Mission Statement

Mission Statement:

The Lutheran Counseling Center is a healing ministry of the Church offering health, hope and wholeness by serving individuals, families, congregations and our community.

The Lutheran Counseling Center:

LCC of the New York metropolitan and surrounding area is a (501C-3) nonprofit organization with nine mental health counseling sites that offer hope and healing by providing faith-based individual and family psychotherapy. LCC has licensed professional pastoral counselors, social workers and psychologists from a Christian background.

Faith-based Counseling:

We value each person as a unique and worthy creation of God. LCC recognizes and celebrates the connection between one’s faith and the process of growth and healing. At the same time, being sensitive and respecting the religious views of the other person is a part of who we are in meeting the hurting person where he or she is. Our counselors serve persons and families of different ethnic and religious backgrounds.

Our Roots and Partnerships:

LCC is affiliated with the Metropolitan New York Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and is a Recognized Service Organization (RSO) with the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod in partnership with the Atlantic District. The ministry of the Center is supported by member Association Congregations and Schools and relates to the wider community as well.

Our History:

LCC was begun in 1989 by four pastoral counselors who wanted to have trusted professional counselors who would respect and uphold their congregational members’ religious beliefs. The first site was at Lutheran Church of Our Saviour, Mineola, NY.

Our Expertise in Disaster Counseling:

LCC provided eight years of counseling for disaster victims and affected New Yorkers after the 9/11 Disaster and one and a half years of counseling for victims after Super Storm Sandy through its partnership with Lutheran Disaster Response of New York (LDRNY). Our therapists have had special training in disaster response and in treating post-traumatic stress disorder.