To schedule a confidential appointment, call our counseling director, S. Olga, at 812-212-0371.

Counseling is a form of therapy that focuses on solving problems in your relationships, in expressing your emotions, and dealing with life issues from a psychological perspective. 

Grief work, abuse and trauma recovery, divorce, and addictions are common topics for counseling.  Counseling can also focus on personal growth--moving from being good to being great!  When circumstances and events cause stress in your life, it might help to seek a counselor.

A Time to Heal,
​a Time to Hope

As we experience times of growth and change, fear and loss, and work through our emotions, it’s normal to experience moments of darkness and doubt. Sometimes these times of darkness are so painful and confusing, we may have difficulty sorting through them on our own.  This process can be even more difficult when facing major life changes such as the illness or death of a loved one, divorce, abuse, or the changing of careers... 

When you find yourself confused or suffering, counseling can be a very healthy way to share your experiences with a compassionate professional who can help you understand what’s happening in your life and walk a healing and hope filled path back into the light. 

It’s been said that there is a time for everything. 

A time to be born, and a time to die;
     a time to plant, and a time to uproot the plant.
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
       a time to tear down, and a time to build.
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
    a time to mourn and a time to dance....

But now is always the time for Hope!

We can’t control everything that happens in our lives, but we can always choose our own response. 

How healthy we are and how healthy we become often depends on how we learn to grow through these trials; and sometimes we all need help!

We all have to face our limits and overcome the trials before us, but each of us also has our own inner Joy to find: the Light that brings us out of the darkness and guides us ever closer to healing in the light of God’s love.

That’s where we can help. 

There’s a time for everything.

And that’s Good News.

As Franciscans, “we enter... into communion with others and speak a word of hope;” to sow faith where there is doubt, hope where there is despair, and light where there is darkness.

God wants each of us to find His peace and love so that we may experience and live out His goodness in Body, Mind, and Spirit.

Change can be frightening, even change for the better.  You don’t have to work through anxiety, depression, illness, or grief alone. 

Our Counselors Include...

S. Olga Wittekind, OSF, PhD is a clinical psychologist and Jungian Analyst.  She studied at St. Louis University and the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich and Chicago.  She works with both men and women in areas of personal growth, grief work, career counseling, spirituality and personal health. 

​S. Olga focuses on the spirituality and psychological growth of the person and assists in building relational skills. 

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Claire Sherman received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the International College in Los Angeles, CA.  She has been serving as a counselor in the Batesville area since 1985.  She works with adolescents, young adults, and adults with addictions, co-dependency, depression, and relationship problems. 

​Personal growth, self-awareness, and spirituality are areas of great interest for her. 

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