MEMBER DIRECTORY
Brandi Mimbs [she/her]
LPC
Brandi is a neurodiversity specialist and play therapist. Brandi works with kids and adults living with Autism, ADHD, and Trauma.
With children, Brandi utilizes the evidence-based practice of play therapy to help them process difficult thoughts and feelings. She helps them learn more effective ways to communicate their feelings and needs. With adolescents and adults, Brandi incorporate creative arts interventions into talk therapy to help them tap into the promise and hope for the future.
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​*Member of the Blooming Therapist Program*
Caroline Green [she/her]
RD
Caroline is a Registered Dietitian and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor. She specializes in weight-inclusive, trauma-informed nutrition therapy for eating disorders, disordered eating, intuitive eating, yo-yo dieting, body image, and wellness using a non-diet approach. Caroline has a special interest and extra training in the intersection of trauma and eating disorders and somatic-integrated nutrition therapy. She offers client-centered, compassionate care to help clients find freedom with food.
Catherine Bixler [she/her]
LPC
Catherine "Cathy" supports clients with depression, anxiety, trauma, and relational problems. She provides a safe environment for exploration of distressing thought patterns, education on effective coping skills, and assists in the development of solutions for a more balanced lifestyle. Cathy likes to think of herself as that authentic and creative friend on the couch with you who also teaches you great boundary setting skills.​​​​
Kadie Ann Bourgoin, (she/her)
LPC
Kadie Ann has provided therapy to young adults in the university setting for the first 12 years of her career. She has a supportive and collaborative approach where she believes that with a healthy perspective, life’s most difficult challenges and painful emotions can shape one into becoming their best self. She believes that once someone is ready and seeking positive change, healing is possible. Her theoretical framework is integrative, but she often works from a cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic, and strengths-based approach. She often helps individuals strengthen their mindfulness skills to manage their symptoms. She specializes in stress management, behavioral change, anxiety, mood disorders, self-esteem concerns, identity development, body image concerns, and disordered eating.
Elaine McNeil (she/her)
LISW-CP
Elaine has a diverse background including working with clients with trauma, crisis, depression, anxiety,
grief and loss and relationship problems. She specializes in providing comprehensive and compassionate care tailored to meet the unique needs of each client. Elaine provides a holistic approach integrating traditional therapeutic methods with alternative wellness practices to support mind, body, and spirit. She offers individual counseling that focuses on healing from past traumas in a safe and supportive environment.
Ashley King, (she/her)
LPC/S-Candidate
Ashley's mission is to empower individuals to overcome life’s challenges and thrive, whether navigating trauma, ADHD, or life transitions like "adulting." With a Master’s degree in Counseling from Webster University and over a decade of experience, she specializes in helping clients build skills to stay organized, manage their time, and achieve their goals while fostering resilience and self-confidence. She created her practice out of her own healing journey as a safe, compassionate space where people can heal, grow, and take control of their lives. Using evidence-based techniques and a warm, collaborative approach, Ashley helps clients tackle obstacles and create meaningful change. She also supports aspiring counselors through clinical supervision, guiding them to grow into skilled and ethical professionals.
Caisey Hutto [she/her]
LPC
Caisey is passionate about empowering her clients to identify and process trauma so they can move forward to a more regulated life. Caisey recognizes working on trauma can be vulnerable and uncomfortable, which is why she intentionally utilizes a calm and supportive approach. ​
Caisey is trained in a variety of counseling techniques including EMDR, CPT, CBT and DBT. Caisey has a special interest in helping individuals struggling with challenges related to disordered eating, infertility, perinatal and postpartum difficulties, life transitions, depression, anxiety, and PTSD. Caisey believes the first step to healing is being willing to seek help for yourself, and she looks forward to supporting you on your personal healing journey.
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*Member of the Blooming Therapist Program*
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Emily Snead, [she/her]
LPC-A
Emily works with college students and young adults on issues like anxiety, depression, grief and loss, and body image. Emily has a special focus in working with those grieving the loss of a loved one, or those in a caregiver role for a loved one. Emily believes support for clients struggling with grief or the responsibilities of caregiving is crucial. She approaches her work through a compassionate and humanistic lense, appreciating her clients' individuality, and believes that each person is the expert in their own life.​
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*Member of the Blooming Therapist Program*
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Esther Sturdivant Gallieshaw, [she/her]
LPC
Esther Sturdivant Gallieshaw holds an earned advanced degree from University of South Carolina, and specializes in marital, pre-marital, couple and family therapy/counseling, and biofeedback for stress management, relaxation, and anxiety reduction.
She believes counseling is a therapeutic journey of self-exploration, equated to mountain climbing. The trip up the mountain is rough and stressful and requires a lot of thinking and decision making; but reaching the top calls for a celebration.
Shawna Kier [she/her]
LPC-S
Shawna utilizes a nurturing and non-judgemental approach. For over 10 years Shawna has been helping people navigate their complex feelings, especially when it comes to trauma. Every individual has value. Through therapy, we can discover those feelings of value and self-worth. She is experienced in seeing clients and supervising other therapists. She primarily utilizes EMDR, Play Therapy, and Internal Family Systems. As an LPC-S Candidate, Shawna also offers supervision for licensure.
Morgan Nance [she/her]
LPC
Morgan specializes in working through trauma, building self-esteem, and improving communication and boundaries with her clients. Her goal is to provide a safe and supportive environment that fosters growth and change while also challenging self-defeating patterns and beliefs. She works through trauma-focused CBT and a client-centered approach and aims to tailor every person's experience in therapy in a unique way. Learn how to love life, love yourself, and become your own greatest advocate.
Mark Stewart [he/him]
LMFT-A
Mark focuses his practice on relationships between couples, within families and across blended households. Life transitions, personal evolutions, relationship struggles, and interpersonal
conflicts are a particular focus. Working through a relational, systemic approach, he can help
you jointly or individually strengthen these relational bonds. A narrative therapy lens informs
his approach to counseling. Mark has completed the externship-level EFT training.
Elizabeth Willits [she/her]
LPC
Founding Member
Elizabeth specializes in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. She is interested in supporting clients living with anxiety, depression, ADHD, and trauma. Elizabeth is dedicated to helping clients find new ways to relate to their struggles so that they are able to find more connection, joy, and satisfaction in their lives.
Madeline Moran [she/her]
LPC
Founding Member
Madeline specializes in self-esteem issues, relationships, and disordered eating. Her goal is to create a safe and inviting space where clients feel heard and understood. Madeline helps clients align their lives with their values in order to feel more fulfilled and accepted in all parts of life.