Acceptance and Commitment (ACT) Therapists in Jennings, LA
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 20 years of experience, Licensed in both Louisiana and Texas. A graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington with a Master's of Science in Social Work, I work with adolescents, adults, seniors, seeing individuals, couples, and families. I have particular interest in all areas of mental health, including grief, loss, trauma, eating disorders, domestic violence, sexual abuse, sexual assault, and parenting issues. I am a Certified Mediator and have a Certification in Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM). In my free time, I enjoy working with my three pet therapy dogs.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 20 years of experience, Licensed in both Louisiana and Texas. A graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington with a Master's of Science in Social Work, I work with adolescents, adults, seniors, seeing individuals, couples, and families. I have particular interest in all areas of mental health, including grief, loss, trauma, eating disorders, domestic violence, sexual abuse, sexual assault, and parenting issues. I am a Certified Mediator and have a Certification in Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM). In my free time, I enjoy working with my three pet therapy dogs.
I have a passion to help people facing challenges such as depression, anxiety, self-esteem, life transitions, women's issues, and relationship difficulties. Whether they are dealing with mental health struggles, adjusting to major life changes, or seeking to improve their relationships, I am dedicated to offering empathy, patience, and a sense of empowerment as they navigate these challenges. During tough times, it's essential to have a stable source of support—a space where you feel understood and not alone. I aim to provide that safe, supportive environment, helping clients work through their concerns with compassion and guidance.
I have a passion to help people facing challenges such as depression, anxiety, self-esteem, life transitions, women's issues, and relationship difficulties. Whether they are dealing with mental health struggles, adjusting to major life changes, or seeking to improve their relationships, I am dedicated to offering empathy, patience, and a sense of empowerment as they navigate these challenges. During tough times, it's essential to have a stable source of support—a space where you feel understood and not alone. I aim to provide that safe, supportive environment, helping clients work through their concerns with compassion and guidance.
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Hi! My name is Jada, and I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with over a decade of experience in mental health, working with children, adults, and seniors. As an experienced therapist, I bring energy, warmth, and a deep commitment to helping my clients navigate life’s challenges. Life often presents us with unexpected obstacles, whether they relate to parenting, relationships, or significant life transitions. You don’t have to face these challenges alone.My goal is to help you find your way through by offering solution-focused therapy designed to empower you and rebuild your self-esteem.
Hi! My name is Jada, and I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with over a decade of experience in mental health, working with children, adults, and seniors. As an experienced therapist, I bring energy, warmth, and a deep commitment to helping my clients navigate life’s challenges. Life often presents us with unexpected obstacles, whether they relate to parenting, relationships, or significant life transitions. You don’t have to face these challenges alone.My goal is to help you find your way through by offering solution-focused therapy designed to empower you and rebuild your self-esteem.
Deborah R Youngblood
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Online Only
My passion is to help individuals and families to identify their needs and learn to overcome the struggles and challenges in their lives. I would love the opportunity to listen and to help you to overcome the challenges that you are facing. I have worked as a school social worker and as a crisis counselor for girls and women. I also love working with young adults, couples and families. If you are feeling alone and without hope, I would love the opportunity to help you to Begin Again, becoming the best version of yourself, by providing you with the tools and support you need to move forward.
My passion is to help individuals and families to identify their needs and learn to overcome the struggles and challenges in their lives. I would love the opportunity to listen and to help you to overcome the challenges that you are facing. I have worked as a school social worker and as a crisis counselor for girls and women. I also love working with young adults, couples and families. If you are feeling alone and without hope, I would love the opportunity to help you to Begin Again, becoming the best version of yourself, by providing you with the tools and support you need to move forward.
Courtney Sandoz Copell
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
Serves Area
Waitlist for new clients
I'm Courtney Copell, founder of Compass Counseling Services of South Louisiana. It is my mission to provide the best and most thorough care to my clients and their families. I work from an integrated perspective which includes a wide-range of evidence-based therapeutic techniques. I founded my practice on the belief that each client is unique and deserves comprehensive and individualized care. I believe that in order to experience optimal health, every component of the individual must be considered. Therefore, I operate from a holistic and client-centered approach where each client will have their own personalized program.
I'm Courtney Copell, founder of Compass Counseling Services of South Louisiana. It is my mission to provide the best and most thorough care to my clients and their families. I work from an integrated perspective which includes a wide-range of evidence-based therapeutic techniques. I founded my practice on the belief that each client is unique and deserves comprehensive and individualized care. I believe that in order to experience optimal health, every component of the individual must be considered. Therefore, I operate from a holistic and client-centered approach where each client will have their own personalized program.
Andrea Olivier LeDee
Provisional Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, PLPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
I believe that all people have the capacity to live well and to create the solutions they seek. My role as counselor is to hold the light as you find your own way. How do I do that? I create a warm, judgment-free space to be seen and heard, accepted and respected, challenged and nurtured. I offer a space where client and counselor work together using creative expression to make sense of thoughts and feelings and to gain clarity.
I believe that all people have the capacity to live well and to create the solutions they seek. My role as counselor is to hold the light as you find your own way. How do I do that? I create a warm, judgment-free space to be seen and heard, accepted and respected, challenged and nurtured. I offer a space where client and counselor work together using creative expression to make sense of thoughts and feelings and to gain clarity.
Chase Walling
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
Lake Charles, LA 70615
Not accepting new clients
Struggles are a normal part of the human experience, and I am grateful to be able to provide consistent help and support from a non-judgmental therapeutic position of acceptance and encouragement.
I have significant experience with a broad variety of issues from a highly diverse range of clients. Whether you are an individual, couple, family, child, adolescent, or adult and whatever your struggle may be, it is my pleasure to work with you. And I look forward to meeting you and helping improve your daily life.
Struggles are a normal part of the human experience, and I am grateful to be able to provide consistent help and support from a non-judgmental therapeutic position of acceptance and encouragement.
I have significant experience with a broad variety of issues from a highly diverse range of clients. Whether you are an individual, couple, family, child, adolescent, or adult and whatever your struggle may be, it is my pleasure to work with you. And I look forward to meeting you and helping improve your daily life.
Tanya Porter
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
Crowley, LA 70526
Not accepting new clients
I believe that awareness, acceptance, commitment, and action are the most effective antidotes for any irregularity or suffering that afflicts our thinking and body.
Are you experiencing anxiety, depression, confusion, feeling stuck? At a turning point in your professional or emotional life? Even the strongest among us can feel helpless, uncertain, or unhappy at times.
I believe that awareness, acceptance, commitment, and action are the most effective antidotes for any irregularity or suffering that afflicts our thinking and body.
Are you experiencing anxiety, depression, confusion, feeling stuck? At a turning point in your professional or emotional life? Even the strongest among us can feel helpless, uncertain, or unhappy at times.
John Wane Nelson III
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
Online Only
Not accepting new clients
My ideal client would be some who wants to change, but is having difficulties. They may not know their goals, but we can work to clarify them. What they need is someone who will look in their eyes and be honest with them.
My ideal client would be some who wants to change, but is having difficulties. They may not know their goals, but we can work to clarify them. What they need is someone who will look in their eyes and be honest with them.
No one escapes the challenges of the human experience, we all just need the tools to learn to heal! I specialize in trauma (PTSD) and offer Brainspotting Therapy. Brainspotting is a psychotherapy tool that utilizes less thought-based talk therapy and more focused mindfulness on your somatic (body) experience - the window into our natural healing process. Research shows Brainspotting can lessen symptom burden in one session. It’s highly effective for trauma, anxiety, anger, performance and creative blocks, or sports enhancement.
No one escapes the challenges of the human experience, we all just need the tools to learn to heal! I specialize in trauma (PTSD) and offer Brainspotting Therapy. Brainspotting is a psychotherapy tool that utilizes less thought-based talk therapy and more focused mindfulness on your somatic (body) experience - the window into our natural healing process. Research shows Brainspotting can lessen symptom burden in one session. It’s highly effective for trauma, anxiety, anger, performance and creative blocks, or sports enhancement.
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Life can become overwhelming at times, and seeking help can be the first courageous act in achieving a higher quality of living.
It is incredibly important to me that clients feel accepted and heard. Holding space for clients who are exploring their sexuality and gender identity is an integral part of my practice. Because therapy is not one size fits all, I use an eclectic approach from multiple different modalities to help clients reach their goals.
Life can become overwhelming at times, and seeking help can be the first courageous act in achieving a higher quality of living.
It is incredibly important to me that clients feel accepted and heard. Holding space for clients who are exploring their sexuality and gender identity is an integral part of my practice. Because therapy is not one size fits all, I use an eclectic approach from multiple different modalities to help clients reach their goals.
Joshua Mason Henderson
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Lafayette, LA 70508
I come from a Person-Centered approach where I typically use Cognitive Behavior Therapy and ACT therapy.
Welcome! This is a promising first step to making your life, yours again. We experience a range of life changing events and one thing is certain, it can be hard to process and recover from those tough moments. Fortunately, we have the ability to heal ourselves through the process of change. I practice from a trauma-informed perspective and have experience in a variety of areas, but primarily, my focus is with anxiety, infidelity, couples & marriage concerns, depression, personality development, identity, stress, men's issues, and peer-to-peer relationships. I am motivated to helping my clients find the solutions they are seeking.
I come from a Person-Centered approach where I typically use Cognitive Behavior Therapy and ACT therapy.
Welcome! This is a promising first step to making your life, yours again. We experience a range of life changing events and one thing is certain, it can be hard to process and recover from those tough moments. Fortunately, we have the ability to heal ourselves through the process of change. I practice from a trauma-informed perspective and have experience in a variety of areas, but primarily, my focus is with anxiety, infidelity, couples & marriage concerns, depression, personality development, identity, stress, men's issues, and peer-to-peer relationships. I am motivated to helping my clients find the solutions they are seeking.
" Overall, my approach is client-centered and holistic, with an emphasis on acceptance and mindfulness.
My personal experience growing up in the rural south USA has led me to this path. I was attracted to a supportive role, especially for individuals who struggle with boundaries and expression. It is a personal goal of mine to help others feel understood, fulfilled, and experience peace along their journey.
" Overall, my approach is client-centered and holistic, with an emphasis on acceptance and mindfulness.
My personal experience growing up in the rural south USA has led me to this path. I was attracted to a supportive role, especially for individuals who struggle with boundaries and expression. It is a personal goal of mine to help others feel understood, fulfilled, and experience peace along their journey.
Bethany Hogeland
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA, PLPC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Baton Rouge, LA 70805
If you want to know why you act or feel the way you do, how to strengthen your relationships with others, what impact your life has on your loved ones, or just how to make everyday life a little easier, it might be time to consider counseling.
Whether you're struggling with depression, navigating career transitions, or dealing with marital conflict, I’m here to help. If you've experienced church hurt or are looking to heal from traumatic experiences, I’ll guide you in healing and moving forward in your life. I can help teach you to set healthy boundaries and develop emotional regulation skills. Using techniques proven effective through scientific research, I am confident you can see lasting change. Together, we can explore your past, create goals, and identify ways to overcome obstacles to make a life in which you thrive.
If you want to know why you act or feel the way you do, how to strengthen your relationships with others, what impact your life has on your loved ones, or just how to make everyday life a little easier, it might be time to consider counseling.
Whether you're struggling with depression, navigating career transitions, or dealing with marital conflict, I’m here to help. If you've experienced church hurt or are looking to heal from traumatic experiences, I’ll guide you in healing and moving forward in your life. I can help teach you to set healthy boundaries and develop emotional regulation skills. Using techniques proven effective through scientific research, I am confident you can see lasting change. Together, we can explore your past, create goals, and identify ways to overcome obstacles to make a life in which you thrive.
Julie Ireland
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC-A, NCC
Verified Verified
Lake Charles, LA 70605
I tailor my approach to fit both the client and the presenting concerns, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and EMDR, among others.
Are you tired of feeling stuck and powerless? Do you hear a constant stream of negative thoughts about yourself and your life? I am here to help you cultivate the rich, full, meaningful life for which you were created. I work with individuals, couples, and families to identify and address the barriers to their life success. Through counseling, clients address the perfectionism, trauma, and old patterns that get in the way of authentic connection with themselves and others.
I tailor my approach to fit both the client and the presenting concerns, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and EMDR, among others.
Are you tired of feeling stuck and powerless? Do you hear a constant stream of negative thoughts about yourself and your life? I am here to help you cultivate the rich, full, meaningful life for which you were created. I work with individuals, couples, and families to identify and address the barriers to their life success. Through counseling, clients address the perfectionism, trauma, and old patterns that get in the way of authentic connection with themselves and others.
With a holistic approach, I help clients build resilience, improve communication, and foster self- acceptance.
Healing begins with feeling truly seen, heard, and accepted. You are not broken—you are evolving, growing, and becoming more aligned with your values and desires. In a space of understanding and support, past wounds feel lighter, and self-discovery becomes possible. True healing happens when you feel safe to explore, express, and embrace every part of yourself. Therapy offers the opportunity to move beyond survival mode and create a life filled with meaning and connection.
With a holistic approach, I help clients build resilience, improve communication, and foster self- acceptance.
Healing begins with feeling truly seen, heard, and accepted. You are not broken—you are evolving, growing, and becoming more aligned with your values and desires. In a space of understanding and support, past wounds feel lighter, and self-discovery becomes possible. True healing happens when you feel safe to explore, express, and embrace every part of yourself. Therapy offers the opportunity to move beyond survival mode and create a life filled with meaning and connection.
I do my best to make therapy an accessible, human process by building a safe, stable, healthy therapeutic relationship using hope, humor, and open acceptance without judgement.
Hey, there. I'm Zach (he/they). Chances are, if you're here, you've found yourself at a point in your life where you want, or perhaps need, to make a change, even if you don't quite know what that change is yet. That's alright. A good therapist is like having a trusted guide by your side to help you figure out the best path forward and to ease you through the harder spots. I'll help you figure out where you need to be, plot the best route to get you there, and support you every step of the way. If the story of your life isn't what you think it should be, let me help you rewrite it in a way that better fits.
I do my best to make therapy an accessible, human process by building a safe, stable, healthy therapeutic relationship using hope, humor, and open acceptance without judgement.
Hey, there. I'm Zach (he/they). Chances are, if you're here, you've found yourself at a point in your life where you want, or perhaps need, to make a change, even if you don't quite know what that change is yet. That's alright. A good therapist is like having a trusted guide by your side to help you figure out the best path forward and to ease you through the harder spots. I'll help you figure out where you need to be, plot the best route to get you there, and support you every step of the way. If the story of your life isn't what you think it should be, let me help you rewrite it in a way that better fits.
Kayla Davis
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA, PLPC, NCC
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Lafayette, LA 70508
Wherever you are in your journey of life, you will always be met with compassion, grace and acceptance.
I have experience in a vast range of areas including anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, life transitions, relationship struggles, and impulsivity. I provide individual counseling for children (7+), adolescents, and adults. I strive to take each client’s uniqueness into consideration as we work to identify goals and the direction to take the sessions.
Wherever you are in your journey of life, you will always be met with compassion, grace and acceptance.
I have experience in a vast range of areas including anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, life transitions, relationship struggles, and impulsivity. I provide individual counseling for children (7+), adolescents, and adults. I strive to take each client’s uniqueness into consideration as we work to identify goals and the direction to take the sessions.
I work primarily from the ACT, existential, and family systems therapy models, and develop treatment goals that are interpersonal, value-driven, and specific to your needs.
Hey there! I'm Zachary. My passion is helping people who feel stuck get unstuck, and guiding them in living meaningful and intentional lives. The experiences we have had can leave us feeling paralyzed, directionless, and confused—I want to help you get moving again. Whether you struggle with social anxiety, grief, relationships, religious trauma, or anything else you might feel stuck with, I want to help.
I work primarily from the ACT, existential, and family systems therapy models, and develop treatment goals that are interpersonal, value-driven, and specific to your needs.
Hey there! I'm Zachary. My passion is helping people who feel stuck get unstuck, and guiding them in living meaningful and intentional lives. The experiences we have had can leave us feeling paralyzed, directionless, and confused—I want to help you get moving again. Whether you struggle with social anxiety, grief, relationships, religious trauma, or anything else you might feel stuck with, I want to help.
I often use somatic and mindfulness therapeutic techniques and incorporate ACT or CBT interventions to prepare for EMDR therapy.
Aiming to thrive and not solely survive? Despite our adverse experiences or current circumstances, we can find ourselves wanting to find more meaning in life. I help clients slow down to closely examine the obstacles that are interfering with their ability to live the life they envision. My approach to counseling is to learn to love yourself as you are while working on your areas of growth. We are all worthy of self-love and self-compassion, but all too often this is absent in our lives. My hope is that through this process you find your true self and are courageous enough to embrace and live out your most authentic life!
I often use somatic and mindfulness therapeutic techniques and incorporate ACT or CBT interventions to prepare for EMDR therapy.
Aiming to thrive and not solely survive? Despite our adverse experiences or current circumstances, we can find ourselves wanting to find more meaning in life. I help clients slow down to closely examine the obstacles that are interfering with their ability to live the life they envision. My approach to counseling is to learn to love yourself as you are while working on your areas of growth. We are all worthy of self-love and self-compassion, but all too often this is absent in our lives. My hope is that through this process you find your true self and are courageous enough to embrace and live out your most authentic life!
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How does acceptance and commitment therapy work?
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy encourages a person to listen to their self-talk. A person’s inner dialog can be indicative of how they treat themselves. ACT also encourages self-compassion; this can lead to a better understanding of negative thought patterns and emotional states. This understanding can then lead the individual to needed behavior change.
What are the goals of acceptance and commitment therapy?
The goal of acceptance and commitment is to expand a person’s psychological flexibility, a trait that encourages an individual to live in the present moment and to accept all their thoughts, feelings, and emotions, even ones that are difficult such as sadness and anxiety. In ACT, this acceptance is congruent with the individual’s values and beliefs.
Does acceptance and commitment therapy work for depression?
Acceptance and commitment therapy is effective for depression because it allows the individual to view their discomfort and suffering differently. Depressive feelings about relationship heartaches, for example, are a part of life. A despondent person learns to let go of their struggles and instead view their painful thoughts and feelings with compassion. This will lead the individual toward positive change.
How long are people typically in acceptance and commitment therapy?
A typical acceptance and commitment therapy session is 50 minutes long with one session per week. Treatment for common problems such as anxiety, depression, or relationship difficulties can last between eight weeks to four months. However, more severe cases may require more than one session a week and/or a longer time frame for treatment.