The Leeke Magee Christian Counseling Center (LMCCC) at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (NOBTS), in conjunction with Baptist Community Ministries (BCM), is offering free counseling services to those impacted by the attack that took place New Year’s Day on Bourbon Street. This includes direct victims, their families, first responders and any other community members otherwise impacted by the event. 

New Orleans Seminary’s LMCCC is a community-serving counseling center that has provided counseling services to the Greater New Orleans area for more than 10 years. The LMCCC can provide clinical counseling services to anyone regardless of faith background or religious belief. The counselors at LMCCC include NOBTS faculty, staff, and students under direct supervision of licensed professionals who are trained in evidence-based counseling modalities. 

Counseling services can be provided to address trauma (triggers, intrusive thoughts and images, or somatic/bodily reactions) grief, anxiety and/or depression. The LMCCC is also able to provide individuals with evidence-based trauma treatments which have been shown to be an effective treatment for traumatic experiences. 

Individuals interested in seeking out counseling services should call 504-816-8004 and mention that they were referred to the counseling center following the New Year’s Day attack. Individuals can also email awendel@nobts.edu mentioning the same. Finally, individuals can find more information about the Leeke Magee Christian Counseling Center here. 

We hope and pray that the free counseling services will be of benefit to those in our community impacted by this tragedy.

Prayerfully, 

Jamie Dew, President of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary 

Inman Houston, President and CEO of Baptist Community Ministries