National organization appoints Samaritan Counseling director to board

Robin McCutcheon, Executive Director of Samaritan Counseling Center of Southeast Texas, has been appointed to the Solihten Institute National Board of Directors.

The Solihten Institute is an interfaith counseling network comprised of over 40 centers across the country. The Institute seeks to recruit, accredit, connect, educate and advance counseling centers in the work they provide.

According to counseling center, “The work of the Solihten Institute practices one of the most effective paths to healing: spiritually integrated therapy. While each center designs services and programs to meet the needs of its communities, all Solihten member centers are expected to achieve full accreditation to maintain sound organizational structures, efficient management and administration, high-quality clinical processes, appropriate personnel and financial practices, and professional accountability.”

McCutcheon has been the Executive Director of Samaritan CCSETX since February 2018. She was asked to join the National Board of Directors based on her leadership in the areas of school - based programs, equity, inclusion and diversity work along with studies on brain health and development. Prior to her work with Samaritan CCSETX, she was clinical faculty at Lamar University-Beaumont working in pre-service teacher education. Samaritan CCSETX provides mental/behavioral health services for all of Southeast Texas with offices located in Beaumont, Orange, Port Arthur and Silsbee.

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