The Refuge Center was founded in 2005 by two local marriage and family therapists, 艾米·亚历山大和詹妮弗·吉列特, in order to meet the ever-growing demand for mental health support that is affordable and accessible to anyone. The name for the center was inspired by a passage in Isaiah which says, “It will be a shelter and shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge and a hiding place from the storm and the rain.”(以赛亚书4:6). Beyond being a place to receive affordable and professional counseling services, The Refuge Center has also become a place where people are able to find hope and healing from the storms of their daily lives. 2020 marks 15 years of service to the community.
避难所咨询中心’s mission is to provide affordable, professional counseling services to children, 个人, 和需要帮助的家庭. 我们位于富兰克林, TN, and provide life-saving counseling support on an income-based sliding-scale for clients all over the Middle Tennessee area. We have just around 20 staff and over 65 therapists (that includes staff, 实习生, contract therapists and volunteers).
避难所咨询中心 pairs excellence with affordability. We believe finances should never be a barrier to life-saving emotional and mental health support. 仅2019年一年, 我们提供了27个,000 life-changing counseling sessions for nearly 3,700 clients from 17 counties in Middle Tennessee.