In our first year of business, we experienced some very exciting growth. Our clinical team grew from one therapist to eight in 6 months.
Our goal is to grow the Elbow Tree network of Christian Counselors serving families along the First Coast and beyond.
Did you know that 4 million people live within 2 hours of our office. That's 1/3 of the population of Florida!
"In Florida, some 660,000 adults and 181,000 children live with serious mental illness — bipolar disorder, severe depression or schizophrenia — and nearly half the population will struggle with less devastating forms at some point in their lives."
—Orlando Sentinel
We are forming regional Church Partnerships designed to open up the door for local churches to serve as Elbow Tree Micro-Sites. These will allow members of our team to embed with a local church in order to localize our care offerings with even greater effectiveness.
In 2019, Elbow Tree is preparing to launch as many as three new micro-sites.
What are the benefits of Elbow Tree embedding with your church?
How can my church become an Elbow Tree Micro-Site?
What does a Micro-Site Church provide Elbow Tree?
Contact Hayne Steen, LMHC at (904) 559-1944 to get more details on becoming an Elbow Tree Micro-Site.
Our goal is to grow the Elbow Tree network of Christian Counselors serving families along the First Coast and beyond.
Did you know that 4 million people live within 2 hours of our office. That's 1/3 of the population of Florida!
"In Florida, some 660,000 adults and 181,000 children live with serious mental illness — bipolar disorder, severe depression or schizophrenia — and nearly half the population will struggle with less devastating forms at some point in their lives."
—Orlando Sentinel
We are forming regional Church Partnerships designed to open up the door for local churches to serve as Elbow Tree Micro-Sites. These will allow members of our team to embed with a local church in order to localize our care offerings with even greater effectiveness.
In 2019, Elbow Tree is preparing to launch as many as three new micro-sites.
What are the benefits of Elbow Tree embedding with your church?
- Competent Christian Counselors on site.
- Reducing the stigma of mental health within the body of Christ.
- Stewardship of unused office space.
- Deepening your church's offerings of care.
- Offering practical care to families who might not otherwise step foot on your church campus.
- Localizing trauma informed care to your own neighborhood.
- Connecting your church to the growing Elbow Tree network of Christian counselors from East Tennessee to North East Florida.
How can my church become an Elbow Tree Micro-Site?
- Pray about it. Is there a need for competent Christian counselors in your local community? How could your church to help bring this resource to town?
- Talk about it. Contact Hayne Steen. He's a sucker for street tacos and would love to explore this with you.
- Pray about it some more. After you have met with Hayne, take the Micro-Site concept to church leadership. Do some listening.
- Experiment with it. Let's start slow and evaluate at 6 months.
- Launch it. If this is a valuable partnership for your church then let's commit to partner for one year and evaluate again.
What does a Micro-Site Church provide Elbow Tree?
- One office space outfitted for seeing individuals, couples & families..
- Space for clients to wait comfortably and discretoy nearby.
- Access to space for Group Therapy, if possible.
- Referrals as deemed appropriate.
- Parking for clinicians and clients..
Contact Hayne Steen, LMHC at (904) 559-1944 to get more details on becoming an Elbow Tree Micro-Site.