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Eboni D. Howell, BS

Therapy through Meaning and Purpose

I am here to help you live the life God intended for you by providing biblically based counseling for individuals, couples, and families.

Galatians 6:2-"Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ

Existential therapy is an attitudinal approach which, “...examines individuals awareness of themselves and their ability to look beyond their immediate problems...” (Sharf, 2008). Its premise is to promote personal empowerment and human growth. The ultimate goal for any human being is to find the purpose of their existence and pursue it (Frankl as cited in Sharf, 2008). Understanding the meaning of one’s existence is believed to be the most fundamental drive for any individual, “Life is not primarily a quest for pleasure, as Freud believed, or a quest for power, as Alfred Adler taught, but a quest for meaning. The greatest task for any person is to find meaning in his or her life” (Kushner, as cited in Frankl 2006). Examining our lives and moving toward self-actualization is a sign of a healthy human, it is the essence of what makes us truly human. Striving toward something greater than themselves is the existential nature of human beings; that is, we have the complex ability to transcend our immediate situation.

After spending a number of years at Point Park College and CCAC where I studied Psychology. I received my bachelor’s degree in Community Ministry from Geneva College. I completed my internship requirements working at Dorothy Day Apartments, a housing ministry for single mothers in the Lincoln/Lemington section of Pittsburgh, PA. Upon graduating from Geneva, I worked as an Assessment Specialist and addictions counselor serving adolescent females in a 108 bed residential treatment program. In addition to individual therapy, I facilitated various therapeutic treatment groups such as Women’s Issues, Survivors of Abuse (sexual), Anger Management, Abuse and Relationships, Stress management and Drug and Alcohol Education and Prevention.

I am currently a Master’s student at Waynesburg University where I am pursuing a degree in Christian Counseling. I fulfilled my practicum requirements at Auberle in McKeesport servicing adolescent males on the mental health unit providing individual, group, and family therapy sessions. Currently I am employed as an addictions counselor at Discovery House of PA.

My goal is to reunite your inner spirit with a higher sense of purpose and wellbeing in Christ. I achieve this through psychotherapy, relaxation techniques, and the application of spiritual disciplines.