Meet the Team
“Life’s crises and transitions are best met through both the wisdom of religious teachings and a sound knowledge of human behavior.”
Leadership Team
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Executive Director & Interim Clinical Director
Ph.D., M.Div., MA, Licensed Professional Counselor & Supervisor
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My approach to counseling is grounded in the belief that many present-day struggles are connected to past experiences, relationships, and the ways our brains have learned to adapt for survival. Drawing from attachment theory and adaptive information processing, I help clients understand how old patterns may no longer serve them and work toward healing, integration, and growth. Together, we identify and realign thoughts, emotions, and relationship patterns so you can move forward in ways that feel authentic, effective, and meaningful in your life today.
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Adults 18-64
Trauma, grief, depression, anxiety, relationship concerns
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End of Life Care Certification
EMDR Advanced Certification
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Program Director
MA, Licensed Professional Counselor
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My approach empowers clients to develop coping skills and confront cognitive distortions so they can live from their true identity—not their symptoms—and move toward safety, stabilization, restoration, and purpose through their pain.
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I primarily work with women navigating a wide range of challenges, including anxiety, depression, trauma, abuse, domestic violence, grief and loss, life transitions and adjustment concerns, spiritual struggles, relationship difficulties, stress, and other issues unique to women's experiences. My approach is compassionate, trauma-informed, and tailored to each individual's needs, helping clients build resilience, gain insight, and move toward healing and personal growth.
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Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)
Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT)
Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT)
Global Trauma Recovery
Somatic Coping Skills
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Director of Ministry Partnership Development
Licensed Independent Social Worker of Clinical Practice
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I engage clients with curiosity and compassion, offering an approach and environment where clients can safely explore their past, present, and healing for the future. My approach is trauma-informed and eclectic, using evidence-based treatment models and incorporating concepts from applied arts and neuroscience, as appropriate to the client’s needs. I am trained in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART).
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I work primarily with adults, in individual and group therapy, facing concerns of trauma, grief, life transitions/adjustments, and interpersonal concerns.
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LISW-CP
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Licensed Professional Counselor - Associate
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Sydney Bracken is a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate who supports adults navigating anxiety, depression, grief, life transitions, and stress, offering a compassionate, client-centered approach grounded in both emotional and psychological understanding. She integrates somatic, body-based techniques to help clients build awareness of how stress and emotions are held in the body, fostering greater self-regulation and connection. Sydney is passionate about creating a safe, supportive space where individuals can grow, heal, and move toward a more balanced and fulfilling life.
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Adults 18+, grief, life transitions, anxiety, life transitions
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Licensed Professional Counselor Associate
NCC
Fully Licensed Clinicians
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Licensed Professional Counselor & Supervisor, Licenced Marriage and Family Therapist & Supervisor
(She/her)
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Coming Soon!
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Coming Soon!
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Licensed Professional Counselor & Supervisor, Licenced Marriage and Family Therapist & Supervisor
Associate Level Clinicians
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Licensed Professional Counselor & Supervisor
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Her great joy as a counselor is aiding individuals, couples, and families to explore the abundant emotional, psychological, and spiritual resources they have to heal from the various stressors, crises, and challenges of life.
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Life adjustments, mood disorders, grief, trauma, and relationship issues married or partnered
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M.Ed.
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Licensed Professional Counselor Associate
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My approach focuses on creating a warm and safe environment for every client through their journey in the counseling space. I like to do so through a Person-Centered lens while also incorporating techniques from Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. I hope to collaborate with the client in identifying their goals for the counseling space and gaining a greater sense of self.
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I work with children, adolescents, and adults with anxiety, trauma, adjustment and phase of life concerns, grief, and depression.
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TF-CBT
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LMFT-A
(She/Her)
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LPC-A
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My therapeutic approach is built on a foundation of non-judgmental curiosity, warmth, and empathy. I tend to gravitate towards cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, and parts work, all firmly grounded through a person-centered lens. I bring a compassionate and collaborative approach to the therapy room, and I wholeheartedly believe that healing is possible when we are seen, heard, and supported in our most vulnerable moments. I provide trauma-informed care to children, adolescents, and adults.
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Individuals, young adults/adults, trauma-informed, intimacy/relational issues, disordered eating, anxiety, depression, and life transitions.
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Licensed Professional Counselor Associate
TF-CBT
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LMFT-A
(She/Her)
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Interns
Office Staff
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M.S., Licensed Professional Counselor
(He/his)
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Most beginning psychotherapy desire change. While the nature of the change process is often mysterious and spiritual, there are conditions that better support its occurrence. With Joel Koontz, you can expect an eclectic, insight-oriented treatment approach that integrates a loving, self-acceptance with a kind, curious, and honest self-investigation. Joel often integrates Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in treatment when adverse experiences have left one feeling stuck. He pursued this treatment approach following the completion of a specialization in complex trauma from Richmont Graduate University, where he received a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. He enjoy working with adults and couples. Joel currently works full-time as an LPC with a local non-profit, supporting wholistic and transformative change for those experiencing a concentration of scarcity in life.
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Adults and couples
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Licensed Professional Counselor
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My approach is to create a welcoming and comfortable environment for client's to process through anxiety, depression, overwhelm, relationship issues or any of the other challenges life may bring. I hope to help client's gain understanding of themselves and the world around them, while building self-confidence. I do this by using a trauma-informed approach and use different techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy.
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I work primarily with adolescents and young adults struggling with trauma, anxiety, depression or self-esteem issues.
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LPCA
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MA, LPCA
(He/his)
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I often take a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy approach, focusing on the thoughts, emotions, and perceptions that drive the individual in relation to their needs. Mindfulness and coping skills are an important aspect in my incorporation of this approach. A Gestalt approach is also a tool I like to use, while taking notice and addressing the individual in their present moment. I also take a Narrative approach, as the individual's story and their perceptions are a crucial element to creating new understandings, finding solutions, and implementing changes in their life.
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I work with Children, Adolescents, and Adults of all ages on issues such as: Anxiety, Depression, ASD, Premarital, Interpersonal Relationship issues, Spiritual issues, Stress, and Adjustment and Phase of Life issues.
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MA, LPCA
National Certified Counselor (NCC) accreditation through NBCC
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Licensed Master Social Worker
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I am a trauma- informed, affirming therapist and certified brainspotter practitioner. I strive to create a warm, nonjudgmental space where teens, adults, and couples feel comfortable showing up exactly as they are. Using a client-led, strengths-based approach, I help clients build on their inner resilience, gain insight, and move toward a more fulfilling and authentic life.
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Trauma Informed, Certified Brainspotter, Affirming Therapist. Teens, Adults, Couples (Relational work)
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Certified Brainspotter
LGBTQ+ Affirming Therapist
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Licensed Professional Counselor - Associate
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I subscribe to a strengths-based, emotions-focused approach to therapy. I incorporate interventions and techniques from many modalities, including IFS, Narrative Therapy, Trauma-Focused CBT, CPT, ACT, and AEDP, but my foundational theoretical orientations are psychodynamic and person-centered.
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grief, trauma, depression, anxiety, parenting, relationships, individuals, couples
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LPC-A
Sabrina Gaines, Office Assistant
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Graduate Level Intern
(He/Him)
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My approach involves creating and maintaining a welcoming, supportive, and collaborative environment. I work alongside clients to help them understand and find freedom from anxiety, depression, and other challenges that are currently affecting them, while also engaging in a deeper exploration into the events of their past that inform their present reality. I operate primarily from a trauma-informed, psychodynamic outlook, though I incorporate elements of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and other evidence-based approaches as well.
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LPC-A
(She/Her)
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Graduate Intern
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My aim is to help you feel seen in a world that promotes isolation. Feeling seen includes an empathetic approach to your feelings followed by acceptance work around the difficulties of life. The goal is to be the person you want to be; you are who you choose to be.
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Adolescents 14 - 17, Young Adults, Adults, Couples
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