Lutheran Counseling Center — The same friendly faces, but a different address, and right around the corner! On January 4, 2010 if you come to our Burnsville office you will discover that we have moved to a different office suite just around the corner to the right, at 1519 East Highway 13. The address numbers are all that will change. Our phone number and other contact information will remain the same. Come visit. Or better yet, call us if you'd like to help with the move!
Guided by our mission and vision, and in an effort to continue offering our clients the highest degree of Christian mental health care services, Lutheran Counseling Center (LCC) is continually making improvements.
Wellness Fairs
New Executive Director
Military personnel and their families
Child Directed Play Therapy
LCC Provides Help to Church Congregation in Need
LCC Clinical Director Assists Stephen Ministry Caregivers
Wellness Fairs

New Executive Director
With
the retirement of former Executive Director, John Chorba, the Board of
Directors of Lutheran Counseling Center is pleased to announce that "interim" director,
Pastor Bruce Frederickson, has accepted the permanent position of Executive
Director of Lutheran Counseling Center. Bruce recently retired after serving
Messiah Lutheran Church in Mounds View for 25 years. He is excited about
the possibilities of expanding the ministry of LCC, as he meets with and
assists many in our area to receive the quality Christian Counseling they
have come to expect. Please feel free to contact him with questions or
inquirites about LCC, at BruceF6300@comcast.net or
phone him at 952.894.4828. Bruce and his wife, Ann, also lead several of
the Readiness for Marriage preparation workshops.
Military personnel and their families
It is normal and reasonable for military families to have stress and readjustment issues, when families are reunited after a year of separation. There is no way a non-military person can fully understand what a soldier goes through in a war zone. Nor can the soldier fully understand what life has been like for his family. Oftentimes it can be helpful for a counselor to help each member work through their separate and join needs as a family. A number of our counselors have experience and training in working with military families, whether or not these soldiers and families have experienced combat. Among the insurances we can utilize is TriCare.
Child Directed Play Therapy
Many of our counselors work successful with children. Jerry Blume has a special room available for "Child Directed Play Therapy," where children chose froma variety of activities including art, sand, dramatic, fantasy and games. You may wish to read more about Jerry's qualifications and expertise.

LCC Provides Help to Church Congregation in Need
Confidentiality prevents LCC from disclosing any specifics when serving individuals, groups and congregations in crisis.
Members of the Lutheran Counseling Center staff often respond to concerns and situations experienced by congregations. Having the opportunity to receive information from a Christian mental health care professional about difficult experiences and talking them through with a Christian perspective can be very beneficial and prevent difficulties from worsening.
Recently an LCC therapist assisted church members to openly discuss a significant problem that, if left unaddressed, would have intensified in hurtfulness and undermined trust. Rather, by enlisting one of LCC’s Christian counselors, the church workers were helped to pass through a difficult experience.
Church officials relayed to LCC that, “persons who were participants in the meetings found the experience to be excellent and positive, (we were) glad to be as open as we were”. The officials were pleased with and confirmed they would recommend the services of Lutheran Counseling Center to other congregations.
The professionals at LCC, your counseling center, welcome the opportunity to help with your needs.
LCC Clinical Director assists Stephen Ministry caregivers
LCC
Clinical Director, Dr. Larry Green, met with a dozen Stephen Ministries caregivers
the evening of June 7, at Messiah Lutheran Church, Mounds View. As part of
their ongoing education to assist the caregivers in understanding and serving
the mental health needs of their brothers and sisters in Christ, Dr. Green
presented information about the medical nature of depression and other mental
illness concerns.
During the meeting, the people talked about the special needs and challenges they experience in reaching out to people in emotional distress, the effectiveness of medication, and the special support and encouragement that is so vital to their important work.
