"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
Jeremiah 29:11
Life can get heavy. Anxiety can begin taking up too much space. A marriage can reach a place where the same arguments keep happening and neither person knows how to change them. Grief can linger longer than anyone around you realizes. Sometimes you simply reach a point where you know something needs to change, but you are not sure what that change looks like.
For people in Lakeland looking for counseling, faith can also be an important part of that conversation. You may want someone who understands emotional and relational struggles without treating your spiritual life as something separate or unimportant.
At ReGenesis Counseling, we offer a place to work through both. Our approach brings together helpful counseling practices, years of pastoral care experience, and a deep respect for each person's story and faith. There is no pressure to be religious or to talk about faith. But if your relationship with God matters to you, it is welcome in the room.
We work with individuals and couples from throughout the Lakeland area dealing with anxiety, grief and loss, depression, marriage and relationship struggles, trauma, life transitions, and questions of faith.
You do not have to have everything figured out before you come. Sometimes counseling simply begins with having a safe place to tell the truth about where you are and begin figuring out what comes next.
The Lakeland Public Library and one of the city’s most recognizable symbols, the Lakeland swan.
Lakeland, Florida
Sometimes life becomes too much to carry alone. Individual counseling gives you a private place to slow down, sort through what is happening, and begin finding your way forward. We work with Lakeland-area clients facing anxiety, depression, grief, stress, burnout, life transitions, and other difficult seasons.
Christian Counseling in Lakeland
Marriage can go through seasons where closeness gives way to distance, resentment, hurt, or uncertainty about the future. Sometimes there has been a specific rupture. Other times, couples simply realize they have lost something important along the way. We work with couples from Lakeland and surrounding communities who want to understand what is happening between them, heal what has been hurt, and find their way back toward trust, intimacy, friendship, and partnership.
Marriage Counseling in Lakeland
Trauma doesn't always look like one dramatic event. Sometimes it's a slow accumulation of things you've never had space to put down. We'll move at whatever pace your nervous system can actually handle, working toward feeling safe in your own life again, not just able to talk about what happened.
Counseling for Trauma in Lakeland
For more than 25 years as a counselor, pastor, and hospital chaplain, I’ve walked side by side with people in the grip of some of life’s most difficult moments. In those moments, I’ve witnessed something miraculous and deeply beautiful: the human capacity to rise, heal, and begin again.
Many of us were taught to carry pain alone, to suck it up and avoid burdening others. This can be the reason our pain grows so heavy in the first place. Together, we can lift that weight, untangle what has been knotted underneath, and create a path forward, one that aligns with your heart, your life goals, and the story God is still writing in you.
Pr. Rodger McFarland and his wife Terri I have been married for over 30 years, have six children, 10 grandchildren, and two very spoiled dogs, Bailey and Beanie. We make our home in Plant City, Florida.
Our office is located at 1601 Williams Road, Plant City, FL 33565, about a 25-minute drive from Lakeland via I-4. Located just off the interstate, we're easy to reach from anywhere in the Lakeland area.
Virtual sessions are also available for weeks when an in-person visit doesn't fit your schedule, offering the same pastoral, faith-integrated approach over secure video, from anywhere in Florida or beyond.
Serving Lakeland, FL
(813) 392-9224Our office at 1601 Williams Road in Plant City, serving Lakeland-area clients with both in-person and virtual sessions.
By appointment only. Telehealth hours are flexible to accommodate busy schedules.
From Lakeland, take I-4 West to Exit 22 (Park Rd), about 25 minutes. We are conveniently accessible via the Interstate 4 (I-4) corridor from either direction: from the East take Exit 22 (Park Rd); from the West take Exit 21 (SR 39 / Alexander St / SR 39A Buchman Hwy).
Pastoral counseling is centered on a deeply personal and holistic type of care. Its focus is not only on the inner workings of the mind, but also on the condition of the heart and the spirit. Behind many of the struggles we face in life are wounds that have fragmented the mind, broken the heart, and depressed the spirit.
With years of experience helping people navigate deep emotional wounds and difficult seasons of life, I bring an understanding of how the mind, heart, spirit, and nervous system can begin to heal. The tools I use are grounded in compassion and informed by proven approaches, offering practical support and meaningful direction rather than surface-level encouragement alone.
I'm neither a psychologist nor psychiatrist, and pastoral counseling is never meant to be seen through the lens of a medical treatment relationship. My role is not to diagnose, prescribe medication, or approach you as a set of symptoms to be managed.
Instead, I seek to listen deeply, discern carefully, and help you uncover what may be weighing you down and holding you back. Together, we will work toward a path of healing that is thoughtful, personal, and shaped to your specific situation.
Psychologists, psychiatrists, and clinical therapists are licensed by their state’s Health Department and governing medical boards. Pastoral counselors are credentialed, ordained, or commissioned through a church or ministerial organization.
Our office is located at 1601 Williams Road, Plant City, FL 33565, about a 25-minute drive from Lakeland via I-4. It is a peaceful, confidential setting designed to provide a safe space for healing and renewal.
Not necessarily. Most Lakeland clients do come in person (it's about a 25-minute drive via I-4), but if that's not realistic on a given week, we also meet by secure video from anywhere in Florida. You're welcome to mix and match between in-person and virtual sessions depending on what your schedule allows.
Yes, we provide high-quality online counseling and telehealth services for residents throughout Florida, allowing you to access professional, faith-integrated support from the comfort and privacy of your own home.
You can schedule a free 20-minute phone consultation directly on our online scheduling page, or by emailing hello@newregenesis.com.
