Our Approach The Bethel College Counseling Center was formed as a part of Student Development in 1992. We are dedicated to helping meet the emotional and spiritual needs of our students, staff and faculty. Our goal is to extend God's compassion and healing power to everyone who is a part of our campus community, by providing a broad range of preventative and problem-oriented counseling services from a Christian perspective. At the Counseling Center we provide confidential counseling services at no cost to full-time Bethel students.
Counseling is provided to part-time students, faculty and staff for a small fee.
James is a graduate of Cedarville College and earned his doctoral degree in clinical psychology from George Fox University in 1990. He is a licensed psychologist in the state of Indiana and before coming to Bethel worked for more than seven years with adolescents and their families. James has a particular interest in integrating his Christian faith and counseling practice and has been the director of the Counseling Center since 1995. In addition to his work at the Counseling Center, he also teaches in the M.A. in counseling program at Bethel. He is married and has three children.