Bangor Counseling Center
In 1997, Dr. Briggs founded Bangor Counseling Center (a private practice) in Bangor, Maine at 532 Union Street. Shortly thereafter, Dr. Briggs gave Cornerstone, Inc. (CI) permission to use the name "Bangor Counseling Center" (BCC) but CI did not advance the program. So, around 1998, Dr. Briggs made BCC a d/b/a of NLM* and changed NLM's constitutional Purpose to more closely align with this new direction.
BCC continued to lease the 532 Union Street property until growth prohibited its further use. Therefore, in 2002 NLM/BCC relocated its corporate offices to a larger facility, at 202 Exchange Street in Bangor, Maine (approximately 10,000 sq ft), where it still remains to this day.
During Dr. Briggs' tenure, he developed BCC into the second largest Behavioral Health program in the city. It grew from zero employees in mid-2000 to over 140 employees by the end of 2005 with two additional branch offices. By the end of 2005 BCC was delivering approximately 70,000 treatment hours per year all combined.
NLM was an affiliate member of World Christian Ministries Association (WCMA) from 1993 until 2006 and BCC was also an affiliate member of WCMA from 1997 to 2006 until Dr. Briggs left the organizations in 2006. Dr. Briggs now focuses most of his attention on World Christian Ministries Association , University of World Christian Ministries Association, Institute for Briggs' Theocentric Psychology and minimumly on Office Mangement Systems, Inc. and Southgate Resort.
* Diane Murray, Dr. Briggs' oldest sister, incorporated NLM in September 1989 as a Soup Kitchen to help the poor and needy in the Belfast, Maine area. Dr. Briggs was on NLM's first board and continued on its board until he resigned in 2001 when he became BCC/NLM's first compensated President & CEO. Dr. Briggs was the Chairman of the board from around 1990 until 2001 and acted as a non-paid President & CEO until 2001.
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