Northwest Counseling, Inc. - Services : Counseling Services for the Real Needs of Real People in Rogers, Bentonville, Springdale, Fayetteville, and all of Northwest Arkansas.

Couples and Marriage Counseling

We bring balance and health to struggling relationships by hearing well understanding the experience and perspective of each person and encourage individual emotional health. We survey the interactive dynamic of the relationship and walk through necessary healing and understanding. We also help improve communication, problem solving as a couple, negotiating in ways that the couple and individuals experience a “win – win” in the sticky points of their relationship.

When a relationship is broken or hurting, the help that marriage counseling provides may be the difference between a thriving marriage and a ho-hum relationship, or the difference between a great life together and being alone. NCI marriage counseling can point to many examples of couples who have had the courage to seek the help they need and now enjoy happier, healthier relationships.

Christian Counseling

When life isn’t working, application of faith principles can help. Counseling and faith are often complimentary. Faith based, or Christian counseling supports clients’ moral convictions and encourages applications of faith principles as part of the therapeutic process. Faith is an important and powerful personal resource for our clients who need help.

For many, faith is a source of strength, conviction and hope for life change. NCI is a professional faith based counseling service in Northwest Arkansas.

We are Professionals. We are all licensed under the laws of the State of Arkansas, and heartily subscribe to the ACA code of ethics and are continually updating our skills and methods through continuing education, NCI in-service training and subscribing to professional journals.

We are Faith Based. Each counselor subscribes to a personal faith and has had training specifically designed to integrate faith and counseling as people helpers. We are loving and non-judgmental. Issues of faith are never always available for those who seek solutions to life’s problems from a faith perspective. Faith integration is only offered when expressly desired by clients. It is never forced.

Counseling in Spanish and English

Historically counseling in Northwest Arkansas has been unavailable to a large part of the population due to a language and cultural barrier. We are so pleased to have broken that barrier at NCI.

Debbie Pinkston, Ph.D. is fluent in speaking and writing Spanish and has recently returned to the United States after 25 years as a missionary to Venezuela. Since she has been immersed in the culture, she brings sensitivities that neither translation nor American Spanish speaking persons could provide. It is the same high quality counseling only in Spanish language and with internalized cultural awareness.

Debbie has more than 8 years experience as a counseling professional. She is currently working under the internship program of the University of Arkansas to complete the formal requirements of licensure in the State of Arkansas.

Spanish speaking families, teens and adults finally have a culturally sensitive resource to help them when a counselor is needed.

Grief Counseling

Our grief and loss support team is keenly sensitive to many kinds of loss, grief and the effects of long-term illness.

It is unbelievably difficult to suffer chronic illness, death of a loved one, divorce, or other loss. The impact can be multiply and intensify on those who love and care for them. It is isolating and frustrating to have, at one moment, your health, mobility, dreams for the future, or a loved one and the next moment --- they are gone, sometimes never to return.

The experience of our counseling professionals is unparalleled. Personal and professional experience with chronic illness and loss have taught us to walk with people on their painful and highly individualized journey of grief.

In the book Tear Soup we see the wise grieving woman develop her own recipe for grief, unique to her own loss and to her own walk with and through her grief. We know, as those who have suffered loss ourselves, that grief is our own. There are no formulas and no time tables but each must find their way. We will be with you every step of the way.

One valuable resource is the book When Healing Doesn't Come by one of our counselors, Jennie P. Martin.

We hope you will call if you need a companion on your journey through loss, chronic illness or care taking, death or divorce.

Counseling by Twos -- A Co-Counseling Option

Co-Counseling is one of the unique and powerful options at NCI.

Co-Counseling is two therapists working in tandem on one case. It could be a couple counseling, individual counseling or family counseling situation in which two of our fine counseling professionals work within that case structure as a team.

There are many advantages to co-therapy. It provides two expert opinions about the nature of the issues and a double the creativity in designing plans and therapy modalities for their clients. The adage "two heads are better than one" could not be more apt for this therapy option.

When you contact us for an appointment, please ask about our Co-Counseling option.

Counseling for Victims of Abuse

Northwest Counseling staff are trained and experienced in helping children and adults overcome the negative, destructive influences of abuse on their lives and relationships. It is a tragedy when people suffer at the hands of others. Abuse is an all too common issue. Even when abuse is not the primary issue in counseling, it often surfaces as a major part of marriage counseling and family counseling issues.

Both sexual abuse and physical abuse is especially disturbing when the victim is a child.

It is our commitment to do whatever is possible to protect people from abuse, help them heal from abuse, and overcome unwanted responses in their current lives that flow from their past abuse.

Our sensitive and caring child counselors will bring help and healing to young hearts through play therapy and other techniques. Family sessions are available to help the abuser and their family grow through difficulties surrounding abuse.

Please contact our office info@ncicares.com if you or a loved one is in need of help to recover from the trauma or long term effects of abuse.