She called us the “Dream Team”

A couple weeks ago we were asked to do an interview with The Canton Repository. Charita came to visit and ask us some questions about Guiding House. She was a delight to talk with and had such a calming demeanor about her. It was very kind of her to take the time to get to know us and write such a nice article on us. We couldn’t help but giggle when we got the paper copy that said we were a “dream team”. Please feel free to click above to be directly taken to her article!

Some questions she asked that did not make it into the article:

Q: How did you two meet?

A: We first met when we were teenagers at a mutual friend’s graduation party. I (Janelle) was friends with Matt’s twin brother in high school! Matt when to a different high school, so Joe introduced us. That was about it. Fast forward about 20 years later, Matt asked to link with me on Linkedin as he was hiring therapists. His name looked familiar and sure enough he was the same person. He asked to meet me for coffee and I assumed it was a job interview. Haha! I brought all of my things to prepare to answer job related questions. Matt said, “I hired her to be my wife!”

Q: Where do you see the future of Guiding House?

A: The Lord really has guided us to “Help the Helpers”. We envision one day we might have a respite for helpers and caregivers. This population is very burned out and it would be a blessing to give them a place to rest.

Q: What is special about your place?

A: We designed Guiding House using the 5 senses. We offer a very relaxing environment that is clean, welcoming, warm, and inviting. There’s soft music, a massage chair, light snacks, coffee, tea, water, and vitamin water for the teens. They love that.

We have a secretary who works remotely to answer questions via text immediately or within a couple of hours, online scheduling is available, and we pay our staff/therapists over market and offer flexibility in scheduling to ensure we are healthy from the inside out to best help our clients.

Q: Are you a lot alike? Two therapists married?

A: We have very similar values, which means so much in marriage. We care about faith, family, friends, helping others, giving, compassion, etc. Our personalities are probably not as similar, haha! Janelle is pretty social and I (Matt) am more reserved. She’s creative and I am more analytical. She is funny and I laugh with her. We are best friends. Yeah, the kids say all the time, “You don’t know what it feels like to have parents as therapists!” So we ask them, “How does that feel?” haha.