About Susie Walden

Susie Walden is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in the Commonwealth of Virginia and a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC) with the National Board of Certified Counselors. She graduated with a Masters degree in Professional Counseling/Marital and Family Therapy from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. Susie also has a BA in Psychology and Religious Studies from the University of West Florida.  Susie finished her coursework for the doctoral program  in the PhD Professional Counseling track at Liberty University. Her doctoral dissertation focuses on Decision Based Forgiveness.

Susie is an ordained minister and her experience includes serving as a Youth and Children's Pastor for twelve years in Hawaii, Florida and Georgia. Susie joined the staff of Stafford Crossing Community Church in Fredericksburg, VA as a Counselor in their Care and Counseling ministry in 2007. Additionally, Susie founded Journey to Hope Counseling in December, 2010.

Susie is married to Andy, and they have two sons, Matthew and Drew. Susie and Andy are 'adoptive parents' to exchange students from all over the world.  They have an adopted daughter from Brazil, Mariana, and a daughter from India, Lakshmi.  They also have two sons, Israel and Sanjay, from India. Susie is heavily involved in and fully supports in the work of Bombay Teen Challenge, in Mumbai, India, and has traveled to India three times, doing both individual and group counseling at the centers there as well as training and teaching workshops and just sharing the love of Christ with the students and leaders of Bombay Teen Challenge.  She has headed up the XChange4life program between Bombay Teen Challenge and Stafford Crossing Community Church.  Susie is also passionate about ministry to 'the least of these' in our world, and serves faithfully each month feeding the homeless in our community through the New Generation Homeless Ministry in downtown Fredericksburg. 

Susie's Life Verse:

Beauty for Ashes "He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed. He has sent me to tell those who mourn that the time of the Lord's favor has come,and with it, the day of God's anger against their enemies. To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair." Isaiah 61:1-3

Message from Susie:

There are things that we face in this life that are just too big; that overwhelm us or derail our journey, and it is in those times that I pray that God could join us for a season to journey together and work towards healing brokenness, towards recovery, towards finding hope again in each new day.

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