Isabel's Story
Isabel is the founder of this Long Island, NY based women's group. It began over 20 years ago with Isabel's own determination to be "fixed" from the patterns of what she now knows is called "codependency".
At that time Isabel had been "born again" for over 15 years, and she was desperate to understand what Christ-centered freedom from her performance based, approval-seeking behaviors was. This hunger led her to a trusted friend, and Christian counselor, with whom she began a group study of The Twelve Steps: A Spiritual Journey. This was a biblical based recovery workbook.
The following year Isabel invited a few close friends to share that journey of emotional and relational healing. During each weekly meeting seven ladies gathered in Isabel's living room to support one another. They sought to have a personal paradigm shift from "Lord, change them!" (husbands, parents, children, co-workers, pastors, etc.), to "Lord, change ME"!
Today Freedom! O Daugher of Zion has grown to become a group that has partnered with hundreds of women throughout Long Island in helping them break free of the bondage of codependency and other related areas of bondage and struggle. It is a successful and flourishing biblical approach to healing and freedom.
At that time Isabel had been "born again" for over 15 years, and she was desperate to understand what Christ-centered freedom from her performance based, approval-seeking behaviors was. This hunger led her to a trusted friend, and Christian counselor, with whom she began a group study of The Twelve Steps: A Spiritual Journey. This was a biblical based recovery workbook.
The following year Isabel invited a few close friends to share that journey of emotional and relational healing. During each weekly meeting seven ladies gathered in Isabel's living room to support one another. They sought to have a personal paradigm shift from "Lord, change them!" (husbands, parents, children, co-workers, pastors, etc.), to "Lord, change ME"!
Today Freedom! O Daugher of Zion has grown to become a group that has partnered with hundreds of women throughout Long Island in helping them break free of the bondage of codependency and other related areas of bondage and struggle. It is a successful and flourishing biblical approach to healing and freedom.
Our Mission Statement
To provide a supportive group environment and Biblical
solutions for women seeking spiritual, emotional, and
relational health and recovery from the patterns of codependency and compulsive behaviors.
Freedom! O Daughter of Zion is a unique women's ministry that has witnessed the Power of God touching and transforming the lives of women from all different backgrounds and expressions of faith.
We offer a solution to codependency through:
~A weekly workshop based solidly on biblical truths.
~A supportive, caring and CONFIDENTIAL environment.
~An opportunity to examine the roots of your own codependent patterns.
~A "Safe Place" to recover from the effects and causes of codependency.
solutions for women seeking spiritual, emotional, and
relational health and recovery from the patterns of codependency and compulsive behaviors.
Freedom! O Daughter of Zion is a unique women's ministry that has witnessed the Power of God touching and transforming the lives of women from all different backgrounds and expressions of faith.
We offer a solution to codependency through:
~A weekly workshop based solidly on biblical truths.
~A supportive, caring and CONFIDENTIAL environment.
~An opportunity to examine the roots of your own codependent patterns.
~A "Safe Place" to recover from the effects and causes of codependency.
Other Ministries, Outreaches, and Programs
There are other ministries, outreaches, and programs that we personally know, and that offer services that are interrelated with what Freedom! O Daughter of Zion focuses on such as;
Tenderhearted Ministries ~ Pastors Joel and Carol Silberman are clinical Pastoral Counselors devoted to seeing people's lives changed by bringing healing, wholeness, restoration, and reconciliation to the whole person.
The Healing Rooms ~ Healing Waters Christian Fellowship ~ This is the Long Island branch of the International Healing Rooms ministry dedicated to seeing healing take place in the soul and physical body of God's people. Pastor Barbara Rispoli is the director of the Long Island and Region 1 Healing Rooms.
Tenderhearted Ministries ~ Pastors Joel and Carol Silberman are clinical Pastoral Counselors devoted to seeing people's lives changed by bringing healing, wholeness, restoration, and reconciliation to the whole person.
The Healing Rooms ~ Healing Waters Christian Fellowship ~ This is the Long Island branch of the International Healing Rooms ministry dedicated to seeing healing take place in the soul and physical body of God's people. Pastor Barbara Rispoli is the director of the Long Island and Region 1 Healing Rooms.