Advent Counseling Services

I was referred here as a teen who went through child abuse. I was referred because it is a «Christian» counseling service. My counselor didn’t seem to have any prior experience with patients who experienced the type of abuse that I did. I felt like she wasted my time. Everytime I had a session she would have me do these exercises, like clip pictures out of magazines and she would leave the room and tell me to make a picture. We NEVER once talked about the abuse, she just had me doing all these exercises to «express» myself. I hated going but I wanted to overcome and I needed help so each time I thought it would get better.
The only thing she helped me with was call a family meeting where I had a safe place to tell my family a lot of things I needed to get off my chest. I stopped going because she never once talked about God, referenced the bible, or gave me any suggestions on how I can improve my situation. This place was a complete joke and I would never refer anyone here.
Side note: this is hilarious but true. My sister sought counseling here and had a younger counselor who would sit and tell my sister all her problems in the counseling session! Lol horrible. Her last session she said she could’ve swore the girl was high because she turned on music and told her to dance with her and be a bird. Whacko

Advent Counseling Services is a division of Advent Group Ministries, which is a counseling agency as well as a recovery site for teens.
The Counseling Services provide low-​cost Christian counseling for those seeking qualified, licensed therapists who bring their faith as well as their clinical skills to working with hurting people.