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Kathy Walker
Counseling Intern
Life can be scary and sometimes seem like a struggle. You do not have to face it alone. After many years working in medical research, she realized that she wanted to help others as they navigate the uncertainty of life. She is attending Liberty University to earn a master’s in clinical Mental Health Counseling. As a mom, wife, daughter, sister, and friend she has experienced the difficulty of focusing on the important relationships of life when you are experiencing many different demands. Sometimes we need someone to listen unjudgementally to our struggles and offer support as we overcome anxiety, depression, and trauma. As an intern at Cere counseling, she hopes to continue to develop her counseling skills while she learns from other staff and our clients.
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Katlyn Kestler
Counseling Intern
Life is an ever-changing journey full of beautiful things we’ve yet to rejoice in. In this journey, we are destined to be faced with highs and lows. As a fellow traveler, Katlyn is no stranger to the highs and lows of life. In fact, she found her passion for helping others through her own navigation of the challenges she has faced. She is familiar with needing someone to help us navigate through life. Katlyn is a student at Catawba College pursing her Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. This program has given her the tools and confidence to find her passion working in individual therapy with clients of all ages. Her current expertise is working with teens, and is ready to grow in all areas. Katlyn utilizes the approaches of Person Centered Therapy as well as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). CBT looks at the balance of working with one’s thoughts and adapting behaviors to increase personal wellness. She believes ininstilling confidence in her clients and equipping them with tools that can be used outside of therapy sessions. In a session, she may teach you mindfulness techniques, as well as provide psychoeducation to provide you ways to cope through different seasons of your life. It is her hope that you find comfort knowing someone is there to help you carry the weight of life’s challenges.
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Ilse Sucely de León
MABC, LPC -TX, LCMHC – NC
Sucely is a second generation Guatemalan-American who understands the struggles of determining one’s identity. This has lead her to be curious about culture, and in her learning of them has grown to love them. She considers herself both a counselor and a counselee who understands the difficulty of the learning process and the joy of the results. In May of 2018, Sucely completed her Masters of Arts in Biblical Counseling from Dallas Theological Seminary in Texas. Sucely had the privilege of working with adolescents and young adults via the school system and the church. Because of this and other personal experiences she has gained an understanding of how difficult it is to live through different phases of life. She specializes in issues of sexuality, general life transitions, anxiety, depression, trauma, and grief. She works with all ages 18+. She also longs to help those who have had difficulty with their family system and their cultural background. Sucely loves walking with a person to a point of understanding and the process of healing and growth. Her goal is to help anyone who needs help navigating the waters of life. When it comes to counseling, Sucely approaches each person uniquely, getting to know their needs and working in a manner that best serves them specifically, with an emphasis on person centered and cognitive behavioral techniques. Her approach looks at key relationships throughout a person’s life and how those relationships impact the way they live today. Some of these patterns include decision-making, the way we treat ourselves, and the way we view others. Sucely’s hope is to provide a safe place where clients can come with their deepest wounds and process them completely.
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