Administration
Jennifer Yaeger, MA, LPC, CPCS, CMAC
Clinical Director
Jennifer meets with potential clients for Initial Assessment Appointments, serves as Supervisor for many of the Clinicians and Interns here, and is a Speaker and Teacher of Continuing Education Opportunities for other therapists.
Elizabeth Giles
Chief operating officer
Elizabeth manages the office, is in charge of business development, sauna and retail, and has created the atmosphere of Sea Glass Therapy.
She is the creator of all sea glass jewelry designs.
Massage
Jennifer Dziedzic, LMT
Jennifer is certified in Craniosacral 1 and 2, as an End of Life Doula, and a Reiki Master Practitioner.
She incorporates Swedish, Myofascial Release, Neuromuscular Therapy, Deep Tissue, Reiki, Reflexology, Assisted Stretching and Sports Recovery Massage, Heated Stone Massage, Lymphatic Drainage, and Craniosacral Therapy into her practice. She has been trained in both Raindrop therapy and AromaTouch treatments using essential oils.
She is currently studying SomatoEmotional Release training, which works gently with body tissues and with the emotions to release stored traumas or memories in the tissues.
Yoga
Madison Alford, RYT 200
Madison, who is also clinician at Seaglass Therapy, is a 200 hour trained registered yoga teacher. She is a lifelong yogi who has grown up practicing yoga under her mom, who owns a yoga studio in LaGrange. Madison is trained in Ashtanga, Vinyasa, and Yin Yoga and brings her therapeutic knowledge of the mind-body connection into her practice. Madison has fallen in love with this practice and advocates for how it has changed her life, mind, body, and soul.
Counseling
Fully Licensed Clinicians
Ann Sheppard, MA, LPC
Ann sees both adolescents and adults as individuals and families who struggle with Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Substance Abuse, Anger Management, Personality Disorders, relationship issues, and the LGBTQIA+ community. She is a Person-Centered counselor who utilizes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques. She helps to empower her clients to set goals, explore problematic beliefs and behaviors, and develop strategies for success.
Not currently accepting clients
April Jacobs, MA, LPC (she/her/hers)
April is a dynamic, multiculturally-minded therapist who is an advocate for women, LGBTQIA+, and cultural/religious diversity. She specializes in working with clients who identify as LGBTQIA+, transgender, and marginalized, as well as those who have experienced trauma. She utilizes her extensive education and experience in music as a modality to better self-esteem, self-advocacy, emotional expression, and communication in relationships.
Not currently accepting clients
Kimber Melson, MA, LPC
Kimber utilizes Heart-Centered Hypnotherapy and EMDR to help treat adults who have experienced trauma, grief, difficulties with life transitions, and spirituality struggles. She also utilizes QHHT to access past life regression hypnosis. She embraces the belief that every client contains, deeply within their own subconscious mind, the key to their own healing and well-being. The answers are never out there, but instead are inside you waiting to be discovered.
Destiny Winters, MA, LPC
Destiny practices Acceptance and Body-Based Approaches to therapy to help clients struggling with chronic illnesses, anxiety, depression, and PTSD worry less and live more. Destiny helps clients lean into their strengths and learn to communicate differently (with themselves and others). She works to help clients move in the direction of their goals without feeling exhausted and burned out. It’s this approach that helps reduce the impact of fatigue, regain a social life, and find true work-life balance and meaning in life.
Not currently accepting clients
Chelse Pike, MA, LPC
Chelse is passionate about helping people feel comfortable in their own skin, break free from their limitations, foster deep connections with themselves and others, and create lives that genuinely make them happy.
Chelse enjoys working with adolescents and adults that struggle with self-esteem, trauma, stress, disordered eating and eating disorders. She utilizes a range of therapeutic approaches such as CBT, DBT and person-centered therapy, and adds expressive arts techniques to her sessions for a holistic approach.
Trixie Jacobs
In Loving Memory
Trixie Jacobs is retired but still works part- time as an emotional support animal. She also volunteers at Sea Glass Therapy as a greeter, sniffer, and general cheerer-upper. She believes in leading by example and takes multiple naps a day to demonstrate and encourage self care. She also treats herself to favorite snacks and multiple outdoor walks a day. She provides compassionate care by listening calmly and attentively, displaying curiosity, and showing enthusiasm for the humans in her care. Trixie believes in love, licks, and dancing like everyone is watching.
Associate Level Clinicians
Orren Jones Swope, MA
Under the supervision of Jennifer Yaeger, CPCS #1746
Orren works with individual women from ages 18 to 35 who are struggling with the life transitions and relationship issues that occur during this time of life. She uses an integrative approach to best fit each individual client’s needs. She believes expressive therapy interventions are a powerful tool for a variety of goals, from processing trauma to establishing coping skills.
Katie Odom, MA
Under the supervision of Jennifer Yaeger, CPCS #1746
Katie specializes in helping teens girls and adult women work through adult sexual assault, physical and sexual child abuse, domestic violence, violent crime, parenting, divorce, spiritual growth, depression, anxiety, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). She has training in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) and uses expressive art therapy techniques. Her passion is helping adolescents and teen girls find hope and healing after life-changing trauma.
Summer Robinson, MA
Under the supervision of Jennifer Yaeger, CPCS #1746
Summer utilizes her years of being a school counselor to work with 10-18 year old children and adolescents. She uses a variety of therapeutic modalities including Person-Centered, Solution-Focused and Mindfulness. She specializes in working with teen girls who struggle with self-esteem issues, depression, anxiety, anger management, communication, and family issues and teaching them coping skills.
Celeste Spates, MA, LAPC
Under the supervision of Susan Marshall, CPCS #810
Celeste is a Person-Centered therapist who incorporates elements of CBT, DBT, and holistic body/ mind/ spirit interventions that support the clients’ abilities to find the direction that is right for them. She specializes in helping adults, military veterans, trauma survivors, and those who struggle with grief, ADHD, and substance abuse, as they learn to overcome depressive, anxious, disconnected, or trauma-based emotions which impede their progress or push them off the path that is right for them.
Alex Ernest, MA, LAPC
Under the supervision of Jennifer Yaeger, CPCS #1746
Alex works with 10-year-olds to adults who experience Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, trauma, self-esteem, relationship challenges, grief, substance use, stress, and anger. She utilizes an Integrative Approach by applying techniques from CBT, Expressive and Talk Therapy, and Mindfulness. She focuses on supporting her clients in developing healthier and stronger self-worth and interpersonal relationships to foster connection and resilience.
Madison Alford, MA
Under the supervision of Meredith Key, CPCS #1987
Madison utilizes Psychodynamic Therapy, Person-Centered Therapy, and Play Therapy as her focus to provide support to her clients. She is also a Certified Yoga Instructor and incorporates body work into her practice as a means of helping clients work through stress, anxiety, and trauma. She sees individual children and adults, as well as couples.
Allie Waltz, MA
Under the supervision of Jennifer Yaeger, CPCS #1746
Allie believes healing happens through human connection. As such, she believes establishing supportive and trusting relationships is a profound mechanism for change. She takes an individual approach to each client, usually pulling eclectically from Person Centered, Cognitive Behavioral Theory, and Existential Therapy modalities to treat adults in both individual and couples sessions. Her areas of specialization include Marriage and Couple Therapy, Grief and Loss, and Prenatal/Postpartum Adjustment. She is a certified SYMBIS Premarital Counseling facilitator and has been trained in the Gottman Method of couple counseling. She is also trained as an End of Life Doula, and is a certified Birth and Bereavement Doula.
Kim Goston, MA
Under the superivision of Michal Collier, CPCS #1006
Kim approaches therapy primarily from a whole person, integrative theoretical approach using Psycho-dynamic, Person-Centered, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Her aim is to work alongside each client in a collaborative effort to bridge the gap between who they are now and who they hope to be, as they navigate through life and its various transitions and challenges. She enjoys working with adults and teens in areas of: Substance-Use Disorders, Inter-Generational Trauma, Depression, Anxiety, Life Transitions, Communication Issues, Anger Management, and Self-Esteem. Her passion is working with African American women and breaking the stigma and/or burden of the “strong black woman”, intergenerational trauma and other trauma they may be battling.
Rachel Forrister, MA
Under the supervision of Jennifer Yaeger, CPCS #1746
Rachel has a passion for helping individuals of all ages, couples, and families navigate the complexities of their relationships.
She places great importance on creating a safe and non-judgmental space where clients can freely explore their emotions, thoughts, and experiences. Her approach is founded on a blend of Experiential, Attachment-Based, and Narrative Family Therapy modalities, which she tailors to suit the specific needs and dynamics of each client.
When working with couples, she focuses on enhancing communication and intimacy, aiming to rekindle emotional connections. In family therapy, Rachel is dedicated to helping families create new narratives and patterns that support healthier relationships.
Mary Stout Hess
Under the supervision of Jennifer Yaeger, CPCS #1746
Mary is a committed wellness practitioner dedicated to enhancing the well-being of her clients. With a holistic approach, she empowers teens, young adults, and women to navigate challenges in relationships, parenting, and career transitions in a supportive environment.
Mary utilizes various therapeutic modalities, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy. As a certified somatic practitioner, she employs mind-body techniques to help clients release pent-up emotions. Her goal is to create a safe space for exploration and personal growth.