I have supervision in an hour so I'm taking this time to write because I haven't written here in a long while and God has been moving big time. I mailed in the paper work for my own counseling center which is in connection to Community Recovery, International. We are also looking for space and found a building we love though needs much TLC. We are putting our resources together before we buy the building to make sure that we will be able to handle what needs to be done to the building. The building is located on S. Division just on the cusp the the Hispanic neighborhoods which is perfect because that is an area of people we have yet to connect with in Grand Rapids. We are close to those we offer counseling to which is the ARC, Guiding Light Missions and Mel Trotter. We provide after care counseling for these people who have graduated from these programs. The building is perfect for us because one level will be administration offices for Community Recovery, International and the other level will be the counseling center.
As soon as things are up and running smoothly and we have a steady flow of clients, I would like the counseling center to be an approved site for other MA's and MSW's students who are ready to start on their practicum and internships. This is huge and God is moving in big ways in providing the funding that we need to make this happen.
I already had other counselors approach me wanting to do counseling at the center and we will get there. Right now, I'm working on building the base as well as doing all the necessary paperwork registering a professional limited-liability company. One step at a time.
