Solihten Institute

01/20/2026

Our next Center Director to profile is Greg Harp!

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Greg Harp joined Agape Counseling as an intern in 2012 while working on his D.Min. in Marriage and Family Therapy. He later served as Practice Manager and became Executive Director in 2019. During this transition, Greg helped stabilize and strengthen a small team of counselors as the founding director entered retirement. With a dedicated staff, he oversaw the implementation of a new EHR system, expanded insurance partnerships, opened new office locations, and supported Agape’s growth to 24 counselors.

In addition to leading Agape’s organizational structure, Greg presents workshops on topics such as work-life balance, marriage preparation, depression, anxiety, assertiveness, grief, and basic finance and accounting. He also provides spiritual direction and coaching to pastors. Prior to joining Agape, Greg spent 20 years as an ordained pastor in full-time ministry, serving churches in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, as well as Niagara Falls and Rochester, NY. He also served as volunteer director of Flower City Work Camp, coordinating youth and leaders from more than 50 churches and 850 volunteers across the Rochester area during a weeklong Spring Break mission project. He earned his M.Div. from Northeastern Seminary and is ABD with his dissertation at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

01/09/2026

If you're a new parent in the Richmond, VA, area, check out this workshop being hosted by one of our Member Centers on the last two Saturdays of this month:

New and expectant parents, VIPCare is offering a new Gottman Institute workshop to help you prepare for your baby, Bringing Baby Home.

Click the link for details: https://www.vipcare.org/bringing-baby-home

01/08/2026

After a brief break, our series profiling our Center Directors is back!
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Rev. Rachel Fisher is Pastoral Counseling Services of the South Shore’s first Executive Director and has served in the role for three years. An ordained member of the clergy, Rachel has also served at Aldersgate UMC in North Reading, Massachusetts, since 2002. She balances her ministry at Aldersgate with parenting her four children, alongside her husband, Sam. In her ministry beyond the local church, Rachel serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Rolling Ridge Conference and Retreat Center in North Andover, MA; as the Executive Director of the Institute for Spiritual Life and Psychotherapy in Hanover, MA; and as a Hospice Chaplain with Compassus Hospice. In January 2026, PCSSS announced a name change to The Anchorage Behavioral Health Alliance, an update that better communicates their commitment to spiritually integrated psychotherapy for any who need counseling service.

01/06/2026

Our next CE Course is January 23rd, featuring Tyler Lefevor, PhD, who is an associate professor of psychology at Utah State University.
His research focuses on understanding how LGBTQ+ people raised religious can navigate their religious and gender/sexual identities. As a q***r man raised as part of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he strives to help build bridges between religious and q***r communities. Tyler also operates a private therapy practice in Utah and virtually through PsyPact. His presentation on Working with LGBTQ+ people introduces research on religion/spirituality among LGBTQ+ people to better help clinicians work with this population.

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This presentation introduces research on religion/spirituality among LGBTQ+ people to better help clinicians work with this population. It starts by reviewing theories about structural and minority stress that LGBTQ+ people experience to help attendees understand the socially disadvantaged position....

12/22/2025

Get to know another of our Center Directors this week!

Doug Thorpe is Executive Director of VIPCare (Virginia Institute of Pastoral Care), a position he has held since 2014. He is licensed as a professional counselor in Virginia and the District of Columbia and certified as a Gottman Method Couple’s Therapist. Doug has been ordained in the Evangelical Covenant Church since 1986. He served a church in Chicago before returning to Princeton Theological Seminary for a PhD in pastoral theology and training as a therapist. He was certified as a Diplomate in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors in 2008, and served AAPC as its president from 2010 to 2012.

When Doug is not seeing clients or directing VIPCare, he can usually be found on his bicycle, searching for a quiet country road with good blacktop or stalking flower gardens with his camera.

12/19/2025

Mark your calendar for this CE opportunity in February!

We thank Maps Counseling Services for the Solihten member discount. Register at https://mapsnh.org/workshop-registration-cbt-i/

12/18/2025

It doesn't take much to make a difference.

Your gift today helps ensure therapy remains life-giving—for clients and for the professionals who serve them. Thank you for standing with us in this work. Together, we can create a future where mental health care honors the whole person—mind, body, and spirit.

Give as you are able at the link: https://forms.donorsnap.com/form?id=F1FE37AE-5D81-4B9C-BD18-B2D9C8154A16

12/16/2025

Ensora Health's Future of Therapy report surveyed 1,300+ therapists about AI, burnout, access to care, and more. The findings are available for free to download at this link:

What 1,300+ therapists predict about the future of therapy. Discover how AI, burnout, access barriers, and whole-person care will reshape mental healthcare over the next five years.

12/15/2025

Our profiles of our Center Directors continues with Kristin Fox-Trautman, who became the Executive Director of Samaritan Counseling Centers of the Mid-South in November 2023.
Before coming to Samaritan, Kristin gained 27 years of experience in nonprofit management and leadership, serving in prior positions such as Director of Congregational Relations for the Metropolitan Interfaith Association, Director of Operations & Grants for Playback Memphis and the Vice President for Youth Development and the Senior Advisor to the President of BRIDGES, before launching her own freelance nonprofit consulting firm in 2014 and a small local mission-driven business, Inspire Community Café, in 2018.

Kristin received her B.A. from Rhodes College in 1998, her M.A. in Anthropology from the University of Memphis in 2004, and her Master of Social Work degree from Louisiana State University in 2025. In her free time, Kristin loves to travel with her family, read, go on long walks, swim, and have cross-cultural experiences.

12/12/2025

We’re embarking on a movement that puts spirit back at the center of mental health care—and we want you to hear why this matters, directly from us.

In this short video, our President & CEO Dan Stephens shares the heart behind this movement and what it means for the future of care. After you watch, we invite you to join us in making this vision real.

Your gift today helps ensure therapy remains life-giving—for clients and for the professionals who serve them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFw_tLvxZmw

If you're able, donate now: https://forms.donorsnap.com/form?id=F1FE37AE-5D81-4B9C-BD18-B2D9C8154A16

An end of year message from Dan Stephens, Solihten Institute President & CEO

12/08/2025

Get to know another of our Center Directors this week...
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Dr. Mohamed Abdullahi, Executive Director and co-founder of the Community Caring Clinic and Founder and Dean of Curriculum for Bayan Institute.
Born in Somalia, he and his family immigrated to Qatar after the civil war in Somalia then to the US. Dr. Abdullahi received his Doctor of Pharmacy from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy in May 2016. His core professional competencies include small business development, management, operations, strategy, communication, and adaptive leadership.
Dr. Abdullahi serves the Muslim Community in greater Boston area as a teacher, scholar of Quranic Studies and Arabic Language. He also serves as a spiritual guide and mentor for many youth and their family members in Roxbury area. His passion for integrating body, mind, and spirituality into the world of behavioral health and addressing the issues of social justice and health disparities within the low-income and immigrant communities inspired him to co-found Community Caring Clinic.

12/05/2025

🎉Save the date!!🎉

The PCS Music Therapy Department is excited to announce the date of our Annual Client Showcase - this year including time for a special 10 year celebration of the Music Therapy Department after the program!