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.

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.

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.

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.