We help our community thrive by offering wellness programs for faith leaders, those interested in suicide prevention, and other groups.

Clergy and Congregation Care

As a clergyperson or church staff member, you face plenty of practical, emotional and spiritual challenges. You can equip yourself to lead your congregation through those challenges with help from our clergy renewal and support services.

Marriage Enrichment

This series of four sessions helps married couples strengthen their marriage. Participants use the Prepare and Enrich Inventory to explore the dynamics of their relationship. Marriage Enrichment is facilitated by one of our state licensed counselors. Call (920) 886-9319 for information.

Clergy Coaching

Coaching is a proven method to enhance clergy performance. It can help clergy and other professionals increase their confidence, clarify their vision and lead their organizations more successfully.

Clergy Groups

Facilitated groups support clergy members and train them to be more effective leaders.

• Colleague Groups (support and consultation)
• Leadership Groups (spiritual and educational)

Premarital Counseling

This series of four sessions helps couples prepare for marriage and improve marital satisfaction. Participants use the Prepare and Enrich Inventory to explore the dynamics of their relationship through the lens of family background and personality traits. Premarital counseling is facilitated by one of our state licensed counselors.

Educational Presentations, Workshops and Retreats

We lead a variety of presentations and workshops as well as facilitate staff retreats.

Congregation Assistance Program (CAP)

The Congregation Assistance Program acts like an EAP for congregations, offering a confidential time for reflection, processing, and discernment for lay leaders, staff, and rostered laity facilitated by one of our licensed therapists.

Clergy & Congregation Care Staff

Doug Bisbee, M.Div., MAC, LPC Clergy and Congregation Care Coordinator Samaritan Counseling Center (920) 886-9319 ext. 107 Doug coordinates Samaritan’s clergy coaching, clergy colleague groups, spiritual direction, pre-marital counseling and congregation consultation. He served for more than 20 years in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) as an associate pastor, solo pastor, mission developer, associate with the bishop, pastoral candidacy director, mission director, senior pastor and pastoral internship supervisor. He also consulted in the areas of visioning, leadership and staff development, mission development and re-development, conflict resolution, and stewardship. He is a certified Healthy Congregations Facilitator as well as a graduate of the Grace Institute of Spiritual Formation.

QPR – Question, Persuade, Refer

Save Lives

Preventing suicide is everyone’s business. QPR prepares you to do it.

Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) Gatekeeper training equips you to identify and refer a person who is suicidal. Like CPR, QPR is a potentially life-saving intervention that anyone can use.

Learn to Intervene

In QPR training, you will:

• Learn more about suicide and its risks and warning signs.
• Learn some basics skills to intervene and get someone help.
• Learn about local and national resources.

Equip Your Workplace, School, Faith Community or Organization

You can request FREE QPR Gatekeeper training for your organization. Contact Rosangela Berbert for more information.

Thank You to Our QPR Partners

QPR Gatekeeper training would not be possible without the partnership of these organizations.

Counseling

This program provides psychotherapy that connects mind and spirit. We serve:

• Insured clients
• Uninsured/underinsured clients
• Children, adults, couples and families

Find a therapist or check to see whether your insurance plan is accepted.

Connected Community Wellness Screen

This program provides emotional wellness check-ups to teens right at school. These check-ups are:

• Free
• Voluntary
• Confidential