Samaritan Counseling Center Interview Report

The agency this student interviewed was Samaritan Counseling Centers: A Place for Healing & Hope, they have a few different facilities they use in Broward County, Miami-Dade County and Palm beach county, The location this student contacted was at 101 S.E. 3rd Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Most of the locations they use are churches, in fact after this student started the interviews he discovered that one of the partners of this Agency is the Church this student attends in Pompano Beach. Samaritan Counseling Centers tries to focus on the care of the patients minds, heart and spirit, they use a holistic approach when working with people. They believe that hope is something that everyone needs, they believe that people needs hope to believe

However, they are a Christian organization, in fact, three members of their Board of Directors are pastors from different denominations. One is the Senior pastor of the First United Methodist Church in Fort Lauderdale, the other is the Senior Pastor of First Congregational Church of Fort Lauderdale and the other is also a

The also accept insurances, and often, at least part of the cost is covered by insurance. If is not, they charge a small standard fee, which they also offer to adjust depending on the clients personal financial resources. They have a list of supporters which includes many churches and pastor from the local area. Samaritan Counseling Centers uses individual counseling and Psychotherapy, couples therapy, family therapy, group therapy, and pastoral counseling. In addition, they also offer on site counseling in school settings, seniors centers, and almost, if not all their counselor are volunteers. All their counselors are highly trained with Doctored or Masters degrees, and they all have proper licenses required by the state. They rated high in their scale the counselor's ability to use the DSM-V, although they realize that having this skill alone is not enough to diagnose and help their clients. They do work on creating a treatment plan for their clients, and they keep records all according to the ethics codes required by