Pastoral Counseling

First Baptist Church provides short-term, biblically-based, solution-focused counseling. We offer one-on-one counseling for men and women as well as couple’s counseling with our biblical counselors, Dr. Chris Schroeder and Rochelle Schroeder.

Please see our Counseling Policy below.

What You Need to Know

Frequently Asked Questions

FBC offers short-term, solution-focused counseling for the for the following areas:

  • Pre-Marriage Relationships
  • Addictions
  • Life Decisions/Purpose
  • Marriage Relationships
  • Personal Loss/Grief
  • Negative Thinking Patterns
  • Anger
  • Bitterness/Forgiveness
  • Theological/Spiritual Questions
  • Worry
  • Sadness
  • Sin Struggles

To request an appointment to receive counseling services, the counselee should call FBC and make an initial request through the Counseling Ministry Administrative Assistant. All inquiries will be handled in strict confidence.

In accordance with the Biblical Counseling model, women and children will be referred to the female Women’s counselor and men will be referred to a male Pastoral counselor.

Please note: FBC is committed to the spiritual health of its members. Thus, counseling for FBC members always takes precedence over all non-member-related services.

Any statements made in the course of the counseling session will be kept in confidence by the Counselor. The duty to maintain confidences may not apply in the context of child abuse. A legal duty to report known or reasonably suspected cases of child abuse generally overrides the duty to maintain confidences (at least, for persons who are required to report under state law). Further, the counselor may reserve the right to disclose confidential information in specified situations such as threats of suicide or intent to harm another person.

Counselees will contact the counseling office and will be required to take the SYMBIS test and pay the fee required by SYMBIS.  After that, counselees will be contacted to make an appointment. Members and non-members who miss 3 sessions will be given a referral, if possible. Not showing, canceling day-of, or continuously rescheduled sessions are considered missed appointments.

Counselees will contact the counseling office and will be required to take the SYMBIS test and pay the fee required by SYMBIS. After that, counselees will be contacted to make an appointment. If further sessions are needed, a donation of $20 for each additional session is suggested. Members who miss 3 sessions will be given a referral, if possible. Not showing, canceling day-of, or continuously rescheduled sessions are considered missed appointments.

Counselees will contact the counseling office and will be able to schedule an appointment. If further sessions are needed, a donation of $20 for each additional session is suggested. Members who miss 3 sessions will be given a referral, if possible. Not showing, canceling day-of, or continuously rescheduled sessions are considered missed appointments.

Counselees will contact the counseling office and will be required to have a referral from a pastor in the church. If further sessions are needed, a donation of $20 for each additional session is suggested. Non-members will need a different referral if any session is missed concerning the initial referral. Not showing, canceling day-of, or continuously rescheduled sessions are considered missed appointments.

Additional counseling resources outside of those offered by FBC can be found here.

Still Have Questions? Send us a Message

If you  have any questions about our counseling ministry, feel free to contact us below, our office at 903.831.6000, or email us at [email protected].