Tampa Family Resources Inc. is a 501C3 non-profit, non-denominational, charitable organization founded in 2008 with a vision to provide faith-based biblical Counseling, Life Coaching, and Chaplaincy services for individuals, couples, families, and businesses.  Our counseling and life coaching services are available in-person, by phone and online.  Our businesses package is called a Corporate Support Team (CST)  and  includes chaplaincy, life coaching and counseling.  Since employees often bring their emotional baggage into work with them, we have found that businesses are only as healthy and productive as the employees working there.  Tampa Family Resources business services enhance productivity in the workplace by encouraging, educating, and empowering employees to be the best they can be at work and at home.  

Here’s some more about our team . . . 

Dr. Ron Beck

Ron is the Co-founder and Vice President of Tampa Family Resources, Inc.  As a certified Professional Life Coach, Ron specializes in relationship, divorce transition, and stress management coaching.  Ron’s Masters and Doctorate degrees both have an emphasis on Marriage and Family Counseling.  His education and over 30 years of experience has equipped him for assisting individuals, couples, and families in reconciling and building healthy relationships.

Ron’s doctoral work was completed at Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary in Lynchburg, Virginia.  An outgrowth of his doctoral work is, “Your Blended Family,” a small group curriculum designed for small groups and counselors to strengthen and encourage couples in the blending process.  He has developed and  directs our Corporate Support Team program that we offer to businesses in the Tampa Bay Area.  Through our CST program we partner with employers to provide Professional Life Coaching, Chaplaincy, and Counseling Services to employees and their immediate family members.  (See more about our CST program on our “Corporate Services” page)

April Beck

April and Ron have been married 39 years. They have three beautiful daughters and three amazing grandchildren. April’s niche at Tampa Family Resources is supporting and encouraging healthy parent/child relationships from newborns to teens and caring for women struggling with issues such as depression, divorce, grief and abuse.  April is board certified through the International Board of Christian Counselors. She has a B.A. in Christian counseling, numerous certifications from the American Association of Christian Counselors and teaching certifications from the International Association of Infant Massage and The Happiest Baby on the Block.  April is also a certified trainer at Champions for Children’s Brazelton Touchpoints Site of Tampa Bay.

  Brent & Lucy Howell 

Brent & Lucy are married and in a blended family, with five wonderful children. In being a part of Tampa Family Resources, their heartfelt desire is to provide couples and families with the proper resources and skills to succeed in marriage and family relationships. A unique element that Brent and Lucy offer is couple-to-couple counseling. Couples find this dynamic in counseling to be very beneifical, as they are able to receive both the male and female perspective in their specific areas of need. In addition to counseling, Brent & Lucy also lead and facilitate the small group curriculum of “Your Blended Family” to countless families in the Tampa Bay area. Both are members of the American Association of Christian Counselors and Board Certified Biblical Counselors.

Their training, certifications, and continuing education at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia have provided them with the necessary tools and resources to specialize in aiding individuals through divorce transition, navigating the complexities of blended families, and couples struggling or desiring to enrich their marriage relationship.

Allison Zentmeyer

Allison joined TFR in May 2012 to use her passion for health and wellness to positively educate the local community. Allison is a certified personal trainer, half-marathoner, former collegiate tennis player and tennis coach. She is also a mom who takes pride in helping women of all ages find a healthy balance in the myriad of unbalanced, unhealthy messages society permeates us with. Allison believes fitness is a mindset and continual lifestyle choice that benefits your whole self.

Christian Counseling Services

Strengthening families and individuals by providing faith based solutions for modern day family issues.

About Our Counseling Services

Many in the community do not get the counseling help they need simply because they do not know who to turn to or cannot afford the high cost of counseling centers.  Unlike traditional counseling centers, we are uniquely positioned to provide counseling for individuals and families at a very affordable price.

This encompasses counseling children, youth and adults for such needs as:

• Pre-marital counseling
• Marriage counseling
• Family counseling
• Blended Family Adjustment
• Healthy Parenting Tools: Toddlers – Teens
• New Baby Adjustment
  • Baby Blues or Postpartum Depression
  • Infant Massage
  • Happiest Baby/ Toddler on the Block
• Communication Skills
• Conflict Resolution
• Stress Management
• Grief support
• Depression support
• Divorce transition & recovery
• Domestic abuse

Referrals

We offer referrals for needs outside the scope of our expertise such as:

• Mental and emotional needs requiring licensed mental health counselors
• Medical Needs
• Crisis Pregnancy
• Domestic Abuse Shelter

To schedule a counseling appointment please contact me at dr.ronbeck@gmail.com or 813-679-3275

When it comes to your health and wellness here’s something to think about . . .

• The CDC has stated that 75 percent of healthcare spending goes to treating preventable chronic diseases, most of which are diet-related.
• According to researchers from the University of Oxford and Columbia University (as published in the August 2011 issue of The Lancet medical journal), if current obesity trends continue:
  − Half of people in the U.S. will be obese by 2030.
  − Spending on obesity-related causes will rise by 13% to 16% each year.
  − There will be 7.8 million more people with diabetes, 6.8 million cases of coronary heart disease and stroke, and 539,000 extra cases of cancer.
• The USDA’s Dietary Guidelines recommend adults eat anywhere from 5-13 servings (1cup = a serving) of fruits and vegetables per day
• By eating at least 5 servings of vegetables and fruits a day, you can reduce your risk of stroke and heart disease by 30%, lose weight, and enhance your immune system so you don’t get sick as often. 

Are you getting the proper nutrition in your diet?

My personal health story . . . by Dr. Ron Beck

I have always been pretty active. Played little league baseball, high school football and wrestling, and then college soccer. Like most Americans I have done my share of eating poorly, but for the past 15-20 years have tried to eat healthier.  Like many people, I have a family history of high blood pressure, heart disease, and various kinds of cancer. For example, I officiated the funerals of my grandmother who died of colon cancer, and My father who died suddenly of a heart attack at age 63. Like everyone I have heard and read over the years that “its genetics,” and that you inherit these physical maladies from your parents and grandparents, but I have to be honest with you, I have never liked that answer. Why? Because unlike my father and grandmother, I want to be around to enjoy my children, grandchildren, and yes, one day, my great grandchildren.

Because of this “predisposition” as they call it I have had less than favorable blood work from my annual physicals. High blood pressure and high cholesterol along with high numbers in several other areas of my blood work were the norm for me over the years . . . until this past year.

You see, I made one simple change a little over a year ago. Then, on May 25, 2017 I went in for my annual physical and when I got my blood work back I was literally blown away. There were three pages of blood work and the same phrase at the bottom written by my primary care physician. The phrase?

“Your blood work is all within normal limits”

When the nurse took my blood pressure at the beginning of my physical, I heard her say hummmm, so I asked, “Is it high?” She responded, “No, actually it is good.” My previous visit to the doctor the nurse who took my blood pressure asked, “I guess you forgot to take your blood pressure meds today, uh?  To which I responded, “No, I have never taken blood pressure meds.” He responded, “oh, looks like you may need to start.”

Don’t miss my point . . . all I did from one annual physical to this past one was one simple change . . . I started taking Juice Plus.

Watch this 2min video and if you have any questions or would like to know more about Juice Plus+ you can contact me at dr.ronbeck@gmail.com or 813-679-3275.