COUNSELING TEAM – USING OUR TIME AND TALENTS TO BLESS OTHERS

La Casa de mi Padre serves children from very difficult backgrounds. This implies that every child who is placed with us brings with them traumatic pasts that have changed their way of thinking about and reacting to our world. With our counselors and houseparents working together, our goal is that children would feel safe, able to process their hurts, learn healthy ways to respond and that healing would take place.

Last week, a team from GlobalX out of Atlanta, GA, partnered alongside us to come around our staff and children to encourage and teach in areas of mental health. They spent two mornings with the children facilitating different activities and games centering around concepts like emotions, how to ask for help and how to offer help, our identity in Christ and team work. They then pulled our counselors and houseparents away for two days of teaching. We took time to look at trauma and the many ways it affects our attachment and the way we react to the world around us. Much time was spent looking at practical ways to teach coping skills that would help the children regulate. Their intentional preparation and their hearts for us were so evident.

We are grateful for those who generously give of their talents to pour into our staff and children. Thank you GlobalX Counseling Team for serving and loving us so well!