"I am so grateful for the Parish Counseling Network. Over my seventeen years of the priesthood, I have referred a great number of people to PCN, and the counseling, therapy and assistance they have received from the therapists has been life-giving, healing, and, in some cases, literally life-saving.

As a priest who works in healing and liberation ministry, I have seen an overwhelming need for mental health assistance and inner healing, which is a process that involves more than just receiving the sacraments and prayer. It requires the attention of caring professionals who walk with a person, build a trusting relationship, and allow the person to open their hearts and process their thoughts and emotions in a safe environment.

PCN offers a way for people who cannot afford private therapy to receive that essential need in their healing process. As priests, we do not have the time or proper training to do this work for all the souls in our care, and we need the collaboration of wise, faith-based counselors and therapists to work as a team in helping people heal and live lives of a deeper freedom in Christ.

I want to thank PCN for making this huge need a reality for so many of the people I have walked with in ministry, and I hope and pray that more faith-based therapists will join PCN to provide even more souls with the care they need. God bless you!"