Healing Hearts Certified Counselors are made up of individuals who have first completed one or more of the Healing Hearts Bible studies as a client, either online or in a small group. These individuals were prayerfully evaluated upon completing their Bible study and were then recommended for training by their certified counselor. Once recommended for training, they go through an application and discovery process that includes interviews with an assigned trainer and affiliation with their church leadership. Once the application and affiliation process is complete, they enter into a 6-9 month discipleship training program to prepare them for certification. Upon graduation, they will be considered a Healing Hearts Certified Biblical Counselor, free to minister under the guidance and direction of their local Church Overseer and Healing Hearts Mentor.
Biblical Counseling Certification
As a Gospel-centered, grace-driven ministry that offers hope and healing in Jesus Christ through God’s Word to people who have been broken by sin, every counselor in Healing Hearts Ministries is required to go through the following in-depth certification process to become a Healing Hearts Certified Biblical Counselor:
STEP 1) Participation
Complete 1 of our 4 Bible studies…
- Join a local Bible study as a group participant
– OR – - Connect 1-on-1 with a Healing Hearts Counselor online
STEP 2) Dual Recommendation
- from your Healing Hearts Counselor
- from your Pastor
STEP 3) Application
- Submit completed application online to Healing Hearts Ministries International
STEP 4) Supervised Training
- 3 Required readings (+ written responses)
- 3 Written essays
- Online counseling simulated with Healing Hearts Trainer
- 4 Video trainings (+ written responses)
Frequently Asked Questions
A: Every counselor starts by first enrolling either online or in a small group to go through one of the Healing Hearts Bible Studies – a $25 cost. Please refer to the Get Help Now! tab on this website to either sign up online or find out if there is a live group in your area. Next, if both your Healing Hearts Counselor and Pastor choose to recommend you for certification, you will pay $120 for 1 year of training. Thereafter, in order to maintain an active Certification, your Counselor Certification renews annually at $120.
A: You must start by first enrolling either online or in a small group to go through one of the Healing Hearts Bible Studies. Please refer to the Get Help Now! tab on this website to either sign up online or find out if there is a live group in your area.
A: You start by seeking out individuals who need the ministry that Healing Hearts offers and referring them to either the online study or a local group. Many churches will take the first step of inviting a Healing Hearts representative to come and speak at a church service, women’s retreat, or women’s ministry meeting to educate the congregation about the ministry with the hope that individuals will step forward with the desire to enroll in one of the Healing Hearts studies. If we have a trained leader in your area and that leader is available, we can also come to your church and facilitate a group if there is a need. To contact a Healing Hearts Representative in your area, please refer to the Ministry Directors-Meet Our Leadership Team page on this website and contact the Regional Director over your area for more information.
A: Healing Hearts Bible Studies are only sold to trained Healing Hearts leaders. However, we do sell our youth materials to individuals who have a burden to disciple youth. In order to be able to purchase women’s or men’s Healing Hearts Bible Study materials, you must first go through one of our Bible studies and then be recommended for and complete our leadership training and certification.
A: Got to HealingHearts.org/leadershipteam and use the “Contact One of Our Directors” form to connect with a Regional Director near you.
