The Past

Upon the closing of the Samaritan Pastoral Counseling Center in 2004, former members of that organization’s staff and other therapists from the community formed an aggregated group sharing office space and a common vision. Over the following two years, that vision became Pastoral Counseling & Family Therapy (PCFT), PLLC.

The Present

As our name states, we are a group of Pastoral Counselors and Family Therapists who are supporting each other in a Mission and Ministry to help those in the community who are troubled by the many challenges of present day life.

Collectively, we have over 200 years experience working with; physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual problems that trouble the lives of individuals and families.

We provide individual, family and group therapies, including multi-family groups. Some of the therapists of PCFT also provide Spiritual Direction. (Please refer to the Understanding Our Services page that provides brief descriptions of each of these helping modalities.)

There are distinctive elements to Pastoral Counseling, including:

• INTEGRATION of the Biological, Psychological and Social aspects of a person with his/her SPIRITUAL dimension.
• A RESPONSE TO SPIRITUAL THEMES in the lives of the persons we are serving grows from PCFT members working together as a Spiritual Community of Colleagues.

These distinctive elements of our Mission and Ministry will be sustained as PCFT grows with the addition of:

• PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION & SUPERVISION for both professional growth and to meet NYS licensure requirements.
• EDUCATION and CONSULTATION for community groups, both religious and secular.

(Please refer to the Understanding Our Services page for more detailed descriptions.)

The Future