Daniel Kiser

Melissa Haas

Melissa Haas serves as the spouse-supporting therapist at HopeQuest. Melissa has a master’s degree in marriage and family therapy and is a licensed professional counselor.  Passionate about spiritual community, healthy marriages, and intimacy with God, Melissa regularly facilitates small groups and teaches and speaks on these topics in order to help the Body of Christ grow relationally with God and each other.  

Melissa and her husband Troy have been married for thirty-four years and have three adult children and one grand-daughter. They have devoted their lives to helping others find hope and freedom from addiction, giving back the comfort they have received on their own journeys of healing.  

Daniel Kiser

Daniel Kiser

Daniel is a Licensed Marital and Family Therapist in the state of Tennessee. He has earned master degrees in Marital and Family Therapy and Biblical Studies from Lee University. Throughout his clinical experience, he has demonstrated clinical effectiveness working with adolescents and families through utilization of evidenced based approaches in his roles as a counselor, clinical supervisor, and behavioral health manager. He has worked with adolescents with severe suicidal behaviors, anxiety, depression, aggression, and high-risk behaviors in residential treatment. Addressed the relational distress within the parent-child relationship created by their child’s disruptive behavioral responses, helping parents through their despair, resentment, and disillusionment. He is invested in the integration of theology and psychology, believing that activation of human longings, desires, and vitality for life is based upon both disciplines. Aside from professional development, he also has experienced the profound impact of a transformative therapeutic relationship that provides accountability, exploration of underlying wounds and thoughts, and compassionate care. Counseling is oriented towards reclaiming, rediscovering, and restoring vital aspects of human development and he is eager to help others in their process as well. 

Resource Websites

Bethesda Workshops is not responsible for the services of any treatment provider or organization. The following list represents a sample of options available. It is the responsibility of the person seeking help to ensure that the institution, organization, program or individual is qualified to meet the person’s needs.

Advocate Web
Resources for victims of clergy sexual abuse
www.advocateweb.org 

Be Broken
Support and encouragement for recovering families
www.bebroken.com

Celebrate Recovery
Faith-based recovery groups
www.celebraterecovery.com

Certified Sex Addiction Therapist directory
Searchable list of Certified Sex Addiction Therapists
www.sexhelp.com

Christians in Recovery
Christian based 12 Step recovery program
www.christians-in-recovery.org

Covenant Eyes
Online monitoring service
www.covenanteyes.com

Faith Trust Institute
Prevention of sexual and domestic violence
www.cpsdv.org

Fight the New Drug
Resources and education about pornography
https://fightthenewdrug.org/

The Hope of Survivors
Resources regarding clergy sexual abuse
www.hopeofsurvivors.com

Hope for the Heart Ministry
Resources and radio
www.hopefortheheart.org

Music for the Soul
Ministry of music and message on variety of topics like pornography, grief, breast cancer, etc.
www.musicforthesoul.org

Pure Desire
Christian based coaching and counseling resources and programs both online and in person for pornography and sex addicts and partners of sex addicts
https://puredesire.org/counseling/

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