Church Partnership

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April Givens Counseling and Consulting has a sister company IZA Compassionate Associates, whose mission is to offer "Spiritual Care" by offering counseling services in churches at very affordable rates.  IZA Compassionate Associates , as an independent ministry, was created in 2013 with the goal to distribute its counseling efforts to churches and communities in the Dallas area.  The idea is that ICA will, at no cost to the church, set up a counseling center in the church’s facilities and supply the licensed counselors and/or licensed interns to help the church meet the needs of its members. The counseling center would be a collaborative effort between your church and ICA and would work in the following manner, subject of course, to the needs of your church:

ICA will:
  • Provide mental health counselors or/and licensed interns who will counsel from a Christian perspective.
  • ICA will schedule all counseling sessions with the clients directly to ensure confidentiality.
  • Verify that each counselor working at your church has, and maintains, the supervision required by law, and moreover, ensure the counselor is moving in the direction best suited for his or her clients.
  • Ensure that each counselor is covered by professional liability insurance.
  • Fees charged to the client will be collected by ICA counselor with absolutely no obligation on the part of your church.
  • ICA will provide all operating systems necessary so as to operate the center, at your church, as if it were a stand-alone counseling center.
  • From time to time ICA will provide marketing handouts for your church to distribute to the members, subject, of course, to your approval.
            Your church will only need to:
                                                                                                      
  • Provide an office, or offices, if more than one counselor is needed, to allow for the counseling services to be provided at your church.
  • Allow for a reception area for clients to wait for their scheduled appointment as well as for them to fill out any paperwork when necessary.
  • Inform your church members of the counseling services available. This can be done in any number of ways. Some possible ways would include: providing information on the counseling center in the weekly bulletin, brief discussion on Sunday mornings, inclusion of ICA’s handouts in the bulletin periodically, allowing one of the counselors, to speak briefly on Sundays mornings or at any other suitable times, providing a link from your website to ICA’s, as well as many other methods.
  • Meet with a representative of IZA Compassionate Associates  Counseling from time to time to discuss this counseling center and ways in which to improve upon it.
It is ICA’s intention that this counseling center looks like, and becomes, the counseling center of your church. ICA’s sole purpose is to help God’s children in a complimentary way to your existing ministry. ICA makes no profit from the fees charged for counseling services. The fees cover the salaries of the counselors, counselor supervision, use of the church and the other operating costs associated with running the counseling centers.

April Givens, Director of IZA Compassionate Associates, is available to meet with you to discuss the benefits of opening a center at your church. Please call 972-914-8705 to schedule an appointment or complete the contact form.

May God bless you and your congregation.