POLICIES

Spirituality

ELCCC maintains a Christian statement of faith as noted below. ELCCC respects the rights of all people to make their own decisions about cultural preferences, including spirituality and does not discriminate based on ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual preference, or for any other reason. Each person will be asked how much they want spirituality and Christianity to be involved in their counseling and this will be respected by each provider.

Refund Policy

ELCCC does not offer refunds for counseling sessions. Counseling is based on time scheduled with the client and does not guarantee any results or outcomes.

Confidentiality

ELCCC maintains the confidentiality of all clients according to current HIPAA standards and the laws of the state of Georgia.

Disputes

Should a dispute arise regarding counseling, it is the policy to use mediation when necessary to resolve these disputes recognizing that counselee's are consumers with consumer rights. In mediation it is ELCCC’s intent to follow our counseling policies as stated in this document and in the intake forms signed by clients upon intake.

Statement of Faith

• ELCCC adopts the statement of faith put forth by the American Association of Christian Counselors and believes that:

• There exists only one God, creator and sustainer of all things, infinitely perfect and eternally co-existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

• The Scriptures, both Old and New testaments, are the inspired, inerrant and trustworthy Word of God, the complete revelation of His will for the salvation of human beings, and the final authority for all matters about which it speaks.

• Human nature derives from two historical personas, male and female, created in God’s image. They were created perfect, but they sinned, plunging themselves and all human beings into sin, guilt, suffering, and death.

• The substitutionary death of Jesus Christ and his bodily resurrection provide the only ground for justification, forgiveness, and salvation for all who believe. Only those who trust in Him alone are born of the Holy Spirit and are true members of the Church; only they will spend eternity with Christ.

• The Holy Spirit is the agent of regeneration and renewal for believers in Jesus Christ. He makes the presence of Jesus Christ real in believers, and He comforts, guides, convicts, and enables believers to live in ways that honor Christ.

• Ministry to persons acknowledges the complexity of humans as physical, social, psychological, and spiritual beings. The ultimate goal of Christian counseling is to help others move to personal wholeness, interpersonal competence, mental stability, and spiritual maturity.

• ELCCC believes in the free will of all people and it is NOT the policy of ELCCC to imply in any manner that individuals who don’t agree with these beliefs, or who act inconsistent with, or who do not accept, these religious beliefs or principles are dysfunctional, or otherwise inappropriate, or that the belief itself is unacceptable or incorrect. Instead, it is our policy to accept people where they are. We love Jesus, but our clients don’t have to! You can love whoever you want to love, and we will love and respect you.