About

Safe Place has been developed out of a lifetime of caring for people. It is a place to close the gaps between your physical health, your mental health, and your faith. It is a place to walk you through the wait for the therapist or psychiatrist you really want to see. It is a place to explore your faith or voice those questions or doubts without fear someone close to you will hear and be upset. I can walk you through a specific season of life, such as caring for an aging parent or a job change. Sometimes you need help with something that does not have a specific diagnosis that allows insurance to pay.

By not taking insurance or government funds, I am here to help you navigate those confusing or hard times that sometimes fall through the cracks. You decide what you want help with. If what you need is not within my scope of care, I will tell you. Then I will work hard to find the right kind of help for you. I have worked in the healthcare profession and in ministry in Iowa for my entire life. I will use those years of experience and resources for you.

Safe Place is a chance to get out of the rut you’ve been living in and move on

  • A new season of life you are having trouble navigating

  • Fatigue from caring for someone in your life

  • Health issues no one seems to get

  • Faith questions or thoughts you don’t want to voice in your own church/family

  • Your aging parent is driving you crazy

  • You don’t feel like doing anything anymore

  • You have a dream but you are afraid to tell those around you

  • Whatever your mind keeps going over and over and over

Safe Place is where you can get help navigating the healthcare system

  • What kind of provider can help you?

  • How do you talk to your insurance company?

  • Are there reputable providers outside the traditional healthcare settings?

  • Do supplements really help?

  • Can you use traditional medicine along with holistic medicine?

  • Who can help you with your aging parents?

  • I’m doing what I’m told but I don’t feel better. My doctor isn’t hearing me. Now what?

Safe Place is where you and your partner can talk honestly about your marriage or upcoming marriage

  • We don’t talk much

  • He always goes out with the guys while I’m at home

  • She works all the time

  • She wants to do things with her family all the time

  • We have different ideas about sex

  • There is no time for us since we had kids

Safe Place does not have all the answers and cannot “heal all things.” It will be my goal to help you find the help you need. When my help is not enough I have many contacts in Iowa to help with the things beyond my scope.

I believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. 

Matthew 28:19; John 1:1-2 

I believe the Bible to be the inspired, infallible, authoritative word of God. It is “useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.” 

I Thessalonians 2:13; II Timothy 3:15-17; II Peter 1:20-2 

I believe that Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the life, offering eternal life to those who accept it by faith, apart from works. He did this by living a sinless life, died to pay in full the penalty for our sin, rose bodily and miraculously from the dead, ascended to heaven, and will come again in glory. 

John 14:6; John 3:16; Romans 10:9-10; Hebrews 1:3; Hebrews 9:28 

I believe that “Christ came into the world to save sinners” and can fully redeem and powerfully use all who accept Him. 

I Timothy 1:15 

I believe we have been “baptized by one Spirit into one body” and recognize the value of all members of the body of Christ. I actively support the unity of all believers across denominational lines. 

I Corinthians 12:12-13; Galatians 3:26-29 

I believe we have “different kinds of gifts but the same Spirit”. These gifts are for the strengthening of believers and evidence of God’s existence to unbelievers. 

I Corinthians 12:4-6; Ephesians 1:13-14; I Peter 4:10-11 

I believe Jesus will return and take all those who have accepted him as Savior to heaven for eternity. 

Acts 1:11; I Thessalonians 4:13-17; Hebrews 9:28 

Our Services

All of our services are based on you. If you don’t see something that fits your situation, email us with your requests. We will make every effort to find the help you need.

Biblical Counseling

Caring counsel for people of all faiths or no faith. No question or need is too insignificant.
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Healthcare Planning

Helping you navigate the system and find help.
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Caregiver Support

Family meetings to make a plan or one on one meetings to answer questions about services and needs you may have.
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Premarital Counseling

Couple to couple counseling.
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Marriage Mentoring

Couple to couple counseling
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Get in touch

All of our services are based on you. If you don’t see something that fits your situation, email us with your requests. We will make every effort to find the help you need.

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