Revealed Heart Ministries In the Heart of the Appalachian Mountains P.O. Box 504 Tazewell, Virginia 24651 (276) 988-8080

Rev. Dr. Kathryn van Rooyen Diplomate (AAP) Therapist/counselor since '81 (field experience began). Holds a BSW (Social Work), and BA in Administration, of Justice and a Doctor of Divinity from St. Luke's Evangelical Christian Ministries. She has been in private practice since '83, in Illinois and Texas. She has won awards for her technique in working with abused and traumatized children and adults. Licensed and Ordained minister, she has been in ministry since 1971. She became legally licensed as a minister in 1994 after doing the work of the ministry for years. She is skilled and trained in deliverance, inner healing, teaching, praise and worship, and preaching. Gifted speaker, author & poet in all areas of trauma resolution, grief, and recovery from abuse/victimization, including domestic violence , childhood sexual abuse, and rape, having been once a victim herself. She has been a presenter for the Texas Council on Domestic Violence, Greater Houston Area Council on Family Violence and Abuse (member), State of Texas Department of Child Protective Services, Illinois State Department of Child and Family Services and Headstart program, and on the Quanada (Quincy Area Network Against Domestic Abuse) Service Provider's Committee as well as other venues. Certified Counselor III for State of Illinois for 5 years in Department of Correction with emphasis on Crisis Intervention, Treatment, Mental Health Services, and member of Mental Health Assessment Team. She has extensive training in the area of Crisis Intervention, and has trained many others as well. Interpreter for the Deaf since 1978; started four deaf church ministries, and uses sign language in worship. Teacher specializing in spiritual gifts and callings through Antioch Center for Training Servants (ACTS) online and locally. She is the founder and Director of ACTS. Author, poet, teacher, and speaker. Survivor of many traumas, and is well known for her outspoken advocacy for trauma victims and survivors. Expert Witness. She has worked with law enforcement agencies and social service agencies , teaming to put an end to abuse. Works with client's whole being-- spirit, soul, and body. Teaches correlation between the mind (thoughts, feelings) and the body. Kathryn believes that the body is directly influenced by the mind and spirit-- and that we are wonderously and intricately created by God. Pastor Kathryn has personally counseled hundreds over the years, beginning in Youth For Christ at age 14. Her style of pastoral counseling/therapy incorporates the entire person: spirit, soul (mind, will and emotions) and body. The Holy Spirit is a very welcome and active part of each session. Kathryn is Holy Spirit-filled and has a powerful prophetic anointing both in song and in word. She is a prophetic psalmist and also operates in the office of the New Testament church modern day apostle, "sent one", and seeks to see everyone reach their destiny in Christ Jesus. Pastor Kathryn is a pastor to pastors and leaders, and her heart burns to see the Kingdom of God established on earth. She is a gifted teacher and speaker as well, and was a noted expert in the secular world in the fields of domestic violence, grief, and childhood trauma. The Lord called her from the secular arena after leading many to the Lord, and has now placed her in a decidedly Christian atmosphere. This is a pastoral counselor who LIVES what she teaches. Kathryn Peterson van Rooyen met Jesus in a dramatic way at the tender age of seven, and has been His "hand-maiden" ever since. She has had multiple dramatic encounters with God throughout her life, beginning even before her salvation. She has experienced visions, visitations from the Lord and from Angels of the Lord. Kathryn grew up accustomed to the presence of the Lord in her life. He has always been her friend and companion. Her life has been a triumph over situation and tragedy through grace, and she freely shares her story of Jesus' touch to restore her life from destruction. She was violently abused in many ways as a child (and suffered PTSD-- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder-- as a result), which God has turned to good by gifting Kathryn with an overwhelming abundance of compassion for others. Her father was violent and mentally ill, and she was sexually abused by seven people between the ages of three and seven. There was more sexual, mental, and emotional abuse as she grew toward adulthood. Her father was also a known pornographer, (he was born again, accepting Jesus as Savior before his death, praise God!), and God has retrieved her life and used this little one for gain. Pastor Kathryn is married to David and has seven babes in heaven and three here on earth with one (adopted at birth, not knowing she had brain damage from birth mother's severe alcoholism during the pregnancy) still at home. Dr. Kathryn and her family now live in the beautiful Blue Ridge mountains of Appalachia, nestled in the mountains of Tazewell County, Virginia. Dr. Kathryn in a Kansas wheatfield near her birthplace... Please take just a second to vote for our page

Member of... National Association for Christian Recovery (NACR) Clergy Recovery Network (CRN) American Association of Psychotherapists (AAP), charter member and Diplomate American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) Saint Luke's Evangelical Christian Ministries International Clergy Affiliate Network (I CAN) ~ Executive Director International Revival Network From the Desk of Dr. Kathryn A periodic article