The Counseling Center at Chelten gives you an opportunity to seek biblically based, pastoral counseling to help you handle the stormy times of life.  We desire to encourage, nurture, support and guide you as you wrestle with difficult questions, struggles and behaviors – some sinful, some not.  We realize that living out our relationship with Jesus can be a complex process and it is our desire to walk alongside you in your journey.  Our counseling team partners with Chelten’s pastors and ministry directors to provide counseling that points people to God and to healthy living.

Bill Smith, [M.Div., Ph.D.]– Director and Counselor.  Bill is passionate to help people see how a gracious Christ connects to their lives on a day-to-day basis, which is the subject of his book, Caught Off Guard: Encounters with the Unexpected God.  Bill also serves as an adjunct faculty member at the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation and Westminster Theological Seminary.

Sharon Ashley, [M.A. in Biblical Counseling]– Coordinator of Counseling and Counselor.  Sharon, on staff since 1995 and a member since 1977, enjoys counseling children and adults, single women, single parents and couples.

Heather Nelson, [M.A. in Biblical Counseling] – Counselor and Administrative Assistant – Heather enjoys counseling women of all ages.  As a recipient of God’s grace, she delights in encouraging others in the midst of difficult circumstances.

Nancy King [Certificate in Counseling] – Long-time member of Chelten, Nancy brings significant life experience to our counseling team.  She has seen the transforming power of Christ at work in her life and family.  She seeks to be an instrument of grace to those she counsels.

Jim Kulp – Jim has been a great addition to our team as he works with people on financial matters.  Jim brings long experience in finance from his years at Campbell’s Soup.