Grief Support

GriefShare

GriefShare is a grief support program that operates on a 13-week cycle. You do not need to wait for a new cycle to begin and can join at any time. Learn more at griefshare.org. We offer two sessions you can join.

Click here to sign up for the session that meets on Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.

Click here to sign up for the session that meets on Tuesdays from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m.

Counseling

Brenda Elledge -- Elledge Counseling Associates

At Elledge Counseling Associates, their mission is to equip people to make the choices and changes that will lead to the healthy life they desire. They are a group of trained professionals who are distinctively Christian and who believe that as they partner with their clients great things can happen. Life can be very difficult with painful times that people just don’t know how to make better. They want to help. At ECA, they want to walk alongside those who are hurting as they grapple with the troubles of life and seek to overcome them. 

Joanna Vaughan -- Vaughan Wellness, PLLC

Holistic Christian Counseling for the Spirit, Soul, & Body

Joanna is a professional licensed counselor with a Christian perspective, meaning that as a believer, she operates from a Christian and biblical worldview but also maintains professional standards and ethics. Her primary mission is to demonstrate the love of Christ through the mental health services that she provides. Joanna believes it’s important for clients to feel comfortable with the person they are trusting to provide emotional support, sound information, and quality counsel. She has a diverse occupational history that reflects her interests and desires to use all of her gifts and passions to help others in a more comprehensive way which is what led her to this work, realizing that spiritual health and mental health are closely linked. 

Her services include:

• Individual therapy for teenagers and adults (ages 13 and older)
• In-person and virtual sessions*
• In-person sessions are offered at Maypearl Church of Christ, or off-site at parks/trails in Waxahachie or Midlothian for walk-and-talk* (contact for more info)

*Virtual & walk-and-talk may not be appropriate for every client

Problems/Diagnoses Addressed*

*List not exhaustive

Abuse (physical, sexual, emotional) -- Adjusting to Major LIfe Changes -- Anxiety / Panic Attacks -- ADHD / ASD -- Body Image -- Boundaries -- Career / Calling -- Church Hurt -- Communication Difficulties -- Depression -- Emotional Dysregulation -- Grief -- Identity -- Low Self-Esteem -- Parenting Skills -- PTSD -- Relationship Problems -- Social Skills Training -- Spiritual Conflict -- Youth Problematic Sexual Behavior

Seth & Beth Nichols -- Grounded Life

A husband-wife team physically based in Ft. Worth, Texas whose focused areas include:

• Individuals & Leaders
• Finding Identity, Direction, Focus, and Purpose
• Overcoming Anxiety, Depression, or other setbacks
• Healing From Trauma/PTSD
• Couples & Teams
• Solving Conflict
• Restoring Balanced Communication
• Healing Broken Trust
• Parenting & Family
• Navigating Foster Care or Adoption
• Regulating emotions and behaviors

Advocacy

First Look

FirstLook provides well-trained registered nurses (RN) and support staff who offer the care you need and the information you seek. Both men and women are given the tools and information they need to make informed decisions about sexual health, abortion, adoption, and parenting. All services are private and confidential and are provided at no charge to you.

The Heights

The Heights provides assistance from caring, qualified specialists who will help you get a handle on things by taking steps to protect yourself, your family, and your future.

COUNSELING - CHILDCARE - FOOD & CLOTHING ASSISTANCE - LAW ENFORCEMENT - LEGAL ASSISTANCE - PARENTING & RELATIONSHIP - EDUCATION - SPIRITUAL DIRECTION - HEALTHCARE - VICTIM ADVOCACY & CASE MANAGEMENT - EDUCATION - JOB TRAINING - TRANSITIONAL HOUSING

Mentors Care

Mentors Care partners with parents and school administrators to match “at-risk” students with caring mentors to help get them back onto a healthy course.  They strive to help propel them toward personal growth and development as well as social and economic opportunities that they might otherwise never realize.

Ellis County Children's Advocacy Center

The mission of the Ellis County Children’s Advocacy Center is to provide justice, hope, and healing to children and their families through a collaborative response to child abuse, which includes awareness, prevention, and protection

Financial

Dave Ramsey -- Ramsey Solutions

Ramsey Solutions helps to not only get yourself out of debt, but also to begin living a debt-free lifestyle.  

End of Life Planning

Boze-Mitchell-McKibbin Funeral Home

Discipleship

RightNow Media

RightNow Media provides Christians across the globe with resources that will inspire them to champion the mission Jesus gave to his people—making disciples of all nations. 

Bible Project

BibleProject is a nonprofit, crowdfunded organization that produces 100% free Bible videos, podcasts, blogs, classes, and educational Bible resources to help make the biblical story accessible to everyone everywhere.