About Us
Pastoral Counseling
Pastoral Counseling is available for all persons and draws on the rich traditions of both psychology and, if desired, spirituality, working from an interfaith perspective, respecting everyone’s journey as they face difficult life experiences.
Mission Statement:
The Pastoral Counseling Centers of Massachusetts provide counseling to all persons seeking wholeness and renewal, honoring their race, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, gender identity and sexual orientation.
Vision Statement:
We strive to understand what each client is seeking and the most effective manner of helping them reach their goals. Our aim is to unravel how each client’s unique culture, ethnicity, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, and spiritual/religious background affects their beliefs, behaviors, values, practices, and social interactions.
Center Description
The Pastoral Counseling Centers of Massachusetts (PCC of MA) is a specialized ministry that provides quality psychotherapy to the greater Central Massachusetts area. We are located in Westborough and Worcester.
The clinical staff of the pastoral counseling center includes Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists, Mental Health Counselors, Psychologists and a Certified Spiritual Director. Many of the staff have taught undergraduate courses in psychology, marriage & family, and pastoral counseling.
Our mission for over 55 years has been providing counseling to individuals, couples, children, adolescents, families and groups utilizing each person’s own faith perspective in their process of healing and growth – a view that has recently captured the interest of the scientific community. The pastoral counseling relationship provides a person with a direct and personal connection to their religious community and the values it represents.
What happens in pastoral counseling is the telling of stories, genuinely understanding them as they are presented, and interpreting them in the light of the religious community’s larger story of life’s meaning. The pastoral counselor’s role and function as representative of the story of faith enables a person to reinterpret his or her story in the light of the faith’s understanding of who a person related to God is. This allows one to experience and interpret new possibilities of selfhood, relationships and behavior.
Providing for all
A fundamental aspect of PCC of MA’s mission is to provide pastoral counseling for all who want to take advantage of this unique ministry. It is our local faith communities and charities that have faithfully provided funds each year to help offset the cost of providing this vital ministry to those who otherwise would not be able to afford the cost of pastoral counseling. A donation may also be designated to PCC of MA through one’s United Way contribution.
More and more persons are finding that the level of clinical expertise combined with the pastoral perspective as found here at PCC of MA are the qualities most likely to affect their healing and growth. Thank you for participating in this ministry.