BIO
Shannon L. Reynolds
Have you grown exhausted with repeated unhealthy cycles and frustrations leaving you unsatisfied in life and relationships? You’ve come to the right place for change. Here you will express, address, and process your emotions and thoughts in a safe environment. I will journey with you through treacherous obstacles, murky waters, and rough mental terrain to get you to a place of mental health wellness.
I am trained to offer you the tools to move forward and achieve mental health wellness and live your Best You! You may ask if this is possible. Let me share my personal philosophy that ignites my passion for the therapeutic process.
Many forms of communication were practiced, taught, and implemented in my most informative years as an essential life altering skill. Effective communication became an absolute in my relational encounters, which allows a life of unapologetic fulfillment. My goal is to journey alongside my clients to help facilitate their desired change toward a life of fulfillment.
Understanding this desire, I want to give voice to encased emotions, words to feelings and new perspective to thoughts, which have kept many in mental and emotional bondage. As your therapist, you will be met with empathy and respect. I’ve worked with culturally diverse groups of children both in and out of the child welfare system, individuals, geriatrics, disenfranchised young adults, military, veteran, families, and LGBTQIA+. I enjoy working with the different populations to invoke change. However, adults 21 an older and couples are the focus population within my practice.
I will use a variety of techniques (e.g., mindfulness, exposure therapy, etc.) with a person-centered approach to therapy. I’m here to listen and honor your experience, while facilitating the change process. My educational background includes a BA in Psychology from Columbia College, MS in Counseling Psychology, and a Masters in Counseling with a specialization in Military, Veteran and Family Therapy, M.Ed., (William & Mary).
“Expression as the Author of Change” has become my life work. If you are ready to commit and work toward sustained CHANGE click “Client Portal” for a free 15-minute consultation today.
BIO
Lori Ann Stretch PhD., LCMHC-S (NC), LPC (VA), NCC, ACS, BC-TMH-Supervisor
Dr. Stretch earned a PhD in Counselor Education with a minor in Child and Adolescent Psychology from North Carolina State University in 2005. She also earned a M.S. in Community and College Counseling with a specialization in Special Education from Longwood University in 1997.
Dr. Stretch is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor - Supervisor (NC #4381) and a Licensed Professional Counselor (VA #0701010280). In addition, Dr. Stretch is a National Certified Counselor (#72374) and an Approved Clinical Supervisor (#00606).
Counseling Background and Approach
Dr. Stretch has been a professional counselor since 1997 and serves youth, adolescents, and adults from 12 years old and older. She currently provides individual, couples, family, and group therapy. Her counseling orientation is integrative. She is most heavily influenced by the person-centered and the cognitive-behavioral approaches to counseling. Dr. Stretch strives to provide a safe and consistent relationship with her clients while challenging the client to examine how their thinking impacts how the client relates with the world around them. In addition, Dr. Stretch often uses the following techniques in her healing work with clients: sandtray, art, homework, mindfulness, play, relationship enhancement, and psychoeducation.
Dr. Stretch believes individuals need to understand the thoughts underlying behavior in order to change maladaptive patterns in their lives. The ultimate goals of self-awareness and self-acceptance are goals that sometimes take a long time to achieve. Some clients need only a few counseling sessions to achieve these goals, while others may require months or even years of counseling. As a client, you are in complete control and may end the counseling relationship at any point. Dr. Stretch will be supportive of that decision. If counseling is successful, you should feel that you are able to face life’s challenges in the future without Dr. Stretch’s support or intervention.
