Change is part of life, isn’t it? We are physically changing as we grow older. Our families are changing as they age, marry, birth babies, and change locations. Our occupations change. It is estimated that a typical adult in the United States will change jobs 12 times during his lifetime! Why am I telling you all this? Elsie and I are changing. We are transitioning in our lives over the next year. We will be downsizing our housing from the home in which we’ve lived for 36 years to new digs. You know what that means, don’t you? Throwing, donating, or selling a multitude of treasures collected over 36 years!

We will also be transitioning from Hopewell Counseling to Woolf Counseling. We have been Hopewell Counseling for seven years, but the time has come to make the change. As Woolf Counseling we will no longer be counseling individuals and couples live in our office in the Regus Building in Maple Grove. We are moving to telecounseling and will be doing all of our counseling through the internet via Zoom or FaceTime.  We are currently doing telecounseling with some clients and it works quite well.

You might be asking why move to telecounseling? For several reasons: With telecounseling we can counsel clients anywhere, at any time and are not bound to a fixed location or schedule for counseling. Also, with telecounseling we eliminate the hours of drivetime for clients to drive to Regus for counseling. Clients will be able to counsel with us from the comfort of their own homes. That should help them feel more relaxed and at ease as we counsel together.  Finally, telecounseling helps us keep down the cost of counseling.

Transitions are challenging. Most of us resist change because the status quo feels comfortable and safe. We feel that too, but we also know that God is in charge of our lives and our counseling practice. His will is the priority no matter how uncomfortable it may feel. With that in mind, Elsie and I would ask for your prayers for us. Change becomes more difficult with age and we certainly feel that. Please pray that God would strengthen us during this period of our lives.

Thank you and may God bless you!

Irv