Who We Are At The Joshua Center
The Joshua Center exists in the effort to engage and equip people, individually and corporately toward increased understanding, connection, wholeness and purpose.
Toward this effort, TJC provides an array of services, including outpatient counseling, community educational opportunities and corporate support. TJC’s outpatient services are available to individuals, couples and families who would like support. Our highly trained, clinical staff is available to serve for a myriad of presenting issues and/or challenges. Such challenges often include; struggles with depression and/or anxiety, marital or couple difficulties, sexual issues, parenting, childhood challenges, grief, trauma, transitions, etc. The Joshua Center is a faith based, Christian organization staffed by highly trained professionals. Our professional staff works hard to follow all appropriate ethical codes and never, under any circumstance, will enforce any religious beliefs on a client. Many of our clients are non-religious or are distrusting of faith-based intervention. Staff at TJC seek to be “bilingual,” in that each is prepared to engage faith/spiritual matters when the clients chooses, and at other times not, using secular/research based approaches without faith inclusion. It is our privilege and intention to work with people “where they are” in a honoring and respectful way. We are an organization that upholds honoring and loving others as a core value regardless of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, age, political preference and/or ability. The Joshua Center is not a political organization and will not take political stances or endorse candidates or political parties, but will focus instead on client care in hopes of providing a safe place of connection for a diverse population.
We're here to help
At The Joshua Center you will be loved, respected, and challenged to move toward wholeness in your life. Your experience here will be in attunement with your values and worldview. We want to be part of your journey to healing and purpose.
Services we offer include:
Individual Therapy (a full range)
The Joshua Center provides therapy for individuals who are looking to live a more healthy and well-balanced life. Our counselors take a distinctively relational approach in helping individuals address concerns relating to family of origin, addiction, depression, anxiety, stress from work, boundaries, trauma, PTSD, grief, loneliness, disappointment and more. By working consistently with a counselor, our clients have been able to process hurt from their past and have learned how to utilize personal experience to create a more hopeful future. Practitioners at TJC may take approaches such as REBT, CBT, Narrative, Experiential, Systems, EMDR, Solution Focused, Motivational Interviewing, Brain Spotting, EFT and other similar approaches.
Find a therapist for: an Adult, Child, or Adolescent
Couples Therapy
The Joshua Center believes in healthy and thriving relationships. A tremendous amount of our experience and work focuses on Marriage Therapy - Counseling, Couples Therapy - Counseling, etc. We work with couples on matters that can keep us from experiencing fulfilling and long-lasting love. From issues about communication, money, sex, children, and work - to concerns like infidelity or betrayal, our counselors work with couples to help them navigate life’s challenges. Our focus is to help couples work through issues to build unity and a healthy connection to each other and their greater community.
Family Therapy
Some of our clinicians at The Joshua Center work with family units as part our effort to help promote healthy and thriving relationships.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
Emotionally Focused Therapy, developed initially by Dr. Sue Johnson, is based on a theory of adult attachment and bonding that has been proven effective through much research. Studies show that having safe bonds and healthy attachments can help you navigate life with less anxiety and chaos. EFT believes that emotions themselves have an innately adaptive potential that, if activated, can help clients change problematic emotional states or unwanted self-experiences. Emotions are connected to our most essential needs- to be connected to others and the ability o bond with others is essential to resiliency. The Joshua Center has a collaborative relationship with the Arkansas EFT center, www.arkansaseft.com, many of our staff also work in EFT leadership circles.
Play Therapy
Play therapy is an effective approach regardless of age, gender or presenting problem. It works best when a parent, family member or caretaker is actively involved in the treatment process. Play therapy is a primary intervention or supportive therapy for behavioral issues caused by bullying, grief, loss, divorce, abandonment, physical and sexual abuse, crisis and trauma.
Premarital (or pre-commitment therapy)
The Joshua Center joins soon to be arriving couples in identifying and addressing potential challenges and helping them build on relational strengths. We meet 6-15 times and prefer to begin roughly 6 months before the wedding. We believe that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure and are honored to join this sacred process in people’s lives and therefore address topics like family of origin, sex, money, expectations, roles, cycles and other areas that reveal insight to having better unity.
EMDR Therapy
EMDR is a type of trauma therapy that is practiced by a few of our professional therapists that integrates both sides of the brain (through tapping, eye movements, or sounds) to heal events that were previously distressing. The intent is to heal the brain, not just to provide coping skills for people. EMDR is listed in the new Department of Veterans Affairs & Department of Defense Practice Guidelines "A" category as "highly recommended" for the treatment of trauma. Treatment is used to focus on past memories that are contributing to present situations that are disturbing, and what skills the client may need for the future.
Brainspotting
Brainspotting is a brain-based psychotherapy model that targets the subcortical brain through the client's visual field. By processing emotional/physical pain and traumatic events it increases client resources and assists in building creativity and confidence.
Intensive Sessions
Several of our TJC therapists meet in intensive blocks of time (typically on Friday and/or Saturdays) for focused counseling work. These blocks vary from 4 hours to as many as 16 hours. While this can cover multiple areas, intensives typically deal with marital distress, infidelity recovery and/or the desire to address core/trauma issues in an extended time format.
Discernment/Faith Sessions
The Joshua Center partners with local ministers from churches and offers a unique form of care for those who are interested in an intensive faith experience. Our team of ministers works personally with clients to help them discern the spiritual dynamics in their lives (according to the values of those helped), to strategically address spiritual issues through various forms of prayer and to find and freedom through spiritual interventions. Over the last decade, our prayer team has established a reputation of excellence in helping people find healing and wholeness in their lives. Each member of our prayer team comes with years of training and experience in ministry and is deeply invested in the well-being of the people with whom they work.
EAPs (Employee Assistance Programs)
Contracts with Organizations
Currently The Joshua Center provides services in employee assistance programs for several business organizations. If you are a company looking to add us as a provider, please contact us at info@thejoshuscenter.com. If your company has partnered with us to provide services for you, we are honored to become a part of your journey to health and wellness. Please contact our intake coordinator to discover what specific services are available for your needs.
For Clinicians
The Joshua Center has over 60 individuals on our team. We offer a variety of options for mental health and personal growth needs. We have PhDs, licensed professional and associate counselors (LPC, LAC), licensed and associate marriage and family therapists (LMFT, LAMFT), graduate student interns, volunteer prayer team trainers, and multiple administrative employees that help with operations. We pride ourselves in approaching therapy in a holistic and well-balanced way offering clients opportunities to explore every aspect of their lives. If you are a professional interested in working with The Joshua Center, you can find an application here.
There is something for everyone at The Joshua Center.
Internships
The Joshua Center offers a limited number of internship opportunities to Masters and Doctoral level students in Northwest Arkansas who are seeking to become Licensed Professional Counselors. Visit our internship page If you are interested in applying.
Emergencies
The Joshua Center does not provide emergency services. Should you experience an emergency situation, please call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.