Care
Clinical counseling
Accessible, evidence-informed mental and behavioral health care that honors the whole person.
Springfield, Ohio · Whole-person care · rigorous formation
Restoring wholeness.
Forming those who care.
Based in Springfield, Ohio, we bring clinical excellence and spiritual formation into thoughtful conversation—equipping counselors, renewing pastors, and creating pathways toward lasting health.
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Clinical wisdomSpiritual depth
Our conviction
People are more than symptoms.
Care should be, too.
New Life Institute of Mental and Behavioral Health exists to advance whole-person care in Springfield, Ohio and beyond—integrating sound psychological practice, meaningful spiritual formation, rigorous education, and service to the wider community.
How the mission takes shape
One institute.
Four connected pursuits.
The Institute is designed as an ecosystem: care informs research, research strengthens training, and formation sustains the people who serve.
Formation
Counselor training
Preparing thoughtful, ethical practitioners through education, supervision, and applied formation.
Inquiry
Research & curriculum
Studying what helps people flourish and translating that knowledge into useful, teachable resources.
Renewal
Pastoral soul care
Creating restorative spaces where ministry leaders can receive care, recover perspective, and endure well.
Our approach
Grounded.
Rigorous.
Human.
Whole-person
We attend to the psychological, relational, physical, and spiritual dimensions of a person’s life without reducing one to another.
Evidence-informed
Research gives care a trustworthy foundation. Clinical wisdom and careful listening help us apply it to the person in front of us.
Formational
Lasting change reaches beyond symptom relief. We cultivate the insight, character, practices, and relationships that support a coherent life.
The vision taking shape
A center built for
long-term impact.
The Institute brings service, scholarship, and formation under one roof so each can strengthen the others. The result is care that reaches beyond a counseling room and into the systems that shape families, churches, clinicians, and communities.
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Integrated clinical care
A setting for accessible mental and behavioral health services grounded in dignity and clinical excellence.
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Research & curriculum
A laboratory for translating meaningful inquiry into resources that counselors, churches, and educators can use.
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Training & supervision
A formation center for emerging counselors and practitioners seeking thoughtful, ethically grounded development.
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Pastoral renewal
A restorative home for pastors and ministry leaders who carry the weight of caring for others.
Institute leadership
Stewardship shaped
by mission.
The Institute is led by professionals whose experience spans clinical care, ministry, nonprofit governance, business, and organizational stewardship.
01President
M. Brandon Blue, MA, LPCC, NCC
Director, New Life Center for Counseling
Brandon is a licensed professional clinical counselor, counselor educator, author, and U.S. Navy veteran. He holds a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling and is pursuing a PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision. His work brings clinical practice, scholarly inquiry, and spiritual formation into thoughtful conversation, with particular attention to whole-person care, narrative identity, and the formation of counselors and ministry leaders.
02Vice President
Joseph Parker, D.Min.
Pastor, New Life Church Springfield
Joseph has served in active ministry for 20 years, including 10 years in pastoral leadership, and has served on the boards of multiple nonprofit organizations and ministries. He holds a Doctor of Ministry in Spiritual Formation and Leadership. His leadership is marked by disciplined study, intellectual curiosity, and a commitment to thoughtful spiritual formation. He brings theological depth, organizational experience, and pastoral wisdom to the Institute’s work.
03Treasurer
Derek Blevins, MBA
Businessman & investor
Derek is a businessman whose work spans real estate and investments. Deeply committed to Christ and the advancement of God’s Kingdom, he brings financial insight, entrepreneurial discipline, and a stewardship-centered perspective to the Institute. His leadership helps unite mission with responsible planning and resource management, strengthening the organization’s capacity for long-term service to individuals, churches, and communities.
Who this work serves
Built around people.
Connected by purpose.
- Individuals & families
- Counselors & students
- Pastors & churches
- Educators & researchers
- Community partners
We believe the future of care is both clinically excellent and deeply human—care that restores people, forms practitioners, and renews communities.Return to the beginning