Richmont Community Counseling Center
Over the last several months, the Richmont Community Counseling Center (RCCC) has experienced many transitions which have been both bittersweet and exciting. In May, our 2010-2011 interns graduated and we welcomed five new and exceptional interns to the RCCC. During the transition, we were adjusting to the news that RCCC founding director Dr. Jana Pressley, would be leaving Richmont to return to her alma mater, Wheaton College, as their new Director of Clinical Training. I, Michelle Shelley, have had the honor of stepping into Dr. Pressley’s position as Director of the RCCC. While I learned the intricate details of directing the center, we received exciting news that we had been awarded a grant from the Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga.
This grant allowed us to hire a bilingual counselor, Ani Hernandez Johnson (2011 RGU graduate) to address the needs of the Latino population in Chattanooga and surrounding areas. We are continuing to maneuver and adjust to the changes around us, and God has been faithful to provide resources to continue serving the underserved in Chattanooga.
In the upcoming months we will begin the planning stages of another benefit concert for the RCCC. This concert not only promotes awareness of the services we offer to the community, but it also helps to provide another means of offsetting our expenses at the center. We are excited and grateful to award-winning artists, Andrew Peterson and Eric Peters, as they have agreed to perform again this year to promote the RCCC. Be looking for more information regarding the concert in 2012.
Excerpt from “Connecting” Fall 2011
About the author, Brooke Blews
