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CCEF New England
An affiliate office of CCEF in Vermont
what we do
Counsel
Christ-centered counseling for individuals and families that is personal in approach, biblical in interpretation, and prayerful in application.
Current counselees can log in here to manage their schedule and request new appointments. New counselees should contact our office directly.
Appointments are available Monday through Friday from 9:00am – 5:00pm.
You can read more about our counselors in the "Our Team" section below.
Fees & Insurance
Our counseling fee is $95 per hour for daytime appointments. Please contact our office for information about our self-pay reduced rate program.
All counseling charges are due before each appointment. We accept cash (exact amount appreciated), personal checks, and major credit cards.
In today’s health insurance climate, insurers are increasingly reluctant to pay for an out-of-network provider. It is important for you to understand what your policy covers. If you have coverage, we are glad to provide you with the proper receipts for your carrier. However, you will be expected to make full payment at the time of your session and have your insurance company reimburse you. Thanks for your understanding.
On the rare occasion that the CCEF New England office closes due to weather, we will call all counselees scheduled for that day. Should you ever decide to cancel your session due to weather, we simply ask that you call to let us know. No cancellation fee will be charged.
Train
We offer a variety of training opportunities for individuals and groups, including conferences, counseling courses, and a monthly lunch & learn. For advanced students, we offer an intensive 9-month counseling internship (read overview here).
1. Counseling Courses
We created the CCEF New England Cohort to connect and support local biblical counseling students. We hope to coordinate groups of 5+ students to access tuition discounts for CCEF’s six certificate courses. Read more about the CCEF New England Cohort here.
2. Request a Speaker
Our counselors are available to speak at your church or ministry on a variety of counseling topics. Formats range from short seminars to weekend retreats, and include remote events. Please contact our office for details.
Speaker biographies can be found on our "Our Team" page.
3. Lunch and Learn: 1st Monday of each Month.
Any current or interested biblical counseling student is invited to join CCEF New England counselors for lunch and discussion on the first Monday of each month from 12:00–1:00. Bring your lunch and any questions you have about your own biblical counseling interest and journey, as well as challenges and needs you face as you try to care well for the people in your life. This is a chance to rub shoulders with other like minded folks who are seeking to engage similar ministry interests as you. Since life and ministry in New England can often be so isolating, we want to provide camaraderie and encouragement to you through these gatherings. For those of you who have/are taking a CCEF course(s), this is also a chance for you to share what you are learning and get feedback from other learners and counselors.
4. Regional Conference
We host an annual regional conference. Contact our office to purchase audio from past conferences.
- Walking Together: Loving Others in the Messiness of Daily Life (2016)
- Engaging Emotions: Feelings & Faith (2017)
- From Shame to Hope (2018)
- Tried & True: Growing in Marriage's Ordinary Trials (2019)
- Responding to Suffering (2021)
- Together in Differences: Living Out Our Unity in Christ (2022)
- The Journey of Growth: Walking Well with God & Others (2023)
- Engaging the Process of Forgiveness (2024)
Consult
Free consultations for New England pastors on their own counseling situations.
Our counselors consult with New England pastors on their own counseling situations. Consulting is free of charge and available as schedule permits; complete the form below to request a meeting.
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Phone
(802) 356-9065
newengland@ccefne.org
Address
2456 Christian St
Wilder, VT 05088
Mailing Address
PO Box 1205
Wilder, VT 0508
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Directions
Look for the red office building immediately next to the Dothan Brook Elementary School. You are welcome to park in front of or behind the building, and our office is on the main level.
Our Team
Learn more about the CCEF New England counselors, staff, and board of directors.
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Andy Engert
Andy Engert is the Executive Director at CCEF New England. He received his Master of Arts in counseling from Asbury Theological Seminary and has completed numerous CCEF School of Biblical Counseling certificate courses in preparation for becoming a biblical counselor. Prior to joining CCEF, Andy worked in the professional counseling field and is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) in the state of Vermont. He has a passion for supporting the church in New England and for helping people find real help in the Lord as they face the significant challenges of life. Andy and his wife, Christine, have three sons, and he also serves as the part-time worship pastor at his church. Andy loves music, playing soccer, and spending time with his family.
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Robyn Huck
Robyn Huck is the Counseling Mentor at CCEF New England with more than 15 years of counseling and speaking experience. Robyn is a regular Bible study leader and has spoken at many women’s events. She has a passion for teaching the Bible to women and helping connect biblical truths and comforts to the challenges of life. Robyn and her husband Karl are parents to three grown children and have two fabulous daughters-in-law and four grandchildren! They enjoy big band music, fox trot and swing dancing, tandem bicycling, traveling, the outdoors, and time with their family.
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Annette Horne
Annette Horne is a counselor at CCEF New England and serves as our Director of Development & Partnerships. She was born and raised in Germany where she completed her graduate degree in Theology and an MBA degree. She pursued a 20-year-long career in Higher Education developing corporate and academic partnerships and traveling extensively to various countries such as China, India, Brazil, and Russia. After marriage to a U.S. Naval officer, she moved to Italy and then the U.S., ultimately taking her permanent home in the Upper Valley. Returning to her roots in faith and theology, Annette began taking counseling classes at the CCEF School of Biblical Counseling and started working for a local church. She now enjoys connecting with people to draw them closer to God and to grow connections and relationships within the church. She loves coming alongside people, meeting them wherever they are in their lives, listening, and working together to seek God’s presence in their lives and what living in faith looks like in day-to-day life. In her spare time, Annette enjoys the outdoors, TV series, and spending time with friends.
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Susie Matter
Susie Matter is a counselor at CCEF New England. She completed her master's in Biblical Counseling from Westminster Theological Seminary in 2005. Since then, she has counseled in a middle school, worked in a college ministry, directed the children’s ministry for a church in Philadelphia, and taught preschool. She loves to study and teach the Bible and to think about how God’s Word is life-giving and applicable to her own and other people’s lives. Susie and her husband, Drew, have three school aged children. Susie enjoys running, skiing, gardening and reading.
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Emily (Barka) Heuer
Emily (Barka) Heuer is a counselor at CCEF New England. She completed her Masters in Counseling at Westminster Theological Seminary and is a member of the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors. Her experience includes working in youth ministry, mentoring middle and high school age girls, and counseling in the local church. She loves coming alongside people wherever they are and reminding them of God’s great love for them. In her spare time Emily enjoys quilting, reading, coffee, and spending time with family and friends. Emily counsels via telehealth only.
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Dori Willeman
Dori Willeman is a counselor at CCEF New England. She received her Master of Arts in Counseling from Westminster Theological Seminary. She, alongside her husband, Don, moved to New England in 1999 to plant a local church where she has served there as a leader in children’s and women’s ministry. In addition, she has worked in campus ministry teaching and discipling college students. She has a passion for helping people understand biblical truth and apply it to their lives that they might experience peace and joy in Jesus Christ.
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Lara Mather
Lara Mather is a counselor at CCEF New England. She received her Master of Arts in Counseling from Westminster Theological Seminary. Lara is a lifelong New Englander, growing up in mid-coast Maine and now living in the hills of rural New Hampshire. She and her husband, Jonathan, have seven children ranging in age from young adult to middle elementary. She has a special place in her heart for church planting and renewal in small communities, having been an active member of two church plants and helping with women's, children's, and small group ministries. She has seen the gentleness and persistence of God in her own life and in the lives of others, and is grateful for the confidence we have that he is always near and faithful.
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Kaylin Vincz
Kaylin Vincz is a counselor at CCEF New England. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Counseling from Crossroads Bible College and a Master of Arts in Counseling from Westminster Theological Seminary. Her experience is with individuals and couples as well as leading counseling groups. Kaylin empathetically walks with you on your journey through counseling while applying a biblical perspective to the challenges of life. She believes that Jesus' story, mapped onto ours, has the power to change the way we view the world and that his presence gives the strength needed to face the challenges ahead. Kaylin believes relationships are the ministers of these realities and provides a safe, empathetic relationship within counseling and seeks to mend and strengthen other interpersonal relationships. In her spare time, Kaylin likes to spend time outdoors with her husband and three children as well as garden, snowboard, hike, read, and drink coffee.
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Ian Schmidt
Ian Schmidt is a counselor at CCEF New England. He received his Master of Arts in Counseling from Westminster Theological Seminary in 2023. Besides his work at CCEF NE (initially as an intern and now as a counselor), Ian also works part time in college ministry as a life coach. He loves being trusted with people's stories and watching God work mightily in their lives. In his free time, Ian appreciates evenings with friends, working through his never ending stack of books, and enjoying a friendly game of chess.
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Grace Sunderland
Grace Sunderland is a counselor at CCEF New England. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Behavioral Health with a Counseling Emphasis from Arizona Christian University, and has completed two certificate programs from the CCEF School of Biblical Counseling. Grace has experience counseling women at her local pregnancy resource center and hopes to be involved in starting up a counseling ministry at her local church. Grace has been comforted by sisters in Christ who showed her the love of Jesus during difficult times. She has a passion to bring this kind of support and comfort to others. Grace’s hobbies include reading and calligraphy lettering, and she is beginning to get the hang of pickleball. More than anything, she enjoys spending time with family and friends.
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Bill Calhoun
Bill Calhoun is an intern counselor at CCEF New England. He serves full time as the Pastor of Soul Care and Worship at Crossway Church in Keene, NH. He is a passionate learner and loves connecting the sanctifying call of God’s redemptive work and the wisdom of Scripture to the struggles of his own heart and to the struggles and challenges experienced by those he is blessed to meet with. Bill and his wife Holly are parents to two sons and one daughter, and have been blessed with three grandchildren. Bill loves the game of baseball, his golden retriever Theodore, running, hiking, and daily cold plunges throughout the winter.
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Sarah Banks
Sarah Banks is an intern counselor at CCEF New England. She serves as the Director of Children’s Ministry at her church in Nashville, TN, and is pursuing a Master of Arts in Counseling from Westminster Theological Seminary. Sarah has experienced the Lord’s gentle care for her through difficult times. She is thankful for how he has used his word and his people to help her find hope and healing in Christ. Sarah's heart is to come alongside fellow strugglers, offering wise and compassionate support. When she’s not working, you can find her reading books with her daughter, writing songs, running trails, or tending to a growing collection of plants.
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Lauren Groves
Lauren Groves is the Chief Operating Officer at CCEF New England. Lauren grew up in Massachusetts, graduated from Dartmouth College, and has worked in campus ministry and executive administration. She has a passion for turning great ideas into reality. Lauren works part-time for her church and volunteers with CASA of New Hampshire. Lauren and her husband are parents to three great kids, who will tell you she loves adventures, sunshine, and talking with friends. Contact Lauren.
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Cathy Sage
Cathy Sage is the Office Manager at CCEF New England. She recently moved to Vermont with her husband Andrew, her mom Nancy, and her two dogs Jetta and Vita. She has two grown children, a wonderful son-in-law, and two beautiful grandsons. She loves reading, knitting, maple lattes, the ocean, sunrises, and beautiful flowers. Cathy was a dental hygienist for almost 30 years and is currently taking counseling classes through CCEF. She recently completed abuse advocacy training through Called to Peace Ministries and hopes to serve domestic abuse victims as the Lord leads her. Her greatest desire is to learn and grow as a disciple of Jesus and to be a reflection of him in her love and care for others.
Karl Huck
Woodstock, VT
Noah Crane
Lebanon, NH
Marty Bascom
East Randolph, VT
Lisa Kaija
Reading, VT
Terri Burns
Plainfield, NH
Kelly Murphy
Ascutney, VT
Endorsing Churches
These churches have stated their agreement with our philosophy of ministry and confidently refer members of their congregation to our counselors as need arises.
Valley Bible Church
Neal Patel, Pastor
white river junction, vt
First Congregational Church of Woodstock
Doug Warren, Pastor
Woodstock, VT
Christ Redeemer Church
Don Willeman, Pastor
Hanover, NH
East Randolph Baptist Church
Marty Bascom, Pastor
East Randolph, VT
Riverbank Church
Chris Goeppner, Pastor
White River Junction, VT
Piermont Congregational Church
Mal Kircher, Pastor
Piermont, NH
Bradford Evangelical Free Church
J. Donald Dacey, Pastor
Bradford, vt
Middletown Springs Community Church
Mathews George, Pastor
Middletown Springs, VT
Wellspring Worship Center
Craig Morton, Pastor
west Lebanon, NH
Providence Orthodox Presbyterian Church
Tim Herndon, Pastor
West Lebanon, NH
City on a Hill Church
Fletcher Lang, Lead Pastor
Somerville, MA
Cornerstone Evangelical Free Church
Derby, VT
New Hope Community Church
Kevin Schwamb, Pastor
Canaan, NH
North Shore Bible Church
Dana Moore, Pastor
Essex, MA
Newbury Bible Church
David Lee, Pastor
Newbury, VT
Cornerstone Baptist Church
Lael Fenton, Pastor
Topsham, ME
Jaffrey Presbyterian Church
Stephen Migotsky, Pastor
Jaffrey, NH
Thetford Baptist Church
Nathan Peets, Pastor
Thetford, VT
Carlisle Congregational Church
Steve Weibley, Pastor
Carlisle, MA
Millbrook Christian Fellowship
Grafton, NH
Foundation Church
Lyandon Warren, Pastor
Poultney, VT
Pepperell Christian Fellowship
Steve Witmer, Pastor
Pepperell, MA
Red Door Church
Josh Moore, Pastor
South Royalton, VT
Hope Fellowship Church
Eric Ramage, Pastor
West Lebanon, NH
Pilgrim OPC
Russell Hamilton, Pastor
Bangor, ME
Christ Presbyterian Church
Jason S. Wakefield, Pastor
Nashua, NH
Grace River Church
Kyle Allen, Pastor
Claremont, NH
Christ Fellowship Church
Scott Terry, Pastor