In a world that is often empty, hurtful, and confusing, it is a stop along the way, a place to find refreshment, centering, direction, and soul friendship. It provides a quiet and peaceful atmosphere; it provides refuge and safety from the storms of life; it provides services and events designed to provide direction and enrichment to the wandering soul in all of us that seeks peace with itself and relationship with the Holy. These functions of the Center are symbolized in the WitnessTree logo.

While the theology at WitnessTree is essentially Christian, its programs and services are open to everyone. WitnessTree welcomes seeking and questioning. Awareness of Spirit and relationship with the Holy are encouraged and nurtured in a variety of forms and expressions. Our God is an inclusive God, a generous and welcoming Spirit, and a Refuge where all who seek can find, in their own unique way, a relationship with God. The wisdom of other streams of spiritual thought, consistent with basic Christian tenets, is included and welcomed.

The Center provides a variety of events and services. Click on the names to find a more detailed description of each. Classes and events change regularly. If you wish to be notified of these changes, please subscribe to the mailing list.

• Faith-based Counseling for couples and individuals.
• Spiritual Direction and Mentoring
• Spiritual Enrichment Classes, Groups & Events
• Mid-Week Mini-Retreats
• Retreats and Events in Other Settings
• Family & Individual Grief Counseling
• Family Caregiving Consultation
• WitnessTree Ministries for Churches, Older Adults and Retirement Communities

Camille is also open to developing support groups for those experiencing depression, life transitions, adults with ADD, adult children parenting parents, etc. Please feel free to request such groups and Camille will work to bring people together. (more info)

Combining a variety of skills, training and thirty years of professional experience, Camille Kumnick, M.S Counseling, M.A. Theology, offers an inclusive, non-denominational, yet faith-based approach to guiding people in finding their way through some of life's toughest issues. The blend allows Camille to address such issues at a professional level while also nurturing the spiritual essence in all persons.

Camille is a native of Eastern Washington, but has lived in the Willamette Valley since 1988. She graduated from Whitworth College in 1969, and earned her M.S. in Counseling from Central Washington University in 1976. She has worked in private practice, community mental health, hospitals and nursing homes, providing mental health and spiritual care for geriatric patients and their families. As a result, she has extensive experience and expertise in working with families who are facing caregiving decisions for an ill or older adult. She has led workshops, retreats, and seminars on various issues of spirituality and mental health, and has led a variety of support groups and recovery groups. In the last several years, Camille has done extensive research into Celtic spirituality, an ancient stream of Christian spirituality that is open, holistic and affirming.

In 1995, Camille entered a doctoral program in psychology, but found herself pulled to fulfilling a life-long desire to enter seminary. In the spring of 2002, she graduated from Fuller Theological Seminary with a Master's degree in Theology, and is now answering her call to counseling, spiritual direction and older adult ministries.

Camille is a member in good standing of the American Counseling Association, American Association of Christian Counselors, and Spiritual Directors International. She is also the Older Adult Ministry Representative to the Cascade Presbytery of Oregon, and a trained Stephen Leader, equipped to train and nurture Stephen Ministers.