I have a heart to help people who are hurting and looking for relief, change, and hope. Maybe you're looking at life right now and it looks bleak, but you don't know what's wrong and much less how to fix it, or maybe you know exactly what your problem is, but you don’t know what to do about it or you just need an unbiased ear to sit with you, listen to you, and walk through the struggle with you as we work to find a solution. Regardless of your situation, I would love to help.

I have ten years of clinical experience working with individuals, couples, and families. I also train master's and doctoral level student therapists at a local university to help clients confront any life challenges. Throughout my career, I have never met a truly "broken" person incapable of making positive changes, and I work collaboratively with my clients to resolve their unique issues. I intentionally keep a small practice to provide clients with dedicated and individualized attention. I return voicemail messages within 24 hours.

Utilizing a collaborative approach, I’m passionate about helping Individuals develop and embrace a strong sense of autonomy. I firmly believe that only you can give yourself permission to live the life you desire. I work in a transformational manner to restructure negative thoughts and behaviors in effort to increase confidence, self-awareness, and control over one's own life. Throughout the therapeutic process, I maintain that the client is the expert of themselves. I promote open dialogue and demonstrate unconditional positive regards towards all. ​

I have a passion for seeing people improve their overall wellness and functioning so that they can lead their best life possible. I have worked in several different settings aside from private practice, including acute and long term in-patient care and court ordered individual and group therapy. I have experience in working with adults, teens, and children using individual, group, and family therapy. I have worked with many different individuals and families with an array of symptoms such as anxiety, depression, trauma/PTSD, and attachment issues.

People should be accepted as they are. Issues, goals, and needs vary from one person to the next; therefore, co-creating the desired future of the client is essentially important.

There are so many obstacles life can throw at you. It is exhausting, crippling, and overwhelming. It can leave you feeling like you are caught in a tidal wave and drowning. How do you get to a place where you feel like you can breathe again? Take my hand and let me help pull you out of the crashing waves. My ultimate goal as a therapist is to create a safe, non-judgmental space for my clients to speak freely in. I believe in establishing caring, trustworthy relationships with my clients. Through love, compassion, and understanding we can work together to conquer the struggles that are impacting your life. You are not alone in this.

Taylor Draughn has a Master's in Marriage and Family Therapy from ULM and is licensed as an LPC-S and LMFT in the state of Louisiana. She has over 8 years of experience working with individuals, couples, and families seeking help for anxiety, depression, marriage issues, women’s issues, parenting, and trauma. She views counseling as a collaboration between counselor and client in order to help the client move forward in their life. Taylor utilizes a solution-focused, cognitive behavioral, and strength-based approach in order to help you see your inherent strengths as well as how they can help you in your current situation.

Are you struggling to cope with life's many challenges? Are you feeling hopeless and overwhelmed? I help adults who are living with anxiety, depression, and other difficult issues. I can help you tap into your inner strengths so that you can make the changes needed to create a more fulfilling life. I believe that we all possess the strengths and resources needed to overcome life's challenges. It is my job to elicit those strengths and resources while providing you with support and guidance.

Sarah specializes in counseling children, adolescents, young adults, and their support systems, but also enjoys working with adults and elderly. She is passionate about working together with others to provide support, stability, and understanding, while helping them to find their purpose. Sarah strives to ensure that any person who feels misunderstood or “different” finds safety and healing at Beautiful Minds Counseling and Wellness.

Lawrencia has experience working with individuals, couples, families, children and teens - ages 10 and up. I work with clients who have a variety of challenges such as: racial trauma, adjustment and transition issues, relationship conflict and challenges, PTSD, parent-child relationships, struggle with self-care, self-esteem issues, anxiety, depression and more! Lawrencia works with a variety of populations. However, working with adolescent and teen girls, minority populations and exploring the effects of historical trauma are the clinician's favorites.

Sometimes the small things make the biggest difference and the largest challenges are not so big in perspective. I believe that participating in counseling can provide that perspective and be a most remarkable and rewarding journey. The counseling process is not always easy and can be quite difficult. Realizing this, I always feel so honored when my clients are willing to include me on their journey. I enjoy working with families and children as they determine who they want to become and are willing to do whatever necessary to make it happen.

Life can have wonderful times and it can also bring really complicated moments that bring up an influx of emotions. If you're dealing with anxiety, depression, relationship distress or parenting issues I will walk alongside you, encourage you and coach you along your path.

Coping with the issues that can hit you from every direction in life can be a struggle. Sometimes we need support to navigate through the various issues that arise from mental health and substance abuse influences. My goal for treatment is to help you to overcome your issues to be the best you!

Life often throws us lemons. It is my goal to aid you in placing those lemons into cute vases and use them as decor. We can’t turn things into something they’re not, but we can re-frame them and change their meaning. I will work with you to help them build on your strengths to identify and achieve your goals. Therapy should be a space where you can talk and gain insight into what’s going on in your life and how you want to proceed. In therapy I draw on styles and techniques that are the helpful for your individual situation, providing a space where you have the authority and ability to grow in the direction you choose.

My goal is to help individuals, couples, and families achieve their goals through positive change and strengthening relationships.

I am committed to meeting you where you are. I work hard to understand and validate what it is like to be you. So, your goals for therapy are the crucial foundation for our work together. If you experience that I really do understand and validate you and your goals, then I believe you will allow me to challenge you in helpful ways when it becomes difficult to make significant changes that you want to make. I also believe that work with at least five dimensions (MIND, BODY, SOUL, SYSTEM, and STORY) in an organic and natural way can help you succeed in meeting your goals, even if other approaches have not been successful.

​Are you ready to address issues affecting your mental and/or emotional health? Whether you're desiring to heal emotionally, to let go of all that’s been keeping you stagnant, or to improve your relationships, I am here to help you take the first step. You are not alone. As your therapist, it is my desire to help you navigate through understanding irrational thought processes and to address difficult experiences that have been holding you back and keeping you stuck. The incorporation of biblical/Christian principles available, if requested.

Stephanie B. Dean, MA, LPC, is a psychotherapist with experience and training in women’s issues, substance abuse, depression, anxiety, attention-deficit disorders, family-of-origin issues, self-esteem, and more. She possesses a Master of Arts Degree in Professional Counseling from Liberty University and is the founder of Greater Bogalusa Community Center, a nonprofit, human services organization in Bogalusa, LA. Stephanie. Dean possesses special skills and experience in working with patients to uncover core issues and get to the “root of the problem”, especially in cases in which feelings of extreme guilt or shame are involved.

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker that has experience working with adults. Clients that I see experience issues with depression, anxiety, domestic violence, codependency, mood swings and chronic illness. As a Licensed Addiction Counselor I offer individual therapy to those that struggle with addictions.

I am an individual, couple, and family therapist with more than 30 years experience helping people find solutions to problems in living. I teach people how to be effective therapists at a local university graduate program as well as conducting workshops around the world and publishing extensively on how to help therapists be effective in helping people improve their marital, family, and business relationships. My private practice is intentionally small and individualized - My personal ethics are such that first interviews are designed for the client to have an opportunity to meet with me and decide if they think I can help them, and equally important, for me to decide if I think I can be of help. If I cannot help I will fire myself and recommend an appropriate referral. I do not accept insurance.