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Our Mission is
simple...
"To help those touched by the abortion experience
find peace and victory from the past!
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and
"Increase abortion awareness, and the impact left on
individuals and families, through public
education!"
Our Passion
is...
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Peace... to calm the heart, release the
mind, free the soul and refresh the spirit. (John
14:27)
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Victory... over the emotional, physical and
spiritual pain people may have experienced with post-abortion
stress/trauma.
Our
Principles are:
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We enjoy "holding hands" with those wishing to find
the peace and victory described above.
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We treat clients with unconditional love and
acceptance, meeting you where you are, and being able to listen
without judgment.
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We believe that all unborn children return to
Heaven (Psalm 27:10).
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We believe it is by God's gift of grace that we are
forgiven.
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Our services are personal and
confidential.
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We hold client information in the strictest of
confidence. Only when required by law will information be
disclosed to protect the client and
others.
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We will not discriminate based on race, creed,
color, origin, age, disability, marital or financial
status.
STAFF
 Stacy Massey, Executive
Director/Founder
Stacy found her "personal
peace" from the guilt, grief and shame she experienced as an
abortion affected woman, 23 years after the fact. Stacys' life
was changed so much by the abortion recovery experience, that she
then became compassionate toward sharing that tranquillity with
others. She founded Abortion Recovery Counseling to help
post-abortive women, men and their families. A.R.C., partners
with Southern California churches, women's health centers, maternity
homes, Orange County resource agencies and other abortion
recovery agencies across the United States and
abroad.
Stacy is also the President
and Founding Partner of the Abortion Recovery International
Network. A.R.I.N. is the first
affiliate organization dedicated to connecting like-minded abortion
recovery programs around the world. This agency has developed
the first online directory solely committed to listing abortion
recovery programs world-wide. A.R.I.N. initiated Abortion Recovery Awareness Month,
which takes place in April each year, to enlighten society to the
stress and trauma that is often felt by abortion affected women, men
and their families. See their programs at: www.abortionrecovery.org.
Keep a look out for information on the first AWAREness Walk in
2007/2008!
Stacy assists in the
design and development of new cutting edge post-abortion programs,
to include, but not be limited to, networking with licensed
therapists and mental health professionals, lay counselors, life
coaches, mentors, church programs, bereavement and grief counselors.
In addition to uniting,
and mentoring, post abortion recovery programs, Stacy speaks as a
research and educational resource providing information on the
aftermath of abortion. She has a B.S. degree in Counseling
Psychology and a minor in Human/Child Development. She is a
certified Sexual Health Educator and is slowly working on her
graduate degree.
She has partnered with Masters’ International
School of Divinity to create the first-ever degree programs
(certificate, bachelors) in Abortion Recovery Counseling.
(See http://www.mdivs.edu/lifeissuescounseling.html for further
info.)
When she's not running A.R.I.N., or
A.R.C., she is providing health and character classes to middle and
high school students as well as speaking at
colleges/universitities. If not there, look closely and you
might find her on the sidelines of the disc golf course, playing
"cheerleader" to her 19 year old son. Her life is
blessed beyond belief!
Connect with Stacy at:
stacy@abortionrecoverycounseling.com
To read Stacy's personal
testimony, click on the "I
Wish..." page of this
website.
ARC is proud to be a part of
the national Americans on Call
program!
DISCLAIMER:
We
are dedicated to post-abortion healing, education and
awareness. We are not professional counselors, but
instead trained peer/lay counselors who have experienced the same
pain and grief that you might be experiencing. We do not
intend our services to supplement for professional therapy or
advice, pastoral counseling or medical care. We hope that you find
our website encouraging and helpful.
Referrals may
be made for professional counseling/intervention upon request or
when considered appropriate.
ARC's
headquarters is located in Orange County
California.
The palm frond/tree is symbolic of "peace and
victory"! (The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree -Psalm
92:12) Palm trees are known for their long life. To flourish
like a palm tree means to stand tall and live long. They are strong,
upright and unmoved by the winds of circumstance. (And the
leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
Rev.22:2)
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