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Andrea Canon-Adams is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Clinical Trauma professional who offers counseling services based on a cognitive-behavioral approach combined with a grace-based perspective for individuals ages 17 and above. She incorporates skills and therapeutic techniques gained over 25 years of experience in the mental health field to address a variety of concerns and levels of need. Her experience in caring has included working with area hospices, mental health clinics, inpatient acute care hospitals, long term residential care facilities, specialty children’s hospitals and behavioral health managed care. She has been active in leading Divorce Care for Kids community support group and has a background in preschool education. A graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University, Andrea has been licensed in the state of Texas since 2002.

Andrea understands that we all have a mosaic of different experiences throughout our lives and places emphasis on the importance of our perceptions of those events. She believes it is the perception of life events that greatly influence us and can control our thinking, moods, and behaviors. It is Andrea’s desire to help each person find their way through the difficult circumstances of life by offering hope in healing, sincere and honest counsel, and a path towards developing faith-based resiliency. She believes that each individual’s health and welfare are important and approaches the care of everyone desiring change with great respect. Through her work experience and education, she is committed to providing professional care.

EDUCATION: Stephen F. Austin State University: M.A. in Counseling; University of Southern Mississippi.: B.S. in Psychology LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS: Licensed Professional Counselor (TX license #17901); EMDR trained through EMDRIA; Certified Clinical Trauma Professional Professional
ASSOCIATIONS: American Counseling Association International Association for Trauma Professionals; American Association of Christian Counselors
THERAPEUTIC SPECIALTIES: Grief and loss, Trauma, Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Parent coaching, life transitions, and adult issues.
Types of Therapy: CBT, EMDR, IFS, CPT
AREAS OF FOCUS: Grief and Loss, Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, Life Transitions, Stress, Parenting, Adult Issues, Young Adult Issues, Women’s Issues
CLIENT FOCUS: Adults, Teens (17+), Seniors

Dr. Allan began in private practice in 2002 and seeks to assist couples and individuals in living fully alive. There are many things that get in the way of the life and marriage we want to live. By discovering the natural processes of relationships, you can begin to harness the energy already present to have the marriage you may not have thought possible.

Dr. Allan also offers two-day in-person marriage intensives as an alternative to weekly sessions for those in need of a more time-effective and intensive therapy approach. There is also a focus on working with men and parenting issues. Check out his website (smr.fm) for other helpful resources and access to Sexy Marriage Radio, a weekly podcast (there are over 13 years of episodes available).

Hillary is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Trust-Based Relational Intervention Practitioner (TBRI), a modality of therapy geared toward children from hard places. Hillary enjoys counseling children, adolescents, and female adults presenting with behavioral challenges, depression, anxiety, self-harming behaviors, abuse, grief, trauma, divorce, stress, life transitions, parenting, attachment issues, and spiritual development. She takes a holistic approach to counseling, taking into consideration that God created us as mind, body, and spirit. Biblical counseling is rooted in the Word of God, aimed at the heart, and guided by the Spirit. She is passionate about people experiencing healing from God through the process of counseling. Hillary uses a variety of interventions including play and expressive art activities. Hillary also has a background in the arts, as she graduated from the English National Ballet School with a degree in Professional Classical Ballet. Hillary enjoys spending time with her husband and daughters, yoga, swimming, and traveling.

Kaitlen is a Licensed Professional Counselor serving Frisco, TX, and surrounding cities. She offers counseling services for teens and young adults (ages 10 to 30) who are struggling and need help figuring out how to move out of the valleys of life. She gets it... life doesn't always look like butterflies and rainbows. Stress, depression, emptiness, anxiety, and self-judgment are constantly knocking at our doors. It's the worst, but the good news is, it doesn't have to stay that way!

Her goal is to listen and equip you. Because you can get through this, and anything else life throws at you. She's simply here to help you figure out how you can move from the valley to the mountain and gain the confidence to keep moving on.

Kelly Hoxsey is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Frisco. She assists clients to lead a fulfilling and satisfying life, free from negative intrusive thoughts, feelings, and self-limiting behaviors. She integrates various treatment models to help clients achieve their unique goals and improve their overall well-being. Her focus is on helping clients work through the issues they bring to therapy using evidence-based tools and techniques. Kelly understands that spirituality and faith are an important aspect of a person's life and welcomes faith in the therapy process.

Kelly's approach to therapy is flexible, collaborative, and tailored to meet the specific needs of each individual, couple, or family. She strives to create a safe and supportive environment where my clients can feel comfortable exploring their thoughts and emotions and working towards positive change.

Kelly is a trauma specialist and EMDR Certified, she treats adolescents, couples, individuals and families.

Lauren Moore is a Licensed Professional Counselor who serves people through a biblical counseling relationship. She integrates Biblical truth with cognitive behavioral techniques and exercises. She is equipped to work with individual adults, couples, and families. Her areas of specialty include anxiety, OCD, depression, disordered eating, communication, identity, grief, codependency, abandonment and attachment issues, parenting, marital and premarital counseling. She is a certified Prepare/Enrich facilitator for premarital counseling.

Philippians 3:10-14 is the heartbeat of her counseling approach because it speaks to our identity and proclaims who Christ is and who we are in Him. The passage points to the mighty power of God, who abundantly overflows with all of the resources we need for change in our lives. We are all in need of a process to experience healing from our past wounds, to seek freedom from our chains, and to become more like Him in our thoughts, words, and actions. Lauren is honored to get to walk alongside people as they dive into what is difficult and work to achieve their desired goals.

Lizelle is a biblically-based licensed therapist. She brings years of experience in therapy, having been trained in mental health in a variety of areas, helping adults, teens, children, and families explore and work through habitual patterns or an unexpected crisis. She will help you identify content that may be weakening yourself and your relationships. Through the healing process, you can build self-assurance, develop loving and satisfying connections with others, and create a life of greater happiness and success.

Paul is a biblically based licensed professional counselor specializing in the following:

• Marriage and Relationship Counseling
• Premarital Counseling
• Children and Adolescents
• Anxiety (Depression, Addictions, Abuse and Trauma)

Paul is an In-network provider for Blue Cross Blue Shield and Cigna insurances. He also accepts private pay clients during evenings and weekends.

Renee's practice is named "PS Counseling" because she believes everyone has the ability to continue to revise their life story up until the day they meet our Heavenly Father.

People are not responsible for WHAT happened to us in their childhood, but they ARE responsible for what they do with it as adults. People will be remembered for what they did with what was given to them, both the blessings and the pains. Did they pass it on or did they end the generational trauma?

Renee specializations in:

• Mother Wounds/Family of Origin Wounds/Generational Trauma
• Marriage/Couples/Relationship Healing (including parent/child)
• Medical/Health Concerns/Parenting Support
• PTSD and Complex PTSD

Professionally, Renee is a retired nurse who went on to become a Licensed Professional Counselor. She has completed all levels of training in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), which is an attachment-based approach to relationship repair; and, she is EMDR trained, which is a method for healing both big and small traumas. She uses a system and attachment-based approach, which translates to: She believes our past influences our present. However, this does not mean a client has to relive all their past hurts. Rather, she is primarily seeking take-away(s) from significant past events. She believes in working together, with the goal of exploring what is under the surface, what is unspoken and unknown.

Rhett Smith is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice in Frisco. He holds a Master of Science in Marital and Family Therapy, a Master of Divinity (both from Fuller Theological Seminary) and is certified as an Executive Coach (Southern Methodist University). He works with individuals (age 14 and up), couples, families, and groups in the contexts of pastoral, clinical and corporate settings, and specializes in the areas of relationships, mental health, and performance.

Rhett utilizes his education, training, and experience to help clients achieve wholeness in all areas of their lives - physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. His personal experience and expertise on anxiety led him to write a book called The Anxious Christian, and he continues to collaborate with organizations around the country to improve mental health through coaching, speaking, and workshops. His passion for marital work came out of the four years he co-led marriage intensives at The Hideaway Experience. Rhett is a certified Restoration Therapy clinician, personally trained under the founder and marriage and family therapy pioneer, Terry Hargrave. Rhett and Terry continue to develop nationwide anxiety intensives and train therapists in the anxiety-intensive model.

In his clinical practice, people most often come to see Rhett when they want to transform their anxiety and depression into a catalyst for good changes in their lives. Or when they are struggling in their relationships and want to grow, specifically in marriage. The four areas in which Rhett enjoys working with clients the most are anxiety, marriage, faith, and transitions. You can find out more about Rhett's work at his website www.rhettsmith.com.

Simone is a Licensed Professional Counselor working individual adults ages 25+ who have experienced traumatic events, abusive relationships, and chronic stress. She has training and experience using trauma-informed approaches that can help with anxiety, depression, and building skills for healthy boundaries and stress management. Her goal is to help clients experience a greater sense of healing and purpose in their lives, becoming more connected with God and loved ones. She believes that relational wounds, particularly those from childhood, can prevent people from connecting with God and maturing spiritually. She enjoys helping clients experience the freedom that Christ has already conquered on their behalf (John 8:36).

Therapy in English & Portuguese.

INSURANCES: United Health Care, Aetna, Optum EAP