Loading...Mr. Fleming has a wide variety of business and public service experience. He has served as Metro Councilman for District 7 since 2002.
Wayne J. Harper, EdD, the current executive director, will remain with Kilgore as a staff Psychologist.
"We believe that Ken's business and public service background will be a great benefit to Kilgore," said Dan Russell, Board Chair. "We want to thank Dr. Harper for eight years of valuable service. Wayne has done an outstanding job of growing the counseling center and has been dedicated to our mission. Since he arrived, the Kilgore Samaritan Counseling Center successfully completed a capital campaign, moved into its own purchased building and developed new lines of therapy related business. Over 700 clients are seen each year, with over 400 new clients among them, totaling about 4,500 face-to-face counseling hours provided to families in need."
"I am honored to be named Executive Director of the Kilgore Samaritan Counseling Center," Mr. Fleming said. "This opportunity allows me to draw on my years of business and public service experience and use that for the benefit of a faith-based organization."
About The Kilgore Samaritan Counseling Center
The Kilgore Samaritan Counseling Center was established in recognition of the importance of pastoral counseling to persons in crisis and pain. The Kilgore Samaritan Counseling Center offers emotional healing, hope and new life perspective in the context of Judeo-Christian values to individuals, couples, youth and families experiencing the pressures of living in our complex society. In its 28-year history, the Kilgore Center has never turned away a person needing help because of inability to pay the standard fees.
The Kilgore Center is affiliated with the Samaritan Institute, a nationally recognized organization that develops and accredits pastoral counseling centers across the country. The first Samaritan Center was established in Elkhart, Indiana by a Presbyterian minister, a physician and a seminary professor who recognized the need for an integrated approach to mental health - one that includes attention to the religious dimensions of grief, depression, and marriage and family relationships.
