About New Heart & Mind
New Heart and Mind is a non-profit that provides Biblical-based Christian counseling in the Spokane, Washington area. We know that God’s word – the Bible – provides all the answers people need to live successful lives.
THE PROBLEM
We all know that our society is broken, and the reason is primarily fathers. On the highest level, most people do not know their Heavenly Father, and on an earthly level, men are no longer men. Too many men father children, but take little or no responsibility, and so God’s design for the family is broken. Here is the result:
Some of these statistics are decades old – which means many of the irresponsible men today grew up without fathers; they were never taught to be men.
THE PROBLEM
We all know that our society is broken, and the reason is primarily fathers. On the highest level, most people do not know their Heavenly Father, and on an earthly level, men are no longer men. Too many men father children, but take little or no responsibility, and so God’s design for the family is broken. Here is the result:
- 43% of US children live without their father [US Department of Census]
- 90% of homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes. [US D.H.H.S., Bureau of the Census]
- 80% of rapists motivated with displaced anger come from fatherless homes. [Criminal Justice & Behaviour, Vol 14, pp. 403-26, 1978]
- 71% of pregnant teenagers lack a father. [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services press release, Friday, March 26, 1999]
- 63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes. [US D.H.H.S., Bureau of the Census]
- 85% of children who exhibit behavioral disorders come from fatherless homes. [Center for Disease Control]
- 90% of adolescent repeat arsonists live with only their mother. [Wray Herbert, “Dousing the Kindlers,” Psychology Today, January, 1985, p. 28]
- 71% of high school dropouts come from fatherless homes. [National Principals Association Report on the State of High Schools]
- 75% of adolescent patients in chemical abuse centers come from fatherless homes. [Rainbows f for all God’s Children]
- 70% of juveniles in state operated institutions have no father. [US Department of Justice, Special Report, Sept. 1988]
- 85% of youths in prisons grew up in a fatherless home. [Fulton County Georgia jail populations, Texas Department of Corrections, 1992]
- Fatherless boys and girls are: twice as likely to drop out of high school; twice as likely to end up in jail; four times more likely to need help for emotional or behavioral problems. [US D.H.H.S. news release, March 26, 1999]
Some of these statistics are decades old – which means many of the irresponsible men today grew up without fathers; they were never taught to be men.
THE SOLUTION
Strong nations are based on strong families, and that is based on strong marriages. At New Heart and Mind we work with men who have recognized their moral bankrupt condition, have turned to Christ, and want to rise up and be the men God designed them to be.
WE WORK IN THREE WAYS
This style of one-on-one counseling is effective because it is a form of cognitive replacement therapy. Our feelings and actions are controlled by what we believe, and often the beliefs are wrong. Cognitive replacement therapy identifies the lies someone is believing and replaces it with truth. Immediately, one’s feelings and actions changed. As Jesus said, “The truth sets you free” [John 8:32].
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Counseling and teaching costs money. Often the people we crisis have limited income, so we have reduced counseling costs to suggested donations of $35/hour. Usually, however, these men cannot pay, so we absorb the costs. We cannot continue doing this, and so are asking for your help. Will you provide sponsorship for a man who is trying to align his life back to Christ, but needs help?
REVIEW: Here is how two men described our counseling:
We have more men requesting counseling – more than we can currently serve. Please partner with us the help these men rise up and who God made them to be.
Strong nations are based on strong families, and that is based on strong marriages. At New Heart and Mind we work with men who have recognized their moral bankrupt condition, have turned to Christ, and want to rise up and be the men God designed them to be.
WE WORK IN THREE WAYS
- We teach groups of men in Christian drug and alcohol rehab centers.
- We provide distance Bible courses aimed at people from violent and abusive backgrounds. View a sample course here
- We provide one-on-one counseling using the APS Christian profile system*.
This style of one-on-one counseling is effective because it is a form of cognitive replacement therapy. Our feelings and actions are controlled by what we believe, and often the beliefs are wrong. Cognitive replacement therapy identifies the lies someone is believing and replaces it with truth. Immediately, one’s feelings and actions changed. As Jesus said, “The truth sets you free” [John 8:32].
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Counseling and teaching costs money. Often the people we crisis have limited income, so we have reduced counseling costs to suggested donations of $35/hour. Usually, however, these men cannot pay, so we absorb the costs. We cannot continue doing this, and so are asking for your help. Will you provide sponsorship for a man who is trying to align his life back to Christ, but needs help?
REVIEW: Here is how two men described our counseling:
- I have been in mental counseling for 20+ years and never have I grown as much as I have in these sessions. I believe Christian counseling is healing and blessing more than any other service I have tried in the past. I hope and pray God is able to continue the good work He started in me – Matthew C.
- This counseling has helped me better understand who I am and how to socialize. It has helped me figure out my strengths and weaknesses and has helped me to put God first – Patrick H.
We have more men requesting counseling – more than we can currently serve. Please partner with us the help these men rise up and who God made them to be.
Partner with us the help these men rise up and be who God made them to be.
Would you prefer to send a check? Send to:
NEW HEART & MIND
Edward Wilson
359 Pheasant Place,
Sheridan, Wyoming 82801
Would you prefer to send a check? Send to:
NEW HEART & MIND
Edward Wilson
359 Pheasant Place,
Sheridan, Wyoming 82801
* APS Profile System
The Arnold Profile System [APS] was designed by the National Christians Counselors’ Association as a way to measure and understand a person’s temperament. Temperament is not personality. Personality is often who we show ourselves to be. Temperament is who God made us to be. Temperament is who we are at the core. It is based on the correct assumption that we are all designed by God for purpose. None of us are random. When we understand how God has put us together, we can accentuate our strengths, and better control our weaknesses.
The Arnold Profile System [APS] was designed by the National Christians Counselors’ Association as a way to measure and understand a person’s temperament. Temperament is not personality. Personality is often who we show ourselves to be. Temperament is who God made us to be. Temperament is who we are at the core. It is based on the correct assumption that we are all designed by God for purpose. None of us are random. When we understand how God has put us together, we can accentuate our strengths, and better control our weaknesses.
