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Chronicle Staff Nobody has to tell the staff at the Catholic Family Counselling Centre that our world is a rapidly changing place. â€" They see it every day. In the abused women who are turning to them for treatment in rapidiyâ€"increasing numâ€" bers. In the youngsters who attend centre clinics to cope with the divorce of their parents. In the couples who turn to counselling for aid in overcoming probâ€" lems created by changing expectations and values. In the many who have lost their jobs and turn to the centre for financial counselling. ‘*Family life and marriage is different today." said Theresa Eve, executive director of the Catholic Family Counâ€" selling Centre. ‘"‘There are new presâ€" sures creating problems for families, couples, children and individuals, and we‘re here to help before the pressures become overwheiming."‘ A nonâ€"profit organization founded in 1952, the CFCC has had to evolve quickly to keep abreast of the times. In ‘52, the CFCC was known as the Catholic Social Services, and its major function was to provide foodbaskets and secondâ€"hand clothing to Kâ€"W‘s needy. Gradually, the community‘s need changed, and the organization‘s focus became individual and group counselling. A major developâ€" ment occurred in the early ‘60s, with the introduction of the area‘s first, and still the only, credit/debt counselling serâ€" ‘‘Even in 1952 we did some counâ€" sellingâ€"onâ€"theâ€"spot counselling by volâ€" unteers, not professionals. But, as more people came in, it became clear that more had to be done to take care of the emotional and psychological problems of the community. The physical wellâ€" being was being looked after; what was needed was a group to specialize in the Artist‘s conception of the Catholic Family Counselling Centre‘s proâ€" posed Weber Street tacility. CFCC copes with changing world _Counselling group helps deal with pressures of society Offer expires Aug. 31 /87 emotional and social wellâ€"being," said Eve. Today, with a staff of eight, including three fullâ€"time social workers, the CFCC provides confidential and professional counselling to people of all faiths in the region. They help parents and children understand each other, couples to comâ€" municate with one another and find more effective ways to deal with trouâ€" bles, and individuals experiencing emoâ€" tional difficulties because of crises and disruptions in their lives. A major program introduced in 1985 is aimed at providing help to parents and children suffering the pain of a marriage breakâ€" This year, with the Ministry of Comâ€" munity and Social Services, the CFCC introduced new measures for the treatâ€" ment of family violence. ‘"‘More than 30 per cent of our marriage counselling cases involve violence, and it became apparent that something had to be done to respond to this problem," said Eve, explaining that, with men‘s and women‘s groups now offered to help both those. who abuse and their victims, emphasis must be on providing treatâ€" ment for those children who have been raised in violent situations. ‘"We see so desperately a need to help those children who have witnessed this violenceâ€"to address their needs and help them be a child again.‘"‘As well, a key priority for Eve for the future will be to expand help offered those women who are the victims of incest. 17418330 **Counselling is not such a dirty word these daysâ€"it‘s more accepted and people are less reluctant to seek out help,‘" said Eve. ‘‘Counselling isn‘t advice giving; it‘s having a trained professional asking the right questions to help people resoive their own probâ€" lems. These people can only soive their own problems when they full understand %° grams, this greater social acceptance of counselling, and apparently increasing rates of emotional disturbances, whatâ€" ever the cause, demands for centre services increases annually, said Eve. The CFCC has responded by adding staff and, a major development, by undertakâ€" ing construction of a new $465,000, twoâ€"storey building, next to its current site at 74 Weber St. W. what‘s going on. That‘s where we come The family counselling centre‘s $260,000â€"budget is funded by the United Way, Ministry of Community and Social Services, the Diocese of Hamilton, Region of Waterloo, individual donaâ€" tions, and imembership fees. This is for operating costs only, capital costs such as this new facility must be paid for by the agency itself{. Thus, a building campaign was launched this spring to finance the building‘s construction, and, with the groundbreaking scheduled for October, the CFCC has raised 85 per cent of its target. ‘‘*We‘re pleased that we‘re near the top, but we still have that last 15 per cent to raise. So far we‘ve appealed to the ‘More than 30 per cent of our marriage counâ€" selling cases involve violence, and it beâ€" came apparent â€" that something had to be done. . .‘ With the development of new proâ€" E. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1987 â€" PAGE 5 parishes, we‘ve gone to the city of Kitchener and we‘ve knocked on a lot of doors. But, we‘ve still got more doors to knock on," said George Voisin, of the centre‘s fundraising committee. "Our current facility is antiquated and it‘s overcrowded which means we can‘t expand to meet the community‘s needs. Because this is an old house, we can‘t maintain the confidentiality standards that we want to keep here," said Eve. Theresa Eve