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Discover Mindful Movements Counseling: Your Path to Healing

At Mindful Movements Counseling, our mission is to provide a safe and non-judgmental space for your unique mental health journey. Meet our dedicated team, each committed to guiding you through life's challenges. Explore their profiles to begin your journey to wellness today.

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Mikayla Williams | Holistic Mental Health Counseling for Teens, Couples, and Adults | Specializing in Grief counseling, Trauma counseling and Relationships.

Mikayla Williams, MA, LPC-Supervisor, NCC

Owner of Mindful Movements Counseling Center
Enjoys working with adolescents and adults navigating trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, attachment wounds, relationship struggles, post-partum challenges, and life transitions. Areas of support include PTSD, domestic violence and sexual assault recovery, codependency, self-esteem, and emotional overwhelm. Trained in EMDR, sandtray therapy, and expressive arts techniques, with the option to integrate mindfulness, creativity, and faith-based counseling when desired.
Sydnee Jaynes | Holistic Mental Health Counseling for Teens, Couples, and Adults | Specializing in Grief counseling, Trauma counseling and Relationships.

Sydnee Jaynes, MA, LPC-Associate

Supervised by Mikayla Williams, MA, LPC-S, NCC
Enjoys working with individuals navigating anxiety, trauma, grief and loss, chronic stress, emotional overwhelm, and life transitions. Areas of support include recurring or distressing thoughts, self-exploration, personal growth, and developing healthier coping skills. Offers a collaborative, compassionate approach focused on helping clients uncover deeper emotional patterns, build self-awareness, and create meaningful, lasting change.
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Lauren Reed, MA, LMFT

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Enjoys working with first responders, couples, families, and individuals navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship challenges, and life stressors. Areas of support include PTSD, unhealthy relational patterns, family dynamics, emotional overwhelm, and pre-marital and marital concerns. Trained in EMDR and offers faith-based counseling when desired.
Trauma therapist The Woodlands, Spring, Conroe, Magnolia, Tomball, Shenandoah. Trauma counseling, anxiety therapy, grief counseling, attachment therapy, Christian counseling, faith-based counseling, PTSD, burnout, relationship issues, emotional healing, adolescent therapist, adult therapist.

*COMING SOON!* Kenna Earles, MA, LPC-Associate, CPT

Supervised by Nicole Ponce, LPC-S, LCDC
Enjoys working with adolescents and adults navigating trauma, anxiety, grief, attachment wounds, burnout, and self-discovery. Areas of support include identity development, healthy relationships, emotional wellness, and personal growth. Offers faith-based counseling when desired.
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Kathleen DiBacco, MCMHC, LPC-Associate

Supervised by Dr. Kristina Kram, PhD, LPC-S, RPT, CCPT-S, CPRT-S
Enjoys working with teens ages 14+ and adults navigating stress, emotional overwhelm, and life transitions, including veterans, caregivers, helping professionals, and older adults. Areas of support include anxiety, identity development, peer and family relationships, chronic pain or illness, grief, and trauma. Offers faith-based counseling when desired and support in understanding the connection between mental health, physical health, and medication.
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Katie Wendt

Student Counseling Intern
Enjoys working with children ages 3+, teens, and adults navigating anxiety, depression, self-esteem struggles, relationship challenges, emotional overwhelm, and life transitions. Areas of support include social, emotional, and behavioral concerns in children, as well as helping clients build confidence, emotional awareness, and self-understanding. Incorporates Child-Centered Play Therapy, sandtray therapy, Gestalt methods, and faith-based counseling when desired.
Erin Pitts - Collaborative affirming Counseling, LGBTQIA+ Counseling, Trauma Counseling

Dr. Erin Pitts, PhD, LPC, NCC (they/them)

Licensed Professional Counselor
Enjoys working with teens ages 12+ and adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship challenges, and life transitions. Areas of support include career counseling, women’s issues, veteran experiences, interpersonal difficulties, and sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) related concerns. Offers a collaborative, client-led, LGBTQIA+/queer affirming space focused on healing, self-exploration, and overall wellness.
Jeff Matthews counseling in The Woodlands.

Jeff Matthews, M.Ed., LPC, CSC, NC

Licensed Professional Counselor
Enjoys working with teens and adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, behavioral concerns, addiction, relationship conflict, and social/emotional challenges. Areas of support include parent-child dynamics, abuse recovery, suicidal ideation, identity exploration, and life stressors. Offers a supportive, nonjudgmental space for clients of all religions, political backgrounds, and LGBTQ+ identities, using a collaborative approach tailored to each client’s needs.
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Beyond Words: A Look into the Use of Somatics in Therapy

By Ashley Burks

Beyond Words: A Look Into The Use Of Somatics In Therapy By Ashley Burks, MA, LPC-Associate Supervised by Kara Grant, LPC-S, CDWF, SEP When we think of therapy, many of us picture a cozy space where we come to tell our stories with a safe, inviting presence. And yes, this is such an important aspect […]

Darkness Under The Lights: Grieving During The Holidays

By Mikayla Williams

The lights are hung and the cocoa is hot, but warmth and joy are not what you’re feeling. A sense of empty, lonely, and numb consume you, instead, while grieving a loss. You have guilt for not feeling how you “should” during the holiday season. Grief does that to us – it doesn’t leave. When […]

Healing Trauma: How EMDR Therapy Is The Real Deal

By Mikayla Williams

There are many debates in the health world – nature versus nurture, are diagnostic labels helpful or harmful, medical model versus holistic mental health care, medication versus therapy for primary treatment – but one thing that most people seem to agree on in the entire health realm is the effectiveness of EMDR therapy. I have […]

Inner Child Work: Healing Your Inner Child

By Mikayla Williams

Inner Child Work: Healing Your Inner Child Mikayla Williams, MA, LPC, NCC “Store consciousness is a kind of chamber where the films of the past are always being projected. It is there that we keep our memories of trauma and suffering. We know in principle that the past is already gone. But the images of […]

The Therapeutic Bond

By Mikayla Williams

The Therapeutic Bond: Building Trust and Healing in Counseling A statement we’ve heard way too many times goes something like, “a therapist is someone you pay to pretend to be your friend.” The relationship that we build with our clients is much different than a friendship in many (and necessary) ways. Research across time reflects […]

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