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Less Preparing, More Shepherding

Guidance for every stage of the counseling process.

Clear biblical pathways with written, vetted assignments—so you can focus on the person in front of you.

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Most counseling depends on memory and hustle.

When someone reaches out, you reach for what you know: years of ministry wisdom, a book, a podcast, an article. It can take hours to find, read, vet, and organize resources. And even then, they are not aligned with a clear plan. As a result, counsel is inconsistent, hope is hard to communicate, and change is hindered.

Clear guidance, every step of the way

The 6 Gs (the counseling process)

Gain relationship, Gather information, Guard from danger, Gospel foundation, Guide to Change, Graduate. Scripture warns against answering a matter before hearing it (Proverbs 18:13), so resources open only once you get to know the person, ensure their safety, and share the gospel.

CHANGE (the change process)

6 phases with a clear biblical goal for each, so you counsel by objective, not by an arbitrary number of sessions.

Where to start, and why

A thorough intake, suggested primary and secondary issues, and heart-level themes—so you can see the real problem before choosing the path forward.

What’s Included

  • A thorough intake. Send it to their account or go through it together; it suggests the main struggle and the ones beneath it, and you choose.
  • A clear pathway for what they’re facing: where to start, and why, with each struggle’s summary, how it often shows up, and its heart-level themes in front of you as you choose.
  • A gospel foundation first. The 6 Gs set the gospel in place before Guide to Change opens.
  • The 6 Gs and the 6 phases on every record, so you counsel by objective.
  • Ready assignments for whatever they’re facing, with notes for you beside each one: use them, adapt them, or write your own.
  • Takeaways or free counselee accounts, safety screening with prompts, and session prep and notes on every record.

On Every Record

The Whole Counseling Process

From intake to graduation—every assignment with its answer, every session note, and every person involved in the counseling process stays on one counselee record.

  • Assign It, and Read Their Answers

    Give any card from the library, or one you wrote. Counselees answer and mark steps done in their own free account, and you read it all on their record. Or hand it over as a printed takeaway.

  • Bring In a Pastor or Colleague

    Link their pastor for free, view only. Share a record with a colleague for supervision or a handoff. You can stop sharing at any time.

  • Marriage Counseling, Linked

    Link two spouses’ records. Each keeps their own, and only you see the link. Log joint sessions once each spouse has completed the safety screening alone.

  • See What They See

    Preview every card in the counselee view before you give it.

  • Ready for Every Session

    Session prep on one page: this phase’s cards, what to watch for, and your last notes.

  • Notes and a Full History

    Session notes on every record, and every change logged with the date and the reason.

How It Works

  1. Open a record. Walk the 6 Gs: get to know them, gather information, guard from danger, and set the gospel before them.
  2. Choose the assignments. For each phase, pick the Scripture, questions, and steps that fit.
  3. Give them and follow up. On a takeaway or in their account, then read their answers before you meet.
  4. Take the next step together. Every record shows what comes next.

A Look Inside

Every counselee’s record walks the 6 Gs.

The 6 Gs

  1. Gain RelationshipConfirmed Confirmed
  2. Gather Information (Gather and Organize Information)Confirmed Confirmed
  3. Guard from DangerConfirmed Confirmed
  4. Gospel Foundation (Get a Gospel Foundation in Place)Confirmed Confirmed
  5. 5Guide to ChangePhase C
  6. 6GraduateAfter Phase E

One Assignment

From the first phase on worry. You choose which assignments to give in each phase. Provide additional notes or use our template to write your own assignments.

From Change Pathways · Worry

Phase C · Consider the Truth

Seeing Worry before the Sovereign and Faithful God

Isaiah 46:9–10
Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me. I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’

Think it through

In Isaiah 46:9–10 God declares the end from the beginning and says His purpose will stand. How does His word silence the fear that your life is spinning out of control?

This week

Set the Fear before His Purpose: Read Isaiah 46:9–10 aloud each morning this week. Beside the fear you named in Assignment 1, write what the passage says God does that your worry has been trying to do.

In the app, a counselee with an account writes an answer and what they did here, and you read them on their record. Or give it on a printed takeaway.

A Counseling Team?

Three or more counselors? One plan for your counseling team, with oversight and shared reports.

For My Team

Helper plan

$39 a monthor $399 a yearPlus applicable sales tax

For pastors, counselors, and parents who walk with others.

14-day trial. A card is needed to start; nothing is charged until day 15, and you can cancel before then.

Subscribe in our first year and keep this price for as long as you stay subscribed without a break.

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Questions

I’ve counseled for years. I don’t need a system telling me how.

The best never leave the fundamentals. Change Pathways keeps them in front of you, so nothing is overlooked, and gives you a strong starting point every time: use our assignments, adapt them, or use them as fodder for your own.

Pre-written homework is canned. Every person is different.

Every person is different, and every person isn’t: “No temptation has seized you except what is common to man” (1 Corinthians 10:13). The change process doesn’t change. A thorough intake and struggle-specific pathways make it personal, and you can always write your own.

Isn’t this replacing the counselor?

No. Every calling needs good tools. These equip you to stay organized, clear, and consistent, so you can be as effective as possible with the people you shepherd.

I’m a lay helper, not trained. Can I use this?

Especially you. It gives you a clear process many trained counselors miss, and the tools to carry it out.

My counselees won’t do homework anyway.

You can’t control what they do, but you can make it easier: clear steps, in their own account, with gentle, biblical accountability.

Is the theology sound? Who decided what goes in it?

Certified biblical counselors and seasoned pastors, who are in the Word and applying it to lives every day. It stays within historic, orthodox Christianity without being so narrow that it excludes faithful brothers and sisters, or so wide that it stops being faithful.

How is this different from making my own homework, or from office software?

Instead of building assignments from scratch for each person, you choose from ready ones for whatever they’re facing, in 6 phases, with notes for you, and add your own whenever you like. Every assignment, answer, and next step stays on one record. It isn’t software for running an office; it carries the whole counseling process, from the 6 Gs to Graduate.

Can I use my own assignments?

Yes. Write your own for any phase, in your own words, and give them alongside ours.

Can I use it for marriage counseling?

Yes. Open a record for each spouse and link them as a couple. Each keeps their own record and pathway, neither is told the records are linked, and you log joint sessions in a couple view only you see. Before the first joint session, each spouse completes the safety screening alone.

Can their pastor or a supervisor see the record?

Yes, with the counselee’s agreement. Link their pastor for free (view only), or share the record with a colleague who has a Helper or Team plan, for supervision or a handoff. You can stop sharing at any time.

Do the people I counsel pay?

No. Counselee accounts are free, up to 25 open records for each counselor.

I’m a parent, not a counselor. Is this for me?

If you want to lead your own family through a struggle, with family reading plans and notes for parents, the Household plan fits. Choose this plan if you also help other adults, or want everything a counselor gets.

Can a HIPAA-covered provider use it?

No. Change Pathways isn’t offered to HIPAA-covered providers, and we don’t sign business associate agreements.

Is it in the App Store?

No. It’s a web app, on your computer or saved to your phone’s home screen.

What happens after the trial?

We’ll email you 3 days before it ends. Unless you cancel, your plan begins on day 15 and renews until you cancel. Cancel online in Settings, then Plan and Billing, at any time.

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Who is this for?