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The stress and difficulty of living overseas takes a toll on all international workers. We desire for every worker to work toward maintaining spiritual, mental, and emotional health. Therefore it is important to us to provide clear pathways to access counseling, whether in response to a major life event or for keeping routine stressors in check. We want to make quality care as accessible as possible in the following ways.
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How to get started
If you are interested in utilizing these benefits, start by filling out the counseling subsidy request form. We'll get back to you as soon as we can to answer any questions that you have. In the meantime, you are welcome to go ahead and pursue your first session.
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Types of Counseling
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General Counseling for a Global Worker can be for routine health maintenance or in response to a particular struggle. It may be self-initiated or required by a supervisor. When working with one of our preferred providers, the provider will bill Reliant directly. Reliant covers 25% of the first 12 sessions every year. For these sessions, 25% will be paid from the Reliant Member Care Fund and the remaining 75% will be charged to the MTD account. Any additional sessions in the calendar year will be charged 100% to the MTD account. |
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When an international worker experiences a Level 4 or 5 crisis or trauma on the field as a result of their work, Reliant will cover 100% of the cost of counseling for up to 6 sessions. Please contact the Crisis Management team to initiate that process. After six sessions, Reliant Workers can follow the process for General Counseling for a Global Worker. |
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Before moving overseas, we recommend 6 sessions of self-awareness training with a counselor for the purpose of understanding how one’s life history effects their personality, gifting, and emotional health. This can be reimbursed using the Expense Submission Form. |
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International Ministry can take its toll on the entire family. These services are available to all non-employed spouses and dependents who live with the Reliant worker overseas. You will need to fill out a separate form for each person seeking counseling. |
Providers
Below are some recommended providers that other Reliant workers have utilized and that we believe will offer quality, gospel-based care. You can find more about the services that each offers on their websites. Counseling is not one-size-fits-all, so if you try one counselor and it is not a good fit, don't worry! That is normal! It make take a couple of tries to find the best counseling relationship for you. Of course, you are welcome to use any counselor of your choice.
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Re-Story Counseling is located in Northern Colorado, but also works with clients online. Their executive director is a former international worker in Central Asia with Cru. Their goal is help people connect God’s story with their story and provide restorative, Biblical Counseling. They have licensed counselors on staff, but are primarily made up of Biblical counselors. They offer marriage enrichment. Cost of counseling sessions are around $100 per session depending on the counselor. Contact Chris Bruno | chris@restorationcounselingnoco.com to get started with Re-Story. |
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https://www.gospelcarecollective.com The Gospel Care Collective is located Temecula, California, but has experience with online counseling. GCC has their roots in the Austin Stone and was birthed out of caring for pastors and overseas workers. Their focus is Biblical counseling. They also offer retreats for married couples. Cost of counseling ranges from $80-$150 depending on the counselor. Contact Jason Kovacs | jason@gospelcarecollective.org to get started with GCC. |
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https://www.restorecounselingservices.org Restore Counseling is located in Columbia, MO, but has extensive experience working with international workers online. Restore has worked with many Reliant members since 2018. Contact the Restore admin at: admin@restorecounseling.org to get started with Restore. |
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How it Works
When we receive an invoice from the counseling provider, we will pay the bill on your behalf. We will then deduct 75% of the cost from the account you are responsible for to cover your portion. After 12 sessions, the full portion of the bill will come from the account you are responsible for.
If you are using a counselor of your choice, you can still utilize the member care benefits. If we do not have direct bill set-up with your provider, add the monthly expense to your SGW on the Ministry Expense Tab. You will need to submit the receipts to international@reliant.org so that we can transfer 25% of the cost to your MTD fund to help with your expenses. We will do these transfers quarterly, so we prefer you send them in batches rather than one at a time.
