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    Bridge To Wholeness: Volume 1 Issue 5 December 2014

    Welcome to the December 2014 Issue of the Agape newsletter, Bridge to Wholeness! Our monthly newsletter is the best way for you to keep up with what is going on around Agape, with events and updates, and articles written by our counselors. We hope it will help bring you a little bit closer to emotional, mental, and spiritual wholeness! In this issue (click to read individual articles): The Problem with Perfectionism by Bob Vass, PLPC NCC Funny, Funny, Funny, What Money Can Do by Kathryn Manley, MS, LPC, CST Problem Solving with Your Child by Carolyn Knarr, MSW, LCSW New Group Counseling groups and much more! Click here for full newsletter!

  • Grief Bereavement Counseling Agape St Louis

    Grief / Bereavement

    Grief and bereavement can cause an onslaught of confusing emotions, including anger, confusion, fear, hopelessness, denial, pain, and intense sadness. After suffering loss, we not only have powerful emotions, but physical, social, cognitive, and behavioral reactions to our experience. Use the questions below as a self-reflective guide. Have you… lost a loved one? feel sadness? have trouble sleeping? have increased or decreased appetite? feel guilty or worthless? think more about death than you once did?

  • Rene Parker LPC Agape Counseling St Louis

    Rene’ Parker, MA, LPC

    Independent Contractor Rene’ Parker earned her Master’s Degree in Counseling at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, MO. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the State of Missouri. She is a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors. Her primary mode of psychotherapy is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). She works primarily with individuals and couples and facilitates group counseling. The group counseling has included topics such as depression, boundaries, and women’s issues. She counsels extensively with clients who experience: severe depression anxiety codependency issues sexual, physical and/or emotional abuse sexual addictions grief single parenting women’s issues stress anger management Rene sees clients at the following locations: our main location,…

  • Darrell Provinse Agape Christian Counseling St Louis

    Darrell Provinse, MA, LPC, NCC | Executive Director and CEO

    Darrell Provinse earned his degrees from Washington University and Webster University in St. Louis, MO. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Missouri and a National Certified Counselor. He is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA), American Counseling Association (ACA), Association for Specialists in Group Work, and the International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors. He is also the Executive Director and CEO of Agape Christian Counseling Services. As a therapist, Darrell is certified in Gestalt Therapy as well as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and extensively trained in Logotherapy and in Family Systems. Additionally, he is trained and certified in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).  He works…