Pastoral Counseling Services of the South Shore

Institute for Spiritual Life and Psychotherapy

Healing for heart, mind, and spirit

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FOR INTAKES please contact our Billing & Intake Office

781-826-0011 x112 or x108

And, be sure to read our counselor bios to help you get started...

COVID-19 RESPONSE

Last updated Tuesday June 16, 2020

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, PCSSS is offering Telehealth psychotherapy to our clients. We are grateful we are able to provide uninterrupted counseling services through Telehealth, using online formats that allow for both audio and video conferencing, as well as over-the-phone sessions.

As Massachusetts reopens, state leadership recommends that those who can work from home continue doing so in order to reduce the risk of transmitting the virus. The American Psychological Association also recommends that outpatient therapists continue using Telehealth as much as possible at this time. PCSSS supports the recommendations to continue providing Telehealth psychotherapy and to provide in-person social distancing sessions on a case-by-case basis and at the clinical discretion of the therapist.

While we are unclear as to when we will be reopening our offices, PCSSS is committed to staying apprised of policy and procedure recommendations from the Center for Disease Control and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. We are grateful for your continued patience and understanding as we determine how best to serve the South Shore community during these confusing times.

As we move forward, we will continue accepting new referrals for Telehealth psychotherapy throughout the pandemic. To begin the referral process, please call or email using the contact information above. If you have already spoken with a counselor and are preparing for your first Telehealth therapy session, you can access all of the necessary intake paperwork using the 3 links below.

EVALUATION PACKET

TELEHEALTH INFORMED CONSENT

RELEASE OF INFORMATION CONSENT FORM

Below you will find links to some helpful resources to tend the mind, heart, and spirit during the COVID-19 pandemic. Please explore how these resources could help you during this time. We also welcome you to share these links with your loved ones as you see fit.

We post this offering knowing that the COVID-19 pandemic is being referred to as “a global trauma,” and thus hope that these links will have a positive effect on helping you and your loved ones manage difficult experiences during unprecedented times.

While important to compassionately acknowledge the gravity of this pandemic, it is equally important to acknowledge the capacity each of us has in protecting ourselves from developing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in response to this global event. In other words, a traumatic experience does not necessarily mean that one will develop PTSD.

One characteristic that minimizes the probability of developing PTSD is psychological resiliency. Psychological resiliency can be built by practicing sound self-care on a regular basis, as well as during an acute phase of a traumatic experience. In short, building resiliency interferes with the trajectory of PTSD, disrupting the pathway that shapes a traumatic experience into a traumatic disorder.

SELF-CARE PRACTICE TO TEND THE HEART

SELF-CARE PRACTICE TO TEND THE MIND

SELF-CARE PRACTICE TO TEND THE SPIRIT

FLATTENING THE CURVE

On behalf of our local communities and the world at large, thank you for helping bear the social responsibility of flattening the curve, and for tending your mind, heart, and spirit.

Pastoral Counseling Services

The Institute's central activity, Pastoral Counseling Services, provides the highest standards of pastoral counseling to persons presenting with a variety of life concerns.

We provide individual, couples, family, and group therapy for issues including:

anxiety and depression,
bereavement,
relational problems,
parenting,
child and adolescent concerns,
elderly concerns,
eating disorders,
trauma
and others.

We also provide in-home services to home-bound elderly and disabled clients.

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