Counseling

Support & Restoration

We believe that wholeness is an essential part of our spiritual health.

Guidance and Care

If you have a question you would like to ask about counseling, scholarships, or you would like to receive names of specific counselors that could be helpful to you, contact the person below:

Flood Courses are short term enrichment opportunities to help individuals grow in and through specific areas of life.

Flood Courses

  • “Anxiety Reduction Workshop” with Wanda Brothers LMFT, WATCH HERE
  • “Navigating Change and Uncertainty” Workshop with Alair Olson, LMFT + Derek Olson, Ph.D. WATCH HERE
  • “Healthy Dating + Breakups” Workshop with Krysti Wilkinson, WATCH HERE
  • “An Honest Conversation about God, Race, and Racial Justice, PART 2” with Jocelyn Watkins, Joi Spencer, PhD, and Pastor Matt Hammett WATCH HERE
  • “An Honest Conversation about God, Race, and Racial Justice, PART 1” with Jocelyn Watkins, Joi Spencer, PhD, and Roxanne Hammett WATCH HERE

Processing the Tragedy of School Shootings, by Dr. Kara Powell, Fuller Youth Institute (article includes many more resource links)

Homewatch Caregivers
Home care services help individuals maintain their independence in a safe, familiar place. Their trained in-home caregivers assist with day-to-day tasks, build strong bonds, and make sure friends and family are aware of changing conditions – and the bright spots of each day.

Counseling Referrals

Low Cost Counseling

CER is offering low cost therapy by working alongside the PLNU Master of Arts in Clinical Counseling Practicum students, therapists-in-training, under the supervision of licensed doctorate-level professionals. The low fee is $10 per sessionEach therapist-in-training is able to provide a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 8 sessions per client. Visit Enriching Relationships website.

Counselors

Alair Olson Focus: Teenage Girls, Individuals, Marriage & Family, Kids Therapy
Amie BeMent Focus: Partner or Relative of an Addict, Identity Stuck-ness, Relationship Issues, Parenting, Anxiety
Andrew Last and Jeff Bishop at Oasis Counseling Focus: Individuals, Couples, Sexual Addiction & Recovery
Aron Pederson Focus: Individuals, Kids, and Teens, Somatic Therapy, Anxiety, Overwhelm, Trauma, Grief, Sexual Addiction & Recovery
Beauty for Ashes Transformation Center (Elise Rodriguez) Focus: Individuals, Couples, EMDR, Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, some team members focus on kids, teens, and young adults.
Chris Cessna Focus: Anxiety & Depression, Grief & Loss, Trauma & PTSD, Addictions & Compulsive Behaviors, Shame, Identity 
Curtis Eklund Focus: Young Adults, Men, Sexual Addiction & Recovery
Dee Sheveland, Focus: Young Adults, Couples, Anxiety, Depression, Family Relationships, Spiritual Integration, doloresnas@juno.com, 619-987-1727
Elaine Hamilton Focus: Individuals, Women, The Finding You Project workshops, courses, and retreats
Graden Tonna Focus: Individuals, Anxiety, Depression, Addictions, Trauma
Grayson Wallen Focus: Marriage Counseling (using the Gottman method) 
Heather Sherwood Focus: Adolescence, Childhood, Anxiety, Emotional Intelligence
Heather Pederson Focus: Mental Health, Marriage & Family, Teens, Emotionally Focused Therapy
Jessica Ko Focus: Individuals, Couples/Multi-ethnic Couples, Asian American Identity
Karen Cooper, Marital & Family, Couples, Children
Kimberly McNary Focus: Individual, Marriage and Family, Couples, Grief, Divorce
Laura-Beth Fitzpatrick Focus: Teens, College, and Individual Therapy
Lisa Kemble/Rise Therapy Focus: Relationships, Trauma, Identity & sexuality, Religious trauma, Spirituality, Art Therapy
Mariah McQueen, Focus: Marriage and Family, Teenage Girls
Matt Bishop Focus: Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, Addiction, Substance Abuse, Grief
Rebecca Bass-Ching - Potentia Therapy Focus: Integrative Mental Health and Wellness Issues
Roxanne Strauss, Focus: Post Traumatic, IFS Therapy (Thoughts and Emotions)
Ryan Berwold, Focus: Marriage, Family and Child Therapist (10 and older)
Saans Lena Therapy (Ruby Tovar-Morin and Team) Focus: Individuals, Young Adults, Available in Spanish

Counseling Centers

Center for Enriching Relationships Focus: Relationships, Faith Centered Therapy,
Grace Counseling Focus: Individuals, Family + Group, Couples + Marriage, the team offers both licensed therapists as well as Biblical Counseling
LifeSpring Center, Non-profit center: Focus: Marriage, Parenting, Stress & Anxiety
Reinicke Counseling Services Focus: Marriage and Family, Sexual Addiction & Recovery
San Diego Institute For Couples & Families Focus: Relationships and Families


Spiritual Direction is different from therapy, but is also a supportive, one-on-one environment which can guide us into exploring God's movement in our lives. We recommend the following Spiritual Directors:
Men's Group

For those experiencing separation and/or divorce: divorcecare.org.

Pregnancy Services, Post-Abortion Counseling and Support Group: CAPS Pregnancy Clinics (College Area Pregnancy Services)

Flood Church Women's Support Group for Infertility and Miscarriage (in-person): Group Page 

Online community for Miscarriage Support: MiscarriageHurts.com