ABOUT SUSIE HARTZ...

Susie grew up in Atlanta, MI and knew from an early age that she wanted to have a career that focused on helping people through difficult life circumstances. She received her BA in Family Life Education through Spring Arbor University. She began working with families through the Head Start and Early Head Start Programs. During this time, she went back to school and received her MA in Counseling through Liberty University. 

 

Her counseling career has been in both agency settings as well as running her own private practice.  She began working at E-Free in 2017 and has loved the ability to have the main focus to be centered around God and allowing him to work within sessions. Her passion is to help people feel valued, heard and loved. She comes from a humble place when walking alongside individuals as they are experiencing some of the most difficult moments of their lives. She feels the importance of helping people learn that their past doesn’t define them and helping them to grow in knowing the chain breaker. 

 

Susie is very excited to be a part of the development of the Care Center and very eager to see God’s plans come to life with this program.

COUNSELING

Why Christian Counseling?

No matter the philosophical approach, counseling is always a relationship in which counselors attempts to help an individual, couple, or family better understand and address concerns in an environment of safety, trust, and privacy. What makes the Biblical approach unique is it intentionally integrates the truth of the Bible with truth that is knowable in the created universe. The underpinnings for this are beliefs that:

 

  1. 1. God created the universe in an orderly way revealing much about Himself by what He made, while making general truth discoverable through study of the natural world.
  2. 2. He supernaturally revealed authoritative truth on all things pertaining to man and God by the written Word of God – the Bible.

 

E-Free Church seeks to provide counseling that is consistent with sound clinical practice without undermining our belief that the teachings of the Bible is the foundation of solid, reliable answers to the challenges and problems of life.

How do I get started?

Counseling begins by completing our Professional Counseling Request Form. Susie, our Licensed Professional Counselor, will conduct a brief phone interview to help assure what is being requested fits the parameters of our capabilities. If there is a fit, an initial appointment is made.  

CLICK HERE TO FILL OUT PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING REQUEST FORM

What about confidentiality?

To protect what is shared in counseling is kept in strictest confidence, we commit to legal and professional ethical guidelines as described in the counseling agreement that each person signs prior to the first session.

 

Exceptions include:

  1. 1. A counselee’s intend to harm themselves;
  2. 2. A known risk for someone else to be harmed;
  3. 3. Evidence of child abuse or neglect;
  4. 4. A release of information;
  5. 5. A court order.

Who is counseling offered to?

  1. 1.  Members and regular attenders at Gaylord E-Free Church seeking individual, marital, and family counseling are given first priority. 
  2. 2.  Non-Members/Attenders are considered on a case by case basis

Cost of counseling?

  1. Because this is a ministry of Gaylord E-Free Church, we do not charge a set fee. Our goal is to keep counseling as accessible as possible without either financially overburdening the church or those needing counseling.  All counselees are asked to make a tax deductible contribution at the time of service to the church according to their financial ability. This helps assure the future of this ministry.  

  2. *A good way to calculate a minimum donation is to multiply gross income by .001 times, i.e. 

    $10,000 = $10

    $20,000 = $20

    $30,000 = $30

    $40,000 = $40

    $50,000 = $50