Samaritan Family
Counseling Center
Don Haight,
Executive Director
P.O. Box 41
12 Elm St.
Peru, NY 12972
sfcc6894@verizon.net
518-643-6894
518-643-8709
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Our Roots in the Community:
The Samaritan Family Counseling Center was founded in 1980 as an
outreach ministry of the Keene Valley Congregational Church. Currently
we are supported by the Peru Community Church as part of its outreach
ministry.
Affiliated with the Samaritan
Institute in Denver, Colorado, we are a private, not-for-profit
organization that is governed by a local, ecumenical, community-wide
Board of Trustees.
Samaritan History:
The Samaritan program began in Elkhart, Indiana in 1972 when a
physician, two parish pastors, and a seminary professor observed that by
working together, ministers, therapists, and physicians were very
effective in helping people with stress-related problems. This team
approach became the foundation of the Samaritan program. Samaritan
counselors believe that there is a close relationship of mind, body,
spirit, and community, and that optimal health care involves
consideration of all four.
Today, the Samaritan program is one of the largest providers of
professional counseling. There are 500 Samaritan Center offices in 365
cities in the United States and Japan. This growth has been in direct
response to the needs of congregations and communities as they realize
the emotional and physical costs of stress. It is also a tribute to the
thousands of people who have realized the importance of having a local
Center and who have made the Center a reality through faith and hard
work.
The Samaritan Family Counseling Center is nationally accredited by
The Samaritan Institute, Denver,
Colorado.
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