Stephanie is a Licensed Professional Counselor with Mental Health Service Provider Certification in Tennessee. She completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology at Bryan College in Dayton, TN in 2014 and her Master’s Degree in Professional Counseling from Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA in 2016. She is a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors and the American Counseling Association. She served as an intern with The Transformation Center in Chattanooga providing individual and couples counseling as well as co-facilitating the adolescent and men’s AILS (Abuse Intervention with Life Skills) groups. For nearly three years, she served on a Chattanooga Treatment Foster Care team providing therapeutic services to various children and their families across East Tennessee. She aids individuals, couples, and families ages 6 to 96 from all walks of life utilizing multiple counseling techniques from Cognitive Behavioral and Family Systems Therapy models. She has experience with areas of depression, anxiety, bipolar, trauma/post-traumatic stress, abuse, life transitions/stressors, grief, marriage/family conflict, anger management, and parent/child conflict (parenting/co-parenting).

Stephanie was born and raised in the Tennessee Valley and calls the mountains of Dayton, TN home where she lives with her husband, son, and fur-baby (cat). She loves small town life and the beautiful web of support it provides. She believes in the healing power of connectedness and how all creation was beautifully made to be in community with one another. She believes wholeheartedly in spreading God’s Love through helping individuals find healing through connection within themselves, with others, and in Him. She believes life is an adventure filled with trials, triumph, tears, and laughter and feels blessed to have the opportunity to walk alongside others during their time in therapy.

For more information about Stephanie and her counseling services, please contact our administrative office during regular business hours.

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Dedra is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Tennessee, where she is also a Mental Health Service Provider. Dedra received her Master’s Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the Pentecostal Theological Seminary in 2014. Undergraduate studies resulted in a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice with a minor in Psychology from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Over 10 years later of working in law enforcement and with Juvenile Justice Youth, Dedra became determined to help children, youth, and families learn alternative choices to address the issues that often lead them to the Justice System, so she pursued her counseling education. From 2012 to 2014, she utilized an internship to provide individual, family, marriage, and group counseling. Immediately following graduation, Dedra began working in community mental health where she remained until she joined the Transformation team in March of 2017.

Dedra was born and raised in Dayton, Tennessee, where she currently resides with her husband (and best friend), and youngest son who is an undergraduate.  Dedra’s love for her husband and son is only surpassed by her love for God and for serving Him. She and her husband are Disaster Response Chaplains, certified through Homeland Security and F.E.M.A. Dedra is proud of her hometown and is passionate about providing services that are needed to the wonderful people of Dayton. She uses a strengths-based approach in working with clients and helps the individual see their own potential. Dedra sees each of her clients through “Jesus lenses” as they walk through the door because Christ gave His life for that individual. She has experience with working with children, adolescents, and adults. Special interests include anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, young adult life transitions, and marital counseling.

For more information about Dedra and her counseling services, please call our administrative office during regular business hours.