Dr. Lester Brasher, PhD, LPCC
Specialties Adults Addiction Anger Management Anxiety Depression Domestic Violence Life Transition Substance Abuse Trauma It does take courage to make the call for that first counseling appointment. It is the first in step in finding solutions to life’s challenges. I understand what it is like to ask for help from a counselor. I first attended […]
Jennifer Cady, LPCC, LADAC
Specialties Anxiety DBT Depression Families Substance Abuse Trauma/PTSD EMDR Trained Hi, I’m Jennifer Cady, LPCC. I have experience working in a variety of behavioral health settings, including residential treatment programs for adolescents and adults, correctional settings, intensive outpatient programs, and outpatient counseling. In addition to my clinical work, I’m also a professor in the LADAC program […]
Odilia Mendez, LPCC (habla Español)
You may be wondering what therapy is like, and if you’ve never been to therapy it may feel foreign, but it is really an experience in personal growth. Everyone has challenges, but therapy can help you get beyond life issues that are draining your energy. If you have gone to therapy, you know that a good therapist joins you in that journey and provides the support needed to make life choices manageable and change negative patterns causing dissatisfaction in your life.
My approach to helping is to validate your strengths and maximize your ability to positively cope through life challenges. I work with individuals, couples, families and children, and provide the support needed to create healing. I use whatever tools are acceptable to my clients so they feel a part of the healing process.
Paula Martell, LPCC
“All roads lead to Rome”. I’m sure you have heard that expression. It’s one I use a lot in my sessions. It means different paths can take one to the same goal. There are many reasons for wanting to get into therapy. There are many forms of therapy that lead to healing, and there are many different understandings of what “healing” means. To me, healing is mostly about becoming one with ourselves, maybe for the first time.
My specialization in therapy is trauma and addiction. Often, a common road to addictions is having a history of trauma. A goal in healing involves movement toward abstinence from the substance or process, reducing the internal pain that drives us away from ourselves and others, and learning how to safely rejoin ourselves and others.