NCC provides several avenues of support, guidance, education, and prayer, including:

Prayer Ministry Appointments - These appointments, with pastors or trained, screened lay persons, cover the gamut of life from prayerfully managing emotions and heartache to discerning God's will or finding spiritual direction. Prayer ministry topics can include issues such as identity and restoration, careers and calling, relationships or brokenness, grief and loss, shame and anxiety, understanding prayer and the Spirit and more.

Pastoral Care Appointments – Our campus pastors and volunteer pastoral care team members can meet with you 1-3 times and then refer you to more specialized help if that is needed.

Counselor Recommendations - We  provide recommendations of Christian counselors in the DC metro area who address a broad range of issues. Unfortunately, most Christian counselors are not in-network on any insurance plans, but some insurance plans will reimburse you. (Questions? Check out our Therapy FAQs.)

To request a prayer ministry appointment, pastoral care appointment, or counselor recommendation, please fill out the following form.

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Art Transforming Trauma - This is a clinical group for adult survivors of complex trauma (military, domestic violence, sexual abuse, trafficking, etc.).

Building Resilience in Families Through Art - This is a safe space for families surviving chronic stress and trauma. These sessions will give you and your family a special time to bond in new ways that weren’t possible during the chronic stress/trauma.

Cancer Support Group for Women - This is a space where our cancer challenges are openly shared, understood and prayed for. We aim to continue experiencing God’s Presence and His promise of a rich and satisfying life in the midst our challenges.

Celebrate Recovery - A Christ-centered 12-step program for those dealing with any sort of hurt, habit, or hang-up, Celebrate Recovery meets year-round and you can join at any time.  We also have both men's and women's CR step studies which are a deeper dive into the material with weekly homework on a different night of the week.

DivorceCare - DivorceCare is a safe place where caring people come alongside you as you find healing from the pain of separation or divorce.

GriefShare - GriefShare is a friendly, caring group of people who will walk alongside you through one of life’s most difficult experiences.

Living Grace @ NCC - This group uses the Living Grace workbook by the Mental Health Grace Alliance to discuss, discover, and develop practical steps to cultivate a healthy mind and heart and encourage one another’s mental health journeys.

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Care Group - We gather as parents of pregnancy and infant loss to celebrate, grieve, hope, pray and grow with one another.  Meets online.

Prepare: Engaged Couples - This premarital preparation group is for pre-engaged and engaged couples considering covenant relationship in marriage.

Other care-oriented small groups begin each semester. If there’s a group you’d like to see offered or would be interested in leading, please contact our Pastor of Recovery and Care.

We also recommend the following groups, which are being offered either online or locally by various churches and ministries:

Sexual & Relational Brokenness Programs - These groups offered by Regeneration Ministries help individuals find healing and transformation so they can experience true intimacy with God and others.

Faith-Based Disordered Eating Groups - Support groups and courses offered by Rock Recovery for those dealing with disordered eating and other food and body image issues.

PATH: Past Abortion Transformation & Healing - This group offered by the Capitol Hill Pregnancy Center provides a safe, confidential space to process the confusion, pain, and other emotions left by an abortion.  Registration is requested in advance for this sensitive topic.

Family Grace - Family Grace groups are for family members and spouses supporting a loved one through a mental or emotional health difficulty or disorder.

Thrive - Thrive groups are designed to help you master the science and faith experience to see whole-health results — physically, mentally, spiritually, and relationally.

This Christ-centered 12-step program is for those dealing with any sort of hurt, habit, or hang-up. This can include struggles with relationships, anger, food, sex, porn, drugs, alcohol, finances, gambling, self-injury, family dysfunction, the effects of past abuse, and more.  Offered both in-person and online.
 

Celebrate Recovery IN DC

If you are looking for inner healing and deliverance, a Sozo prayer session might be right for you! Sozo helps get to the root of issues hindering your personal connection with God or others. Sozo is simple, gentle, Spirit-led and effective. It is not counseling, but a time of interactive conversation with God, with the help of trained prayer ministers. Sozo appointments are roughly 90 minutes and are with trained and experienced facilitators. For more information please email [email protected].

Click on the links below to access resources pertaining to each listed issue.

• Anxiety
• Chemical dependency
• Depression
• Disordered eating
• Domestic violence
• Financial recovery
• Grief
• Marriage
• Mental Health
• Parenting
• Relationships
• Sexual addiction
• Suicide prevention

Capitol Hill Pregnancy Center –  The Capitol Hill Pregnancy Center offers help and support to women, men, and their families who are in a crisis pregnancy. They also offer PATH, a biblically based 9-week confidential healing group for women and men who have experienced the pain of abortion. 

Regeneration Ministries – Regeneration helps those seeking wholeness in the areas of intimacy, identity, and desire by inviting them into community marked by the truth and grace of Jesus. They offer several programs in Northern Virginia, DC, and Baltimore.

Restoration 1:99 – Restoration 1:99 provides programs and clinical services for survivors of complex trauma and their families including: human trafficking, sexual assault/abuse, domestic violence, bullying, and military. They serve adolescents, adults, and families in the greater DC area in a variety of ways such as individual and group therapy, along with innovative new holistic approaches to healing through expressive therapies such as movement, art, music, and drama. They have therapists in DC, MD, & VA.

Rock Recovery – Rock Recovery supports the journey to freedom from disordered eating and has programs in Arlington and DC, as well as online. 

Local Counseling Networks – NCC offers recommendations of specific individual Christian counselors which you can request through this form. In addition, we recommend the following Christian counseling networks (Please note: We have not vetted their counselors individually). Questions?  Check out our Therapy FAQs:

CentrePointe Counseling: A Samaritan Center – Locations throughout Maryland

Life Christian Counseling Network – Locations around DC Metro area

New Life Christian Counseling Network – Nationwide – referrals by phone

Safe Harbor Christian Counseling – Locations around DC Metro area

DC-Area Hotlines and Shelters

Access HelpLine - 1-888-7WE-HELP (1-888-793-4357)

CrisisLink Hotline - 1-703-527-4077

DC Victim Hotline - 1-844-4HelpDC (1-844-443-5732)

House of Ruth - House of Ruth offers comprehensive services and housing for women and children. Our services range from supportive housing for families and single women in crisis, to a therapeutic, developmental daycare for homeless children, and free counseling services to anyone who has been a victim of domestic violence.

My Sister’s Place - MSP is unique in offering a full continuum of care from emergency shelter through transitional-to-permanent housing.  Our experienced team of case managers and residential counselors provides clinical counseling, case management, and comprehensive services to empower survivors to recover and thrive.  MSP also provides training, case consultation, and advocacy to engage communities to prevent violence and abuse.

Christian Resources

Celebrate Recovery - This Christ-centered 12-step program is for those dealing with any sort of hurt, habit, or hang-up.  Find a meeting near you!  Online groups are also available!

DivorceCare  - This group offers people help and healing for the hurt of separation and divorce. Enter your zip code to find a location near you (also offered online).

Fresh Hope for Mental Health - A network of Christian mental health support groups for those who have a mental health diagnosis along with their loved ones. They currently offer two online meetings. You may choose to attend weekly, biweekly, or monthly; whatever works best for you. (Available in English and Spanish).

GriefShare - This friendly, caring group of people will walk alongside you through one of life's most difficult experiences. Enter your zip code to find a location near you (also offered online).

Mental Health Grace Alliance - Free e-booklets and webinars available - these are especially helpful for individuals and marriages/families experiencing mental health difficulties and disorders. Various churches are now offering online mental health support groups using their curriculum.  These include Living Grace (for adults experiencing a mental or emotional health difficulty or disorder), Redefine Grace (for high school/college-age experiencing a mental or emotional health difficulty or disorder), Family Grace (for a family member/spouse supporting a loved one through a mental or emotional health difficulty or disorder), and Thrive (which addresses general mental wellness). 

Soberholic Podcast - A free library of over 50 episodes of testimonies and recovery tools that are put together from Christian believers that attend Celebrate Recovery.

Other Resources

NAMI COVID-19 Resource and Information Guide

12 Step Programs Meeting Online or Via Phone

In The Rooms - A free online recovery tool that offers 130 weekly online meetings for those recovering from addiction and related issues. They embrace multiple pathways to recovery, including all 12 Step, non-12 Step, wellness and mental health modalities.

Alcoholics Anonymous 

Adult Children of Alcoholics/ Dysfunctional Families

Narcotics Anonymous

Cocaine Anonymous

Sexaholics Anonymous

Overeaters Anonymous

Al-Anon Family Groups

Nar-Anon Family Groups

National Resource Hotlines

National Suicide Prevention Hotline - 1-800-273-8255

Crisis Text Line - Text HOME to 741741

National Domestic Violence Hotline - 1-800-799-7233

National Sexual Assault Hotline - 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)

National Eating Disorder Association Helpline - 1-800-931-2237

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Helpline - 1-800-662-HELP (4357)

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Helpline - 1-800-950-NAMI (6264)