St. Anne's Counseling Center is an outreach ministry of St. Anne's Episcopal Church, Crystal River, FL. The Counseling Center was established in 1989 in response to a growing need for quality therapeutic counseling. The mission of the Center and its staff is to provide this quality of counseling to all people, regardless of religion, race, orientation or personal history.

St. Anne's and the Counseling Center require their counselors to be well educated and professionaly trained. All hold a Master's and / or Doctorate degrees equipping them for counseling, and their continuing education is ongoing. All are members of professional organizations and are from various denominations, with high personal moral values and compasssionate respect for all people.

As an outreach mission of the Church, St. Anne's Counseling Center provides a ministry of counseling to help others meet their potential and so to fulfill their destiny as God's own by loving and respecting themselves and others. We perceive our clients as more than simply an entity or physical life form. They are souls created by God to love and be loved, to live out their lives by making healthy choices responsibly. This is not only health giving to our mortal lives, but is the energy for our spiritual existance.

An appointment can be made by calling 352-795-3440.

STAFF

Barbara Martin, M.A., Director

Mrs. Martin holds a Bachelor's in psychology and Master's in counseling.  She joined the Center in 1989 as an administrator.  In 1992 she began counseling.  Her fields of particular interest are  parenting and working with juveniles.

 

Rachel Mathew, M.A., L.M.H.C.

Licensed Mental Health Counselor

Board Certified Professional Christian Counselor

Rachel Mathew has worked with individuals, couples, families and children since 1998.  She is qualified to work with most kinds of diagnoses and problems.  She especially enjoys working with children, hurting teens and their families and with women who have a history of abuse.  She delights in seeing her clients grow and overcome when God is invited to be a part of the practice of clinical counseling.