Evergreen House - Family Support / Family Counseling

Evergreen provides free family counseling and family meetings to help support parents in one of the toughest jobs on earth: parenting! Sessions for youth and families are provided at locations in Blackduck and Bemidji. Often families seek counseling services when parents feel that the situation at home is becoming unmanageable.

Our family counselors are available to help you work on:

Parent-child communication
Parent-child relationship issues
Setting consistent standards of behavior in the home
Anger Management
And more

WHAT TYPE OF HELP WILL I RECEIVE?

The goal of family meetings is to create consistent, acceptable standards of behavior, while reducing conflict in the home. Meetings can help youth and families change specific behaviors as well as the home climate.

Changes may include:

Reduced conflict
Improved communication
Taking responsibility for behavior
Anger management
Improved parenting skills
And more

The focus of family meetings is on the relationships between family members. Each participant will need to address the question, "What can I contribute toward solving the problem?" All participants need to accept their share of the responsibility for helping to solve problems in the family.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE?

Children, teens, and families are eligible for services. All services are free. You do not need MA or other insurance to receive services.

Family and youth meetings are available to:

Children and youth ages 21 and under.
Families with children and teens ages 21 and under. Single parents, married parents, teen parents, separated parents, divorced parents, and public school families and homeschoolers are all eligible for services.

Sessions are challenging and educational:

Parents will be challenged and helped to improve their parenting skills, communication, and approach to discipline.
Children will be challenged and helped to take more control over and responsibility for their behavior.

HOW DO I BEGIN?

Parents and agencies may contact Bob McWilliams. Bob is available at the locations listed below for information and appointments:

ABOUT EVERGREEN HOUSE AND BOB MCWILLIAMS, Ph.D.

For 25 years, Evergreen House has provided shelter, transitional housing, family counseling, and other services to youth and families in Bemidji and northern Minnesota. Psychologist Bob McWilliams received his Ph.D. from the University of North Dakota. He has worked with youth and families for more than 18 years through Evergreen House, Inc., a Bemidji-based nonprofit organization. When appropriate, referrals may be made to other Evergreen Programs or other community services and resources.

Partial support for these services is provided by: Minnesota Department of Education/Project Reconnect to Learning, Minnesota Department of Human Services/Children's Trust Fund, Target, the Beltrami Area Service Collaborative/Children's Mental Health Collaborative, and the Child Abuse Prevention Council/Bi-County Community Action Program.