Link Care exists to serve God by helping people grow in emotional health, personal integrity, and spiritual wholeness.
The counselors at Link Care are highly skilled in providing professional and ethical care to those facing life's challenges and experiencing pain. Since 1965, our biblically-based counseling center and our Restoration and Personal Growth program have been dedicated to restoring the whole person—mind, body, and soul. Life's challenges often leave us with wounds that need healing, and talking with a counselor about work, marriage, family, or personal issues can be very beneficial. The psychologists, marriage and family therapists, social workers, and pastoral counselors at Link Care are here to help anyone who could benefit from their expertise. Link Care exists to strengthen and support people recovering from hurtful events, equipping them with tools for successful relationships, and restoring them to become more effective in their daily lives.
WHAT WE BELIEVE
GOSPEL CENTERED. We do not advocate a system or a three-step process for change. Rather, we direct people to a person: Jesus, the perfect Redeemer. Our foundation is the gospel—believing that salvation cannot be earned and God's love cannot be lost. In our counseling approach, we lean on the wisdom of God's inherent Word and the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
THE LOCAL CHURCH.We believe that counseling should primarily take place within a community context. Therefore, we collaborate closely with churches as ministry partners and aim to engage them extensively. Additionally, we are dedicated to equipping local churches through training events, conferences, and consultations.
ON MISSION + FOR HIS GLORY. Our goal is to offer a standard of care that empowers everyone who seeks our services to better fulfill the mission to which God has called them. Additionally, we are committed to serving our city by offering practical and spiritual support to those in need, regardless of their backgrounds or challenges. Our passion to glorify God and witness clients finding complete satisfaction in Christ through the transformative power of the gospel.
WHAT WE DO
Life brings us challenges and sometimes we're left with wounds that need healing. it can be helpful to talk with a counselor about issues related to our work, marriage, family, or personality. The Psychologists, Marriage & Family Therapists, Social Workers, and Pastoral Counselors at Link Care extend care to anyone who would benefit from their expertise. Link Care exists to help people overcome and recover from hurtful events, gain tools for successful relationships and become more effective in daily life.
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As a Christian Counseling Center, Link Care serves both Christians and non-Christians in its mission to provide excellent, professional counseling. We are privileged to extend our services to everyone who lives in the Central Valley area and through tele-health our clinical team is available to those within California.
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The RPG program specifically ministers to pastors and missionaries who have encountered difficulties while in ministry. It is centered on helping our clients find renewed perspective on life and ministry, addressing issues related to stress and burnout, working through marital distress, cross-cultural adjustments, career evaluations, morality issues, adjustment for children and teens, grief and loss challenges for pastors and missionaries who have been hurt while serving in ministry.
Approximately 70% of those who have been in the RPG Program return to ministry. In the past 55+ years of ministry we have helped more than 6,000 pastors, missionaries, and their families. Your donations make this possible.
For those inquiring about our RPG program please contact Lisa Basile, ext 145
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Link Care is fortunate to have a team of highly qualified pastoral counselors dedicated to serving missionaries, pastors, and laypeople. We recognize that pastors and church leaders often struggle with how to best care for their congregations. To support them, our counselors offer supplemental counseling to existing pastoral staff teams, conduct training and mentoring sessions, and organize conferences and seminars throughout the year.
Link Care provides 5 free sessions to a licensed or credentialed full-time pastor in the Central Valley. To schedule those appointments, call the Counseling Office at (559) 439-5920, ext 145 and tell the New Client Coordinator of your needs.
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Our clinical team is delighted to collaborate with agencies and organizations to offer seminars on a wide range of topics. For inquiries, please reach out to our Executive Director, Dr. Jennifer Smith.
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Link Care provides a limited number of reduced-fee services to people in the Central Valley with financial need. If you do not have insurance and are unable to cover the cost of counseling call (559) 439-5920, ask for the New Client Coordinator, and notify him/her that you are interested in reduced fee services. If we are unable to provided reduced fee counseling, we will provide a referral to other agencies that can provide low fee services.
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Trust is built with each person/couple/family unit and their therapist. In fact, with having separate therapists for each person and couple/family unit, trust is built easier. For example, if one of the child's therapist is also the family therapist, the members of the family who are not that child may feel at some point that the therapist is favoring their client (even if the therapist is not doing so - it could feel that way) and impede full trust in the therapist's ability to remain impartial. The same goes for each member having their own therapist - it helps clients feel that there is not crossover and thus more secure privacy for the information they share with their therapist.
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We work to make sure missionaries/global workers from the same agency/country are not at Link Care at the same time.