife.org/Location: Malaysia -
Fiona Dunkley
Fiona is a Senior Accredited British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP) Trauma Specialist and Counsellor with over 15 years' experience. She offers counselling in Walton-on-Thames, Weybridge and Hersham areas and carries out some work in Central London. Fiona also offers remote sessions and has travelled globally supporting aid workers. She uses techniques such as EMDR & CBT.
Web: www.fionadunkley.comEmail: info@fionadunkley.comTel: 07791 798 334Location: Walton on Thames, Surrey -
Fully Equipped Oasis, Berlin, Germany
Fully Equipped Oasis (FEO) provides a safe space for missionaries, pastors and Christian aid workers to share their burdens—without fear of judgement or consequence—as a part of a restorative program designed to alleviate the pressures associated with a life dedicated to ministry.
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Harbor of Refuge, USA
We offer retreats, coaching, mission preparation, debriefing, re-entry prep (returning to your home nation) or help with moral/spiritual and emotional support, we want to be available to help meet those needs, even at a distance. -
Headington Institute
The Headington Institute provides psychological and spiritual support to relief and development workers worldwide.Location: Pasadena, CA, United States -
Healing-Care Counseling and Training, PA, USA
Healing-Care Counseling (HCC) is dedicated to strengthening personal, spiritual, and relational health through Christian non-clinical professional counseling and training services -
HealthLink360
HealthLink360 is a clinic situated 8 miles from Edinburgh. We specialise in healthcare for mission and humanitarian workers and their agencies, offering psychological and medical support. Services are also available to church leaders and individuals. -
Honor Allen Counselling
A BACP accredited counsellor with my own private practice in Liverpool. I have gained personal insight into the challenges of mission life through visiting my daughter, who works in South Africa, for a month every year. Able to work by Skype/Zoom/email. -
InToMission
At InToMission, we guide, coach and train people who, based on God's calling, want to make a difference in the lives of people worldwide. We offer them independent cross-cultural guidance during their preparation, deployment and return. -
InTransit
InTransit wants to contribute to building the Kingdom of God through its existence. We do this by providing psychological and medical guidance to sending organisations, (future) missionaries and development workers and their families based on our professionalism.
InTransit offers the following services:
Assessment
Accompaniment
Debriefing
training
Consultancy
Medical advice and consultation
Guidance of (adult) Mission Kids/Third Culture Kids
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Joel & Krista McCutcheon, Biblical Counsellors, Costa Rica
Since 2018-19, Joel and Krista have been partnering with OIC (Overseas Instruction In Counseling) teaching counseling throughout Central America. They provide biblical counseling and debriefing to those in need, focusing especially on families in full-time international ministry. Through a partnership with Overseas Instruction in Counseling (OIC), they provide biblical counseling training for pastors, missionaries and leaders around the globe as they respond to needs in their local churches. -
John Steley
I am a Christian Psychologist based in London with more than 25 years experience. I have worked in NHS and forensic settings and have considerable experience with Christian mission and overseas aid workers.
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Le Rucher Ministries
Le Rucher Ministries offers various Member Care services, including Debriefing (group retreats and individual) and training in Basic Debriefing and Crisis & Trauma Peer Response for member care providers, both at their centre in France and on the field.
Web: www.lerucher.orgEmail: info@lerucher.orgTel: +33 450.28.03.81 (FRANCE)Location: Cessy, France -
Life Impact, Aegean Oasis, Greece
Set on southern coast of the Attica region, the Aegean Oasis offers a safe, quiet place for rest, solitude and hearing from God; located 10 minutes from the sea and surrounded by hillsides available for exploring.
I provide hospitality and a listening ear, but also use spiritual direction, marriage communication skills, debrief counseling, Enneagram coaching and life coaching to help get unstuck or move forward, with full confidentiality. -
Life Story Therapies
Life Story Therapies uses life stories as the basis for therapeutic growth, particularly to complex identities, such as due to illness or high mobility. -
Link Care
This US based ministry runs a Missionary Restoration/Personal Growth Programme based in California. It is designed 'to meet the needs of missionaries and pastors having encountered difficulties in their fields of service, desiring to come to Link Care for a time of counseling, seeking to regain perspective on life and ministry'.
Web: www.linkcare.orgEmail: info@linkcare.orgTel: 559.439.2214Location: Fresno, CA, United States -
Living Well
Living Well Counselling Centre provides online and in-person counselling and support for organisations, individuals, couples, and families to help missionaries and expats live well while in the Kingdom of Cambodia. -
Member care Portugal
The Member Care Portugal ministry is an initiative that aims to provide comprehensive care, reaching the spiritual, emotional and physical areas of the lives of Christian leaders, pastors, missionaries and their families. -
Minnesota Renewal Center, USA
Minnesota Renewal Center helps heal people & relationships. Skilled and caring mental health professionals are honored to be with you in times of challenge.Working with you to cultivate awareness, insight, understanding, resolution, restoration, & hope…..So you can return to your life renewed.
Specialties:
- individual, couple, and family counseling
- care for missionaries, pastors, and churches
- care for military personnel and their families
- organizational consulting -
Missionary Health Institute, Canada
Intentional care for missionaries. The work is not limited to a medical examination, a travel consultation, or a counselling session. Our expert psychologists, travel medicine specialists, and family doctors provide integrated care. -
Neue Hoffnung Marburg
Accommodation in Germany and advisory services are specially designed for full-time employees at home and abroad who are in the service of a community, a Christian work or in an intercultural context.Location: Marburg, Hesse, Germany -
New Directions UK
Sashi Sehgal at NDUK offers online services of integrative and Christ-centred counselling to people in a diverse range of situations. Sashi has a gift of working cross culturally. Take a look at www.nduk.org.uk and get in touch. -
New Song Christian Counseling
New Song Christian Counseling and Missionary Care is a three-fold ministry providing Christian Counseling, Missionary Care to equip the saints so they can fulfill their calling to the fullest and Spiritual Formation to bring transformation into the lives of believers.Location: Kalavasos, Cyprus -
One Another Ministries
Providing professional training, consulting, counseling, and resourcing for the development and care of Christian Mission organizations and their members. Based in Staffordshire. -
Refresh Retreats
Heartstream Resources' Rest For Your Body, Counsel For Your Soul! Refresh is a 10-day retreat designed for cross-cultural workers. Held in various locations globally. Program includes counseling, medical consultation, massage, dynamic TCK program, meals & lodging.
Tel: 1-717-444-2374Location: Liverpool, PA, United States -
Restored and Renewed Ministry, France & USA
This Ministry is for you, the Missionary, Minister, wife, family or child. It is about you, the worker, and family, in the field. We are here to serve you and your needs, to support you mentally, emotionally and spiritually. It is our goal to give you some R&R from the battlefield. Our services include counseling, retreats, team building seminars, and Bible study. -
Rev Dr Colin Lamb Counselling
Colin has many years of experience in mission and missionary training with NTM and also as a Pastor. He offers counselling, supervision, and Member care of Pastors and Missionaries including debriefing. -
Royce King, Fundraising and Executive Coach
Are you struggling to raise support? Are you building a team, yet are uncertain how to cast the vision and lead your team? As an executive coach, I've worked with more than 400 leaders to equip them to provide transformational leadership for their team. And, I have worked with nearly 75 missionaries to guide them to "fully funded" status, allowing them to be or stay in the mission field. If you'd like to consider working with me, please email.Email: rking@gocommunitas.org -
Sanctuary Inn, OR, USA
Sanctuary Inn is a place where God’s global workers can come aside for healing and refreshment. Located in the Mt. Hood community of Welches, Oregon - at Sanctuary Inn our prayer is that weary global workers can find rest, recovery and restoration so they can continue in their service in God’s kingdom around the world.Web: www.sanctuaryinn.orgEmail: info@sanctuaryinn.orgTel: (503) 564-8012Location: Welches, OR, United States -
See Beyond Counselling & Coaching services
See Beyond has been serving English-speaking expatriates for over 5 years. Through counselling, coaching, consulting, and training, we come alongside individuals, couples, and organizations to help them thrive in cross-cultural environments throughout North Africa. We collaborate with others to provide business coaching, education consulting, and more -
Southwest Counseling Associates (SCA), USA
Southwest Counseling Associates is an agency of approximately 20 licensed mental health professionals offering a full spectrum of psychotherapeutic services for individuals, couples and families throughout their life span.
We support churches and other organizations through training, consultation, supervision and public presentations. Other services include group experiences and crisis intervention. We at SCA are constantly adapting our services to meet the needs of our community. -
The Haven Missionary Care Centre, NC, USA
The Haven Missionary Care Center Guest House is situated in the small village of Eure in northeastern North Carolina. The property includes nearly 55 acres of farm and woodlands which is being developed for the purpose of ministry to missionaries. The Haven offers comfortable accommodation in a rural setting where Christian missionaries will find a haven of rest for the soul, refreshment for the body, and renewal for the spirit. To this end, we offer biblical counseling and debrief upon request.Tel: (252) 357-0863Location: Eure, NC, United States -
The Oaks Oasis, Umbria, Italy
The Oaks Oasis in Italy provides a peaceful setting where you can be refreshed spiritually, emotionally, mentally and physically. They welcome all Christian workers to come for up to ten days to experience the Lord's peace. For reservations or inquiries please email Celeste at the address below.
Email: TheOaksOasis@LifeImpact.careLocation: Orvieto, Umbria, Italy -
Tumaini Counselling Centre, Kenya
The on-field counselling ministries of AIM, SIL, and affiliated organizations are based at Tumaini Counselling Center in Nairobi, Kenya. While we serve the members of these organizations, our services also support missionaries from over 160 like-minded agencies throughout Africa.
Location: Nairobi, Kenya -
Tumaini Counselling Centre, Uganda
Tumaini Counselling Service in Kampala, Uganda, offers confidential clinical services which are available to any Christian missionary working in Africa. These range from clinical care to simply helping missionaries normalise the challenges and frustrations of missionary life.Tel: +256 787 522 868Location: Uganda -
Valeo, USA
We serve all Christian global workers (those sent to serve cross-culturally) and their immediate family members. Our primary services are counseling and psychiatry delivered online anywhere in the world (outside of the U.S.) where there is internet access. We serve clients all over Asia, Africa, Europe, and South America. If you are located in the U.S. (outside of South Carolina), you will need to come to our office to receive counseling services. -
Victorious Minds, Australia
Reach your potential: improve your well-being, find meaning and fulfilment. If you want better mental health, general support, to thrive in changes to life circumstances, adjust well to another culture or being away from home, overcome conflicts in the workplace, improved relationships and more; we’d love to come aside you to help you overcome any challenges and regain or maintain good health in spirit, mind and body.
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Vinculo Foundation, Columbia
We are a non-profit Foundation established in Medellín, Colombia since 2005 specialized in the areas of Family, Integrative Care and Integral Care from a Christian ethic.Web: fundacionvinculo.orgEmail: vinculo.fundacion@gmail.comTel: +57 319 7835082Location: Colombia
