 Larry E. Quicksall
Larry E. Quicksall is a Licensed
Clinical Social Worker who has been in private practice since 1994. He
received his Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Eastern Illinois
University in Charleston, Illinois, in 1987. Later he received his
Master of Social Work degree from the University of Illinois in Urbana
in 1991.
Larry initially worked in the field of substance abuse prevention and
participated in the crisis intervention team at the local community
mental health center in Effingham, Illinois. As he neared completion of
his master's degree, he was promoted to the position of program director
of intensive services for the chronically mentally ill. In 1994, he left
the community mental health field to work with a rural hospice
organization where he provided assessment and anticipatory grief
counseling to terminally ill patients and their families in a fifteen
county area. While working in the hospice field he began his private
practice in Christian counseling. By 1998, the counseling practice had
grown to the point that he left the hospice field to focus primarily on
Christian counseling. In 2003, Larry returned to full-time
hospice work with Lincolnland Hospice while pursuing his private
practice part-time.
In addition to counseling and hospice, Larry taught as a
member of the adjunct faculty at Lake Land College from 1991 to 2002,
where he taught introductory psychology and abnormal psychology classes. He also
provides social work consulting services to several area health care providers.
In 2002, Larry opened FamilyGrowth Publishing, a small
publishing company specializing in books, reports, and
multimedia materials to families and organizations. The first
publication was released in May 2002, and is a book by Larry
titled "We Need to Talk: A Practical
Guide for Those Facing Terminal Illness."
Larry Quicksall is a native of Effingham,
Illinois. He married his wife, Dawn, in 2005, and together they
have five children and dive grandchildren. Larry is an active
member of St. John's Lutheran Church, LCMS in Effingham, where he also
serves as the church counselor. In addition, Larry is a member of the American Association of Christian
Counselors and the National Eagle Scout
Association. Larry's personal interests include camping, family
history and genealogy, travel, and family activities and adventures.
Statement
of Faith
As a Christian counselor and member
of the Christian community, it is important to make a statement of faith
for the benefit of all who would seek his professional services.
As a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors, Larry
Quicksall subscribes to their statement of faith as listed below.
As an association
of dedicated counseling professionals, the AACC believes:
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In
one God, creator and sustainer of all things, infinitely perfect and
eternally coexisting in three persons - Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit.
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The
Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments, are the inspired and
trustworthy Word of God, the complete revelation of His will for the
salvation of human beings, and the final authority for all matters
about which it speaks.
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That
the human nature derives from two historical persons, male and
female, created in God’s image. They were created perfect, but
they sinned, plunging themselves and all human beings into sin,
guilt, suffering and death.
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That
the substitutionary death of Jesus Christ and his bodily
resurrection provide the only ground for justification, forgiveness,
and salvation for all who believe, and only those who trust in him
alone are born of the Holy Spirit, true members of the church, and
will spend eternity with Christ.
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That
the Holy Spirit is the agent of regeneration and renewal for
believers in Christ, that he makes the presence of Jesus Christ real
in believers, and that he comforts, guides, convicts and enables
believers to live in ways that honor him.
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That
ministry to persons acknowledges the complexity of humans as
physical, psychological, social and spiritual beings. The ultimate
goal of Christian counseling is to help others move to personal
wholeness, interpersonal competence, mental stability and spiritual
maturity.
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In addition to the above statement,
Larry also subscribes to the following confessional statements:
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The
Apostles’ Creed, Nicene Creed, & Athanasian Creed.
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The
Augsburg Confession (1530)
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The
Apology of the Augsburg Confession (1531)
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The
Formula of Concord (1577)
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