"I specialize in working with individuals, couples, and families seeking change and healing within their lives and relationships. I have experience working with clients on a variety of issues, including: anxiety, depression, life transitions, relationships, self-worth, trauma, parenting, and communication. As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), I use a systemic approach to address the many factors influencing the client's life and collaborate with them in pursuit of their goals. My primary aim is to assist clients in recognizing their own ability to lead more authentic and meaningful lives."

"My journey to becoming a healer began in 2009 with a vision of creating a safe place that supports the emotional, psychological, spiritual, and physical health of men and women. I provide individual, couple's, family, and group therapy with a primary practice located in Waxhaw, NC. I offer empowerment and compassion to my clients in effectively navigating life's challenges using a holistic approach to wellness."

"Shavonda Bean is a psychologist who is passionate about helping you along your path to wellness. Life can present challenges that are often difficult to manage alone. Essential Assessments & Behavioral Health is here to help."

"I became interested in helping individuals and families attain their dreams at a very early age. In my therapy, I accept and appreciate your uniqueness and am personally encouraged by the discoveries you make during your time in therapy. I provide compassion, empathy, and a down-to-earth approach to ease any discomfort you may have about therapy. Through our work together, I become sensitive to your needs and your readiness for change and will encourage you to discover your full potential."

"My passion is helping clients recognize that they do not have to be victims of their circumstances or history. Sometimes we are faced with painful circumstances. Sometimes even everyday life begins to feel overwhelming. The unfortunate reality is that we cannot always control what happens in our lives. We can, however, choose how we respond to the difficult things that occur. I believe that all clients have the ability to grow and to make positive, lasting change in their lives. My role as therapist is to help facilitate this process."

"I have experience working with children, adolescents, and adults as individuals and within their relationships. I received a Master's Degree in Social Work from University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a concentration in children and family counseling. I believe therapy is an interactive process in which we work together to help you reach your goals. Whether the challenges you or your child face are long standing struggles or current symptoms related to life stressors and/or transitions, we will work together to help you make changes to your life."

"I can help you move toward the life you want. People often have difficulty doing what they want to do. Distressing emotions, thoughts, memories, sensations, and plain old habit push us toward actions that do not reflect our values or our goals. I work with people to improve their focus on what is important to them and overcome whatever barriers keep them from moving in that direction. If you are tired of your thoughts and feelings running your life, I would be happy to help you regain control of your life and start living according to your values and goals."

"I have experience helping individuals successfully resolve and grow through issues such as depression, anxiety, healing past trauma and abuse, coping with grief and loss, and managing career and life transitions. As a Certified EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy) Couples Therapist, I love to help couples find or restore the loving closeness they long for. EFT is recognized as one of the most successful approaches to couple therapy. I will help you identify negative patterns of interaction and explore feelings that perpetuate it so that you can step out of the pattern and create new ways of interacting that promote and deepen empathy, closeness, and intimacy."

"Do you feel stuck? Reaching out for help may seem frightening, but is a sign of strength. My role as a therapist is to help you rediscover yourself or the parts of you that you've lost. The therapy room is a good place to sift through negative thoughts and disturbing emotions. I believe in the interpersonal process of therapy, the value of the therapeutic relationship, and in working with an individual on a holistic basis, to help him or her alleviate stress and regain a sense of personal freedom."

"I provide distance counseling through a secure, HIPAA compliant video portal and over the phone. I believe in bringing counseling services to those for whom a traditional office visit is not possible, or not desired. I specialize in gambling disorder, alcohol use disorder, and Korsakoff's syndrome."

"Do you ever wonder, "Am I the only person who feels this way? " Are you pondering problems that seem insurmountable, that are just too uncomfortable to discuss with family or friends? Most of us hesitate when seeking a mental health specialist; but we all need a little support and guidance to navigate the personal and societal troubles that affect our lives and our most important relationships. When we try to handle these issues on our own, sometimes the techniques that we use to help us cope, such as unhealthy relationships or drugs and alcohol, become the problem."

"Essentially, I partner with you as a change agent and I absolutely love the work that I do. Whether you seek to change your thoughts, feelings, reactions, mood, circumstances, mindset, relationships, behavior, habits, physical health, or stress level, it's an honor to come alongside you and help you in your pursuit of positive change. I am a former educator and have specialty training and experience in Neuropsychology & Health Psychology. So in addition to working with adolescents, adults, and seniors experiencing depression, anxiety, transitions, relationship issues, & grief, I also enjoy working with individuals adjusting to and coping with chronic/acute medical conditions."

"Major changes to your life happen and can sometimes lead to depression, anxiety and feelings of dissatisfaction. I can assist with anything from coping with the affects of major life challenges and childhood trauma, to working toward personal growth and wellness. I am dedicated to helping improve the overall well being of others to achieve the highest level of functioning and self-sufficiency."

"You have a right to a better life, to live with less distress; to have a life with possibility, potential, and vitality. I have worked with people like you who have found that within the warm, accepting, nonjudgmental, and supportive environment of our therapeutic relationship that change becomes possible. I invite you to be courageous and to reach beyond your fears to claim the life that you want. Utilizing established, researched, and respected therapies, I treat many emotional and behavioral disorders by helping clients face their struggles and move towards a valued life."

"Life is full of many unexpected changes and challenges. I believe that when someone is experiencing a difficult life event, there is the opportunity for growth. But all too often, this event can consume and control us. If you are looking at this site, my guess is that you can relate to these words, and are seeking the help and support to be able to move forward in a positive and fulfilled way. I offer an empathic, supportive and non-judgemental approach to therapy with the goal of helping you, the individual, feel both secure and confident to make the changes that you desire."

"I desire to empower people to claim fullness of their dreams and full creative potential by working with their beliefs, emotions, body and spirit. I am able to empathize and sympathize with others because I've been there too. The greatest gift I can offer is to help you learn how to deal with the ups and downs that life will bring so that you can realize your purpose too. MY desire is to help you realize your fullness and innate sense of worth so we can all can live the lives we deserve, filled with joy and peace."

"At Union Family Services, we offer professional counseling services for children, adolescents, & adults in a warm & caring environment. Our Goal is to assist people with finding emotional healing & personal fulfillment through individual, family, & couples counseling. Union Family Services is a team of skilled & licensed clinicians with over 25 years of combined experience in mental health. Our clinicians specialize in many different therapeutic modalities including EMDR & CBT. EMDR is evidenced based treatment in which the memory is reprocessed losing its power to cause a reaction. CBT is the connection between thoughts, feelings, & behavior. By adjusting one, the other two will adjust."

"Hello! Thank you for viewing my profile. We are all faced with a variety of relationships that we must learn to navigate on a daily basis. Whether healthy or dysfunctional, they exist all around us and they include relationships with siblings, parents, family members, intimate partners, friends and even work. Some of those relationships can be pretty challenging at times, causing us to become stressed, distant or cut-off, feeling misunderstood, anxious or sometimes depressed, while enduring sleepless nights become routine, and the fear of being alone overwhelms us due to damaged connections."