About us!
Gilead Wellness & Counselling
Gilead Wellness & Counselling is an affordable Christian counselling service offered by a team of experienced and certified marriage counsellors, CBT practitioners, psychologists and life coaches. Our desire is to advocate, advance and offer mental health care, marital harmony and holistic wellness in India regardless of caste, creed and community. Every counsellor working with Gilead Wellness Counselling is CBT trained and is a specialist in at least one field of counselling: family, marriage, sex, parenting, holistic wellness, corporate and mental health. Also, every counsellor of Gilead Wellness & Counselling abides by their professional oath to keep every case detail confidential and treat every client/couple with respect and empathy.
To improve the quality of life and mental wellbeing of every Indian by helping them develop healthy alternative perspectives, emotional intelligence and coping skills.
To be a catalyst in engendering a safe talking space in the Indian ecosystem of things concerning marital harmony, mental health and psychological disorders.
We are committed to ensuring the assets and income of Gilead Wellness & Counselling is applied solely in the furtherance of its above-mentioned objects. No portion shall be distributed directly or indirectly to the members of the Centre except as bona fide compensation for services rendered or expenses incurred on behalf of the Centre.
Our counselling approach takes advantage of the most up-to-date practices in Psychotherapy, which is in turn undergirded by the Christian worldview. In essence, we ensure to use the right techniques and psychotherapy tools best suited to address the marital or mental health issue of each client. Every staff of us is a committed Christian in addition to being a highly qualified and experienced counsellor, with therapeutic expertise.
As professional counsellors, we are guided by you and your goals. And we are empathic, respectful and have unconditional positive regard towards all people regardless of age, religion, background or world view. So, if you desire a balanced counselling experience, then perhaps you have reached the right place.
Balm of Gilead
Significance of the word “Gilead”
Gilead, an area located in modern-day Jordan, was a mountainous region east of the Jordan River. Most well-known for its spices and ointments—even from the time of Moses—Gilead was especially celebrated for the balsam plant, which helped produce the Balm of Gilead. Balm of Gilead is also made from the early spring buds of the Balsam Poplar (Populus Balsamifera), the Black Cottonwood (Populus Trichocarpa) and the Narrowleaf Balsam Poplar (Populus Angustifolia) native to North America. The cottonwood buds contain the sticky resin that is responsible for the healing properties of the Balm of Gilead. Some of the most impressive health benefits of the Balm of Gilead includes its ability to reduce inflammation (when applied to cuts, burns and wounds), soothe the skin as well as the stomach, protect the immune system and detoxify the body.
gileadensis leaves and fruits (photo taken in EinGedi’s botanical gardens, Israel by Shelef Oren)
In the Bible, prophet Jeremiah seems to lament the continuing sickness and suffering of the people of Israel. He goes on to say (in Jeremiah 8:22), “Is there no balm in Gilead, Is there no physician there? Why then is there no recovery for the health of the daughter of my people?” Gilead Wellness & Counselling was founded as an answer to this call. Today, millions of people around us are in dire need of help—psychologically and spiritually. They have tried every treatment and self-help material out there in this world. But their spiritual malady and mental suffering—often suffering silently—only continues. We at Gilead Wellness & Counselling, who know the cure, ought to be reaching out and helping such people with aching hearts & troubled minds. It is not just our duty, but our calling.