Project Impact

In 2023, CCC staff, volunteers, and Representatives of the Board of Directors, participated in a research project with the support of the PacificSource Foundation for Health Improvement and Dialogues in Action, to better understand the impact of our services on our clients.

This research focused on our individual counseling program, which provides counseling to approximately 110 clients a year. Clients are seen by Oregon licensed counselors and social workers as well as student interns. Services are provided online or in person, in order to reduce barriers to access for clients. In conducting an evaluation of impact, we sought to understand whether our mission of transforming lives and healing relationships is actualized through our counseling program. Through our interviews we discovered:

• Therapy increases self-awareness. Clients reported that they feel more capable in addressing the challenges in their lives by uncovering inner strength that they may not have known prior to therapy.

• Clients are developing a balance of skills and personal insights that contribute to improved functioning and long-lasting change. CCC’s therapeutic services honor the complexity of the human being by developing both skills for self-regulation and developing insight for self-understanding.

• Through therapy, clients recognize when a relationship is healthy and grow in their ability to set boundaries. Therapy helps our clients evaluate their relationships with their family, friends, and community so that they can deepen healthy relationships and separate themselves from harmful ones.

• A stronger sense of self brings new hope for the future. Hope for the future was a consistent theme in the interviews. Clients reported learning how to feel more fully instead of just seeking to feel better in the moment.