Biblical Counseling & Pastoral Services
Christ-Centered Biblical Care
Restoring Hope Ministries offers Christ-centered care for the whole person, practiced as Relationally Applied Biblical Counseling (RABC) — biblical truth, embodied in relationship and practiced in life. Our care pathways may include biblical counseling, pastoral care, licensed clinical support, recovery groups, church partnership, and — when appropriate and available — neuroscience-informed services such as neurofeedback or Brainspotting provided by properly trained professionals.
We do not believe any method replaces Christ, Scripture, prayer, repentance, community, or the faithful care of the local church. Rather, we seek to steward every appropriate tool in humble submission to God's design for healing. We recognize that the human person must be cared for as embodied, relational, spiritual, and socially situated.
We also deeply respect our licensed colleagues in the helping professions. If RHM is not the right fit for you, we will gladly help connect you to someone who is. What matters most is that you get help.
How Care Works at RHM
Integrated Care Pathways
Every care pathway begins with listening. A case manager or trained intake staff member may first meet with you to understand your needs, current distress, support system, goals, and practical concerns. Some individuals may benefit from a licensed assessment before beginning care. Others may begin with biblical counseling, a recovery group, pastoral support, or referral to a community partner.
Because no two stories are identical, RHM does not offer a one-size-fits-all pathway. We seek to discern care carefully, practice within scope, collaborate when needed, and honor the dignity of each person who comes for help. The pathway follows the person — not the other way around.
Initial Contact
Brief 15–20 min case manager call to clarify need, risk, fit, and readiness
Needs Review
In-person or telehealth meeting to understand your story, supports, and faith background
Assessment (if needed)
Licensed assessment to identify appropriate pathway — counseling, neurofeedback, group, or referral
Licensed Care Foundation
Stabilization, rapport-building, and safety monitoring with a licensed clinician when indicated
Biblical Counseling
Scripture-shaped, relational, prayerful care — helping you seek Christ in suffering, grief, and confusion
Community & Aftercare
Groups, church connection, discipleship, and mentorship toward sustainable belonging
Some RHM services may be eligible for insurance depending on provider type, service type, clinical necessity, and payer rules. Biblical counseling, pastoral care, discipleship, and many ministry services are generally not insurance-billed services. RHM will explain costs and options before services begin.
The Need Is Real — Brown County, WI
Mental Health in Our Community
Sources: Greater Green Bay Community Foundation · Wello 2023 Community Health Survey · Brown County Coalition for Suicide Prevention · 211 Wisconsin
Suicide deaths in Brown County in 2023 alone
Avg. 40/year from 2019–2023
Mental health & addiction — 2nd most requested service via 211
Brown, Kewaunee & Oconto Counties (2024)
of LGBTQ+ high schoolers in Brown County reported mental health concerns
vs. 45% among heterosexual cisgender peers
Rise in suicide deaths in Kewaunee County (2019–2021)
Mental health ranked top priority for improvement
Brown County and Northeast Wisconsin are facing a growing mental health crisis. Suicide rates are rising, wait lists for care are long, and thousands of families lack access to affordable, faith-aligned counseling. Restoring Hope Ministries exists to close that gap — offering Christ-centered biblical counseling, licensed clinical care, and community-based support to those who need it most.
78% of Oconto County residents surveyed described mental health as a major to moderate problem in their community.
Individual Counseling
Personalized support for trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, identity struggles, and addiction.
Couples Counseling
Biblically grounded guidance for married or engaged couples seeking restoration and covenant renewal.
Family Counseling
Christ-centered support for families dealing with conflict, parenting struggles, and crisis situations.
Group Counseling
Spirit-led group sessions fostering healing through community, Scripture, and shared testimony.
Brainspotting (BSP)
Neuroscience-informed soul care for trauma and deep emotional pain — integrated with Scripture, pastoral presence, and Christ-centered prayer.
Neurofeedback
Evidence-based brain training for PTSD, addiction, ADHD, anxiety, and more — offered through our licensed care track. $125/session with scholarship options available.
Pastoral Services
Spiritual guidance, prayer, and pastoral care rooted in Scripture for individuals and families.
Pastoral Supervision
Formal supervision for ACBC, NANC, and other biblical counseling certifications — led by Dr. Jeffrey Gross.
Social Work Services
Faith-informed social work services meeting practical, emotional, and spiritual needs — coordinated by Loretta Sabin.
AODA Assessment
Full ASAM assessment, SBIRT, and clinical interview with psychological screening tools to understand the client's complete picture — for counseling and social service needs. A case manager from RHSBC is assigned to assist with attaining needed services.
Relationally Applied Biblical Counseling
Biblical truth, embodied in relationship and practiced in life.
RABC describes our commitment to biblical counseling that takes Scripture seriously while also taking the person sitting in front of us seriously. We do not want biblical counseling to become simply identifying a problem, locating a Bible verse, and providing an answer. We want to know the person — their story, relationships, suffering, hopes, understanding of God, patterns of responding, and the places where they are struggling to live faithfully.
Relational
Counseling occurs through purposeful, compassionate relationship. We listen carefully, remain curious, seek understanding before assuming, and recognize that presence, compassion, appropriate challenge, honesty, and grace are meaningful parts of biblical care.
Applied
We continually ask, “What does biblical truth look like here?” We move beyond knowing what Scripture says toward exploring how that truth can be practiced in relationships, decisions, habits, suffering, reconciliation, forgiveness, boundaries, worship, and everyday life.
Biblical
Scripture remains foundational to how we understand people, suffering, hope, transformation, relationships, and faithful living. We seek to handle Scripture carefully and contextually rather than using isolated passages as quick answers to complex human experiences.
Counseling
This is intentional care. We seek to understand the person, collaboratively identify concerns and hopes for change, develop a thoughtful biblical understanding of what is occurring, and work toward meaningful transformation.
Our Working Definition
Relationally Applied Biblical Counseling is a Christ-centered approach to biblical care that brings carefully interpreted Scripture into the lived experiences of individuals and families through compassionate, purposeful relationships. Counselors seek to understand each person’s story and patterns of relating, embody truth and grace within appropriate boundaries, and collaboratively develop practical steps toward spiritual formation, relational repair, and faithful living.
We seek to understand the person, not merely identify the problem; embody biblical care, not merely explain it; and help truth become a lived practice, not merely an intellectual agreement.
RABC does not weaken our commitment to Scripture. It asks us to become more careful about how biblical truth is understood, communicated, embodied, and practiced in the context of another person’s life.
Going Deeper with David Powlison
Dr. David Powlison (1949–2019), longtime Executive Director of CCEF, shaped modern biblical counseling toward the very commitments RABC carries: knowing the person, handling Scripture with care, and walking patiently with those who suffer. Watch these short clips to see the approach in practice.
What Is Biblical Counseling? Strengths and Weaknesses
Powlison on what biblical counseling is, what it does well, and where it must keep growing — the very self-examination RABC comes from.
Watch on YouTubeHow Is Biblical Counseling Different from Psychotherapy?
How biblical counseling theory differs from psychotherapy — and where it humbly learns, without surrendering Scripture’s authority.
Watch on YouTubeWhen Change Takes Time
Fighting unbelief while sanctification is slow — patient, applied care for the real pace of a person’s growth.
Watch on YouTubeCounseling Someone in Sadness
“Why do I feel far from God?” — entering another person’s story with careful, curious compassion.
Watch on YouTubeFinding True Rest
Where real rest is found — Scripture brought into lived experience, not merely explained.
Watch on YouTube
