Mrs. Nancy Diedrich, LPC, LMFT - National Board Certified Counselor - Mediator

Office of Family Ministries
P.O. Box 505 --2779 Hwy 311
Schriever, LA 70395 

(985) 850-3129 PH

Counseling appointments available on Monday-Wednesday-Thursday

Counseling fees set on a sliding scale. For more information please call (985) 850-3129.

Mission Statement

Counseling Services strives to promote emotionally healthy Christian family life in all of its stages. Understanding the stress placed on contemporary families, we endeavor to support them in meeting the challenges of raising children and maintaining a loving family in the face of the cultural, economic, and moral pressures of our day.

In light of many attacks on family relationships today, our mission is to strengthen and affirm the Christian family.

Mrs. Nancy Diedrich is a Licensed Professional Counselor and also holds a License in Marriage and Family Therapy.

Our office provides:

• Individual Counseling
• Individual Counseling provides guidance in areas of:
  • Separated/Divorced
  • Family Problems
  • Depression
  • Parenting Issues
  • Child and Adolescent Behavior Problems
  • Bereavement
  • Personal Loss 
  • Personal Development

Couples Counseling

Couples counseling is for couples experiencing a weakening of their relationship.

Couples Counseling provides guidance in areas of:

• Communication
• Commitment
• Compatibility
• Adjustment to life changes

Marital Counseling

Marital counseling is for those married couples, experiencing difficulties in their marriage and have a willingness to work on their relationship. Marital counseling also includes accurate referrals from our network.

Our referral sources include: Retrouvaille (which is an intensive program for troubled marriages.), a physician network, a therapist network and community programs.

Retrouvaille

The word Retrouvaille, simply means “rediscovery.” The program offers the chance to rediscover yourself, your spouse, and a loving relationship in your marriage. Retrouvaille is not a spiritual retreat, not a sensitivity group, not a seminar, not a social gathering.

Although Retrouvaille is a Catholic program, they welcome couples of other faith expressions. Retrouvaille is designed to help marriages. They do not recommend it to those who are unmarried and have chosen to “live together.” For more information click here.

Family Counseling

Family counseling strengthens family relationships by challenging family members to communicate honestly and appropriately in an effort to forgive one another.

Development Programs

We can provide enrichment programs/in-service for groups that are designed for personal development.

Diocesan support group trainings are for leaders/volunteers interested in leading a parish support group. There are no support group trainings scheduled at this time.

Parishes interested in a specific training should contact Mrs. Catherine Klingman, LCSW.

            RAINBOWS Mission

RAINBOWS is an international, not-for-profit organization that fosters emotional healing among children grieving a loss from a life-altering crisis.

Principles of Hope:

• Educates and builds public awareness about the growing number of children suffering significant loss issues in their lives.
• Believes that grieving youth deserve supporting, loving listeners as they struggle with their feelings.
• Provides accredited training for all volunteers to prepare them for the commitment of assisting bereaved youth.
• Supports our volunteers and accredited sites to sustain quality delivery of services to youth through our worldwide network of Registered Directors.

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  Produces high quality programs offered at no cost to the children.
• Is available to children of all races and religions.
• Serves as an advocate for youth who face life-altering crises.

Catherine Klingman, LCSW is the RAINBOWS Registered Director for our area. There are several RAINBOWS sites throughout our diocese. For more information, please call the Office of Family Ministries at (985) 850-3129 or email Catherine at cklingman@htdiocese.org

Beginning Experience in New Orleans
P. O. Box 74345
Metairie, LA 70033-4345
Judy: 504.858.1287
Tammy: 504.250.1869

Dates
October 1-3, 2010
February 11-13, 2011
June 10-12, 2011
October 14-16, 2011
(All weekends held at Lumen Christi Retreat Center, Schriever LA 70395)

Separated  -  Divorced  -  Widowed
From heartache to hope for those who find themselves alone again.

Beginning Experience
A weekend away for a lifetime of change

The pain of loss
The loss of a loved one through separation, divorce, or death is one of life's most traumatic experiences. It can result in nearly unbearable feelings of loneliness and grief.
Many people who have suffered this loss feel left out by their church, uneasy around married friends, unsure of themselves and uncertain about their futures.
 
Hope for a New Beginning
The Beginning Experience Weekend program helps grieving single-again persons emerge from the darkness of grief into the light of a new beginning, and move into the future with renewed hope. The program helps deal with the natural grief process and offers an opportunity, through God, for turning the pain of loss into an experience of positive growth. Founded by a Catholic nun and rooted in the Christian Tradition, the ministry's open, ecumenical spirit serves those of all faiths.
 
 
Who Should Attend
Beginning Experience weekend is designed to be a time of closure on the past and renewed hope for the future. Those who come should be beyond the initial feelings of anger and despair which usually follow the loss of a loved one. They should be at the point of wanting a new beginning and ready to work to make that desire a reality.
Once the applicatin for theweekend is received, someone is available to help each person determine his or her readiness for the program.

The results
Those who've attended the weekend program report:
- increased health and self respect
- New skills to deal with the pain of loss
- Healthier family relationships
- Renewed energy to be more effective parents, return to their church, and improve the standard of living for themselves and their families.

The invitation
Whether you choose to attend the Beginning Experience weekend only, or in addition to other support for the single again, the program's invitational process offers the opportunity to move toward a new beginning in life. It's quality and effectiveness are well documented.
- Developed by respected professionals in grief psychology, ministry, education and organizational process, the program is both psychologically and spiritually sound.
- The ministry has been honored by the North American conference of Separated and Divorced Catholics and the National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers, participated in the International Conference for the World Federation for Mental Health in Ireland, and addressed the Austrailian govenment's Year of the Family Congress.
-To ensure the intergrity of the copyrighted program, the Beginning Experience International Ministry Center periodically certifies 120 peer ministry teams worldwide to present the program.
 
Location: New Orleans, LA
Phone: 1-504-250-1869
Email: tammy-0@hotmail.com