The following are stories from clients sharing how IBCC has helped them find help.
“Jeff Pokone got to the source of my problem, helping me to see that anger was the outward result of unresolved woundedness in my relationship with my father, which, in turn, was affecting my relationship with my Heavenly Father, my wife, and my daughter. He addressed my need by helping me to identify areas of hurt and unforgiveness in my relationship with my father and demonic strongholds of thinking I had believed. Furthermore, he addressed my need for reconciliation with my wife and daughter, and explained to me how to walk in freedom and deliverance. Since receiving counseling, I have learned to manage my anger. My relationship with my wife, my daughter, and my father have greatly improved. I have also been able to help others in spiritual need.”
— Testimony on Overcoming Anger
“Our need was great! We were close to divorce, except that, because of our faith, we knew this was not an option. I came to IBCC with my husband, thinking we came to fix him, but only to find out that it was I who needed fixing. Having been adopted, I struggled with feelings of abandonment. I also came to realize I had built “walls” around my heart that I was not even aware of. These “walls” hindered my relationship with my husband. God has brought me to freedom. I have come to realize that the people who love me will let me down. But Jesus will never let me down. He will always allow me to “crawl up in His lap and get the comfort that I need.”
— Testimony on Tracing Marriage Conflicts to Unresolved Childhood Wounds
“In the beginning of counseling I was having a hard time forgiving myself. Jeff showed me through the scriptures how all of my sins have been nailed to the cross and now I am able to accept and realize that reality for myself. I also learned how we must have Jesus Christ rooted into all our life through scripture. It’s an ongoing process where you keep feeding yourself through the scripture. I was at the point where I knew I had forgiveness, and I was in Christ. But I needed to learn how to allow Christ to be in me in my daily life. It says there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. I had to learn how to understand that fully and how it applied to my situation. You look at the bible, the new testament is 2000 years old and you think, how does this apply to me? But Jeff was able to read the scripture with me and translate that into modern day living. I now understand how scripture fits into modern day living now. It’s been a process of understanding who I am in Christ and understanding how to walk out that Christian life as sin free as you can. ”
— Testimony on Help for Addiction
“One of the things that helped us in counseling for me was to realize the feelings I was experiencing were normal. Instead of being overwhelmed with shame I grew to understand the anger I had suppressed. I allowed myself to be angry about what happened to me. Growing up I wasn’t permitted to express my feelings, including anger. It was vital to allow myself to grieve the pain that I suffered. I understood how the triggers from being abused were impacting my relationship with my wife. Jeff helped me to be able to acknowledge them and make sense of them and with my self-awareness gave me tools to work through them. In one counseling session, Jeff asked me to write a letter to my abusers. Those letters allowed me to express a lot of feelings I needed to express that I wasn’t able to growing up. And to allow myself to get that hurt out on the table, admit to that hurt and forgive my abusers so that I could move on and start the healing process. ”
— Testimony on Healing from Sexual Abuse
“I met Jeff at a counseling conference back in 2012 during a time I was trying to “help others” around me…little did I know that conference would catapult me into a decade of working through my own childhood trauma, a very codependent marriage and estranged relationships along the way. To say that Jesus worked through Jeff is an understatement. Jesus had walked with Jeff through similar life experience and gave Jeff the gifting to be able to then walk with others on the journey of healing. It was in Jeff’s office that I felt for the first time that another human being understood my trauma, how it had impacted me AND my family, as well as why I reacted the ways I did. He was able to speak to that part of me that held the trauma. It was a safe place. But it didn’t stop there—where most counseling fails to go—Jeff continued to direct me to invite Jesus into the trauma. That is where the healing came…the truth of Gods Word + the presence of Jesus + a personal understanding of Trauma + a caring sensitive heart = life changing counseling. That is what I found at Indiana Biblical Counseling Center in meeting with Jeff.”
— Testimony on Healing from Trauma & Marriage
“Indiana Biblical Counseling Center is a tremendous ministry, and I cannot recommend Jeff Pokone highly enough. Jeff has an incredible spirit of discernment. He is remarkably gifted at speaking directly and truthfully, but he does so with such humility, care, and grace that it never feels harsh or judgmental. That combination is rare, and it is exactly what makes his counsel so effective.
Jeff walked with me through a very dark season and was an extraordinary encouragement. Through his counsel, I recovered peace, hope, and clarity when I badly needed all three. He did not simply offer generic advice or surface-level encouragement. He helped me see things clearly, think biblically, and move forward with steadiness.
What makes IBCC different is that they truly operate as a ministry. The care is personal, prayerful, Scripture-centered, and deeply sincere. You are not treated like a case number or a problem to be managed. You are helped as a person before God.
If you are hurting, confused, ashamed, or hesitant to reach out, I would simply say this: nothing you say will shock Jeff. He has heard it all, and he is there to help you, not judge you. ”
