Nashville counselors visit Asheville with support from Covenant School students

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A group of Nashville-based counselors took their skills to Asheville, North Carolina, helping families heal in the aftermath of September's devastating floods.

The team of eight from Daystar Counseling Ministries worked with about 100 children throughout the region, as well as their parents. Over the course of about four days, they led several group therapy sessions.

"Exploring their trauma, what they lived through, how resilient they are, what their view of the future is," said Don Logan, a counselor with Daystar, speaking on the group therapy sessions.

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Logan said many of the people they met had been out volunteering, helping pick up the pieces.

"It became a, 'You've helped and that is wonderful, and you're going to continue to help, but now how can you provide care for yourself?'" said Logan.

Among their missions, Daystar Counseling Ministries also helps support families impacted by the Covenant School shooting . The Covenant School had their students write words of encouragement for the counselors to deliver to children in Asheville.

"Many of them came from really the adolescents we serve who have also been through trauma, so to see their response and their resilience and their health kind of boosted us as we took off," said Logan.

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It was a message on resilience, echoed by those who have learned the power of perseverance firsthand.

One of the cards reads, "I know what change feels like, but I also know what God's love feels like." Another says, "There is something I learned to do when I feel sad. Breathe in through your nose and think about something good."

As therapy is a long term plan, Logan noted the families they worked with will have help connecting with a full-time counselor in their community.