Samaritan Counseling Center of Imperial Calcasieu
Samaritan Counseling Center of Imperial Calcasieu was a community counseling organization in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Historical local resources describe faith-sensitive mental-health support, while a 2005 United Way report and federal provider records document its place in the regional service network.
Organization profile
- Organization type
- Hospital / healthcare provider
- Headquarters / base
- Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States
- Geographic scope
- Southwest Louisiana (historical service area)
- Samaritan Counseling Center / Calcasieu
Medical focus
Activities
Population served
A counseling organization in Lake Charles
The federal provider registry records the exact name Samaritan Counseling Center of Imperial Calcasieu under NPI 1134279276. Its location and mailing address are recorded as 833 Hodges Street in Lake Charles. The identifier was assigned in January 2007, and the record reports an update in August 2020.
The same address appears in the historical community-resource listing. This identifies the Calcasieu organization and separates it from similarly named Samaritan counseling organizations in other Louisiana cities.
Historical counseling approach
The local resource profile described confidential, faith-sensitive counseling by licensed mental-health therapists for people across age groups. It stated that therapists worked with people from different religious backgrounds and with people who did not identify with a religion.
That account presented mental well-being in connection with physical health, personal beliefs and community relationships. It also described collaboration across medical, psychological and theological perspectives. These details explain the center’s historical counseling model rather than specifying a particular treatment for an individual.
Sources: [3].
Community support and organizational context
United Way of Southwest Louisiana’s financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2005 list Samaritan Counseling among the agencies receiving allocations. This provides dated evidence of its participation in the local community-support network.
The historical local description identified the center as independently governed and connected its support to community contributions and religious congregations. Its documented service area extended beyond Lake Charles to surrounding Southwest Louisiana parishes, placing counseling within a wider regional network of assistance.