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Donation

Counselor Education Program

IPFW Community Counseling Center

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Clinic Donations

At the IPFW Community Counseling Center, therapy is provided at no charge, an average of 120 client families, representing more than 200 individual clients a year for the past six years.

Seventy percent of our clients are children.  Typical childhood issues treated  are poor self-concept, divorce, death of a parent, suicidal tendencies or threats, poor parent-child communication, difficulty in forming friendships, previous sexual abuse, and difficulty in adjusting to a new school.

Adult issues treated are coping with terminal illness, adjusting to retirement, career counseling, marital issues, post traumatic syndrome, alcoholism and sexual abuse.

The Need

The IPFW Community Counseling Center is in the Dolnick Building on the former Fort Wayne State Developmental Center campus.  The current condition of the building is very sterile, institutional and requires a transformation into a warm, comfortable and professional setting making it more conducive to successful therapy.

The Solution

Students from the Interior Design Program and Counselor Education will collaborate and perform the necessary work to transform each of the clinic’s 13 counseling rooms, hallway and waiting room.  The collaboration will provide credit opportunities for Interior Design students and real life learning opportunities.  This proposed solution maximizes the limited resources available for the community counseling center.

Estimated Expenses
  • Waiting Room: $300
  • Counseling Rooms (13 @ $169/ea.): $2,200
  • Classsrooms (2 @ $250/ea.): $500
  • Total: $3,000

Sponsor A Room Program

For a donation of $1,000, you can sponsor a “makeover” for one of the counseling rooms. The room will be transformed from a sterile, institutional décor, to a warm, comfortable, home style décor that will help clients feel at ease and impact the therapy process. 

The room will be named by you, and a plaque with your name will be posted.  

Smaller donations are also welcome and help us to maintain our supply of therapeutic books, games, and play therapy supplies.

All gifts are tax deductible.

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