Shelter of Hope for Counseling
Providing Counseling
to the Jewish Community and Beyond!
We purpose to serve the Jewish Community. To learn more, click below.
Our Counseling Services
At Machaseh Shel Tikvah, we are committed to supporting the emotional, relational, and spiritual well-being of individuals and families throughout the Jewish community. We provide compassionate and confidential counseling services designed to help people navigate life’s challenges, strengthen relationships, and discover greater resilience and hope. Whether you are seeking individual support, family guidance, couples counseling, or assistance through a season of transition, our caring team is here to walk alongside you. Rooted in Jewish values of compassion, dignity, and community responsibility, Machaseh Shel Tikvah offers a welcoming and supportive place where individuals and families can find encouragement, healing, and renewed strength.
Individual Counseling
Life presents each of us with seasons of challenge, change, and growth. In a confidential, compassionate, and supportive one-on-one setting, our counselors provide a safe space to explore personal concerns, strengthen healthy coping skills, and gain greater self-understanding.
Whether you are navigating life transitions, relationship challenges, grief, stress, anxiety, or other personal struggles, we are committed to walking alongside you with empathy, respect, and care. Drawing upon timeless Jewish values and a deep commitment to human dignity, we help individuals discover resilience, hope, and renewed purpose as they move forward.
Family Counseling
Strong families are the foundation of strong Jewish communities. Our family counseling services provide a compassionate and confidential space where family members can strengthen relationships, improve communication, and work through challenges together.
Whether you are navigating parenting concerns, intergenerational differences, marital or family conflict, life transitions, or other complex family dynamics, our counselors are here to help. Guided by timeless Jewish values of compassion, respect, and shalom bayit (peace in the home), we work alongside families to foster understanding, restore trust, and build healthier, more connected relationships for generations to come.
Couples Therapy
Every relationship experiences seasons of growth, challenge, and change. Our couples counseling services provide a confidential and supportive environment where partners can strengthen their connection, improve communication, and work through challenges together.
Whether you are seeking to rebuild trust, address areas of conflict, deepen emotional intimacy, or strengthen your partnership, our counselors provide practical tools and compassionate guidance to help couples move forward.
Grounded in values of respect, compassion, commitment, and shalom bayit (peace in the home), we help couples develop healthier patterns of communication, greater understanding, and a more meaningful relationship that can continue to grow through every stage of life.
Child and Adolescent Therapy
Children and teenagers face many challenges as they grow, develop their identities, and navigate the world around them. Our counseling services provide a safe, confidential, and supportive environment where young people can express themselves, explore their emotions, and develop healthy ways to cope with life’s challenges.
Whether facing difficulties with emotions, behavior, friendships, school, family changes, or personal growth, our counselors walk alongside children and teens with compassion, patience, and understanding.
Guided by Jewish values of compassion, dignity, and the belief that every child is created b'tzelem Elohim (in the image of God), we seek to nurture resilience, confidence, and emotional well-being while supporting families in helping their children thrive.
Shelter of Hope for Counseling
Our Purpose
We are committed to serving the Jewish community by strengthening individuals, families, and communities through compassionate care rooted in the enduring wisdom and values of our Jewish heritage.
We seek to:
- Provide counseling and support that fosters healing, resilience, hope, and emotional well-being for individuals, couples, and families.
- Equip and train lay counselors with the knowledge, skills, and ethical foundation needed to serve members of the Jewish community with compassion, dignity, and respect.
- Develop a trusted network of trained lay counselors within local Jewish communities so that caring support is available wherever it is needed.
- Prepare those who are called to the work of counseling to serve with wisdom, empathy, integrity, and a deep commitment to the well-being of others.
- Encourage every person we serve to cultivate a deeper awareness of Hashem’s presence, drawing strength from prayer, Torah, Jewish tradition, and the enduring values that have sustained our people throughout the generations.
We believe that every person is created b’tzelem Elohim, in the image of God, and deserves to be treated with dignity, compassion, and respect. Our desire is to help individuals and families find hope, restoration, and renewed purpose while strengthening the bonds of our Jewish communities for generations to come.
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Our hours
Monday - Thursday: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Friday-Sunday: Closed
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"Machaseh Shel Tikvah provided me with the support and tools I needed to overcome significant personal hurdles. I highly recommend their compassionate and professional approach to counseling."
— Rachel Hoffman