Counseling
Restored Hope. Renewed Life. Increased Health.
Everyone’s life journey is different. It is our desire to come alongside you during the hard and help you gain knowledge, healthy patterns, and genuine healing. Nebraska 117 counseling services include:
Individual Counseling
Marriage Counseling
Family Counseling
Identity & Temperament Counseling
Missionary Care
Pastor/Ministry Leaders Counseling
Foster Care & Adoptive Counseling
Post Foster Care Counseling
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This faith-based therapeutic method helps to identify root causes of problems in order to promote healing and develop wholeness. Here are a few benefits of Temperament Therapy:
To love and accept yourself more fully
To build greater intimacy with God
To use wisdom for making changes according to your temperament
To overcome challenges, solve problems, and reduce stress
To experience healing, joy, and victory
To understand how you interact with people best
To communicate more effectively
To appropriately deal with anger, fear, and negative thinking
To identify tendencies keeping you from your goals
Nebraska 117 provides faith based counseling services in person or via zoom.
“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful; I know that full well.” -Psalm 139:14
Meet Our Counselors
Jen Bowes is a commissioned, Licensed Clinical Pastoral Counselor, licensed by the National Christian Counselors Association. She is a Certified Master Mental Health Coach with a specialization in Marriage & Family from the American Association of Christian Counselors & Light University. She is a certified Temperament Counselor and has a Master’s degree from the University of Nebraska. Jen’s mission is to enable healing and wholeness through temperament therapy and faith based counseling.
Chelsea Bailey is a Certified Temperament Counselor and is currently finishing her coursework and practicum to become a Licensed Clinical Pastoral Counselor through the National Christian Counselors Association. She holds master’s degrees from Crown College and the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Chelsea has a heart for those who feel restless and alone as well as women walking through the grief and pain of infertility. She desires to provide a place of safety and peace for people to process life’s challenges and experience growth and healing in God’s presence.
Heather Deese MSW, is currently working toward being a Licensed Clinical Pastoral Counselor with the National Christian Counselors Association. She provides Christ-centered care to individuals, marriages, and families. With more than 20 years of counseling experience, she integrates her Master’s in Social Work from the University of Denver with a deep pastoral compassion to walk alongside people as they navigate life’s challenges. Heather is dedicated to helping clients experience healing, wholeness, and the freedom to fully live out God’s purposes and design for their lives.
Kevin Deese is a provisional pastoral counselor with Nebraska 117. With 20+ years of pastoral experience, he combines professional training with decades of hands-on ministry to offer clients structured, Spirit-led care. His counseling journey began at age 23 while serving as a U.S. Air Force officer, when a fellow officer sought help for hidden struggles - an encounter that sparked a lifelong calling to guide people toward freedom and restoration. Since becoming a pastor at 27, Kevin and his wife Heather have served in church leadership and counseled countless individuals through complex challenges. Kevin understands both the spiritual and practical pathways to lasting change and is passionate about helping individuals, marriages, and families step fully into the freedom Christ offers.
Counseling can…
help people understand themselves while discovering their purpose and direction
address areas that need spiritual and emotional healing to restore health
assist individuals to gain freedom from negative experiences and mindsets
encourage spiritual growth and a deeper relationship with God
help others communicate well and have healthy relationships