Tree of Hope Counseling, Inc.

MISSION STATEMENT: IT IS THE MISSION OF TREE OF HOPE INC. TO PROVIDE FREE COUNSELING SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS STRUGGLING FOR INTEGRATION INTO A NORMATIVE SOCIAL STRUCTURE. THIS INCLUDES SUPPORT AND PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PROVIDING LIFE RE-START SERVICES SUCH AS SHELTERED LIVING, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, JOB ASSISTANCE, FOOD, CLOTHING, AND SERVICE PLANS. PARTNERSHIPS INCLUDE FAITH AND NON-FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS. TREE OF HOPE WILL PROVIDE THE NECESSARY EMOTIONAL SUPPORT TO HELP INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EMBRACE THE AIDE PROVIDED THROUGH OTHER RESOURCES. A THOROUGH INTAKE ASSESSMENT WILL BE USED TO DEVELOP A CASE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR ALL PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS. ASSESSMENTS ARE ONE TOOL THAT WILL BE USED TO ADDRESS PSYCHOSOCIAL ISSUES THAT MAY BE AN OBSTACLE TO SOCIAL INTEGRATION AND NORMATIVE LIVING. SOME OF THE SERVICES AVAILABLE WILL BE: INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP COUNSELING, RESOURCE AND REFERRAL, CASE MANAGEMENT PLANNING, ON SITE COMMUNITY SUPPORT MEETINGS, AND PSYCHIATRIC REFERRALS, AS A NECESSARY, PAID FOR BY THE ORGANIZATION. ALTHOUGH MEDICAL-PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES ARE SEPARATE FROM THE ORGANIZATION, A SIGNIFICANT PURPOSE FOR THE AVAILABILITY OF THE RESOURCE WILL BE TO SUPPORT PSYCHIATRIC RECOMMENDATIONS FROM A MEDICAL MODEL SUCH AS: INITIAL PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENTS, INITIAL PAYMENT FOR MEDICATIONS PRESCRIBED FROM A STANDARD FORMULARY, AND THE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT NEEDED TO BRIDGE GAPS FROM RESISTANCE TO PSYCHIATRIC CARE TO A PLACE OF TRUST AND HOPE. THE MISSION INCLUDES AN OPTION FOR TEN WEEKS OF CRISIS COUNSELING, SIX MONTHS FOLLOW UP IN GROUP THERAPY, AND TRANSITION INTO PUBLIC SUPPORT GROUPS SUCH AS DEBTORS, CO-DEPENDANTS, ALCOHOLICS, NARCOTICS, AND OTHER 12 STEP GROUPS. SPIRITUAL SUPPORT FROM LOCAL FAITH BASED AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE ENCOURAGED. STRONG SUPPORT NETWORKS HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO BE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO WHOLE LIVING. ALL PHASES OF CRISIS TREATMENT WILL INCLUDE RESOURCE REFERRALS THAT ARE CLIENT APPROPRIATE. THE POPULATION SERVED WILL BE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES, INCLUDING YOUTH AND CHILDREN. AN EMPHASIS WILL BE ON SEVERELY DESPERATE CASES. REPAIRING DAMAGE FROM SEVERE CRISIS IS PART OF OUR MISSION, (NOT A CRITERIA FOR ELIMINATION) GIVING HOPE TO ALL IS OUR MISSION. VISION: THE VISION OF TREE OF HOPE IS TO BE THERE TO SUPPORT THE DISENFRANCHISED. ESSENTIALLY THIS MEANS AN ORGANIZATION THAT FLUIDLY GIVES HOPE AND A VOICE TO THE LOST AND BROKEN. WE SEE TREE OF HOPE AS AN ORGANIZATION INFUSED, AND BLESSED WITH, A REMARKABLE POWER TO HEAL, MEND, AND GIVE HOPE. THE EMPLOYEES OF THIS ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FOR THEIR CHARISMATIC AND INSPIRATIONAL ABILITIES. WE SEE NO LIMIT TO THE AMOUNT OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL BE HEALED THROUGH HOPE. WE SEE A COMMUNITY THAT WELCOMES AN AGENCY COMMITTED TO ACCEPTING THE CHALLENGE OF REMOVING PSYCHIC OBSTACLES TO CHANGE. WE SEE AN AGENCY ROOTED IN THE LOCAL POPULATION AND PARTNERING TO SPREAD LIKE THE GROWTH OF A TREE, BRIDGING GAPS TO COMMUNITY COHESIVENESS. WE ARE TREE OF HOPE COUNSELING INC., A BENEVOLENT ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO PROVIDING PRACTICAL HELP, LIMITLESS FAITH AND INSPIRATION, AND TO GIVE FREELY OF THAT WHICH WE HAVE RECEIVED. DATE: 2/2/2010

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