Laura Horton, Lmft Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist

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The BabbEye is a counseling ministry extension of FBC Hendersonville. The counseling ministry building began in 1995 with the addition of the kickoff member to the church building staff to provide counseling services to the community.

As the need for counseling connected to grow, an office edifice adjacent to the church was acquired that provided the opportunity to expand the counseling services offered. In May of 2002, the newly named BabbCenter was opened. The counseling ministry was renamed the BabbCenter afterwards Roy and Marguerite Babb who had committed their lives to service to others. In 2012, the BabbCenter historic ten years in the electric current location, and in 2015, the church historic xx years of providing counseling equally a ministry extension of the church.

Run into Our Staff

Jason Gibson, MSW

Managing director

Jason Gibson is the director of theBabbEye and provides guidance to this leading counseling middle that operates from a faith-based perspective. Prior to assuming leadership at theBabbCentre, Jason was a learning and behavioral consultant working with schools and treatment facilities across the United states supporting children and adolescents with social, emotional, or behavioral issues. With degrees in psychology, social work, and instruction, Jason's peer-reviewed research has been published in journals such as "Topics in Early Childhood Special Education," "Closing the Gap," and "Education and Treatment of Children with Developmental Disabilities." He is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Kentucky writing his dissertation on the Efficacy of Online Professional person Development to Increment Implementation of Stimulus Preference Assessments.

Jason grew up in Titusville, FL, and prior to moving to Hendersonville, made central Kentucky his habitation for 8 years. He has been married to Julie for a number of years and they take iv children.

Ray Cleek, DMin

Assistant Director and Administrator

Ray was invited to join the staff of Offset Baptist Church, Hendersonville, Tennessee in January, 2002 to begin the preparation for the opening of the BabbEye in May, 2002. Prior to his work at the BabbMiddle, Ray was pastor of churches in Indiana, Virginia, and Tennessee—the last being the Showtime Baptist Church building of Lebanon, Tennessee for fourteen years.

Presently before beginning work at Showtime Baptist Hendersonville he served on the authoritative staff at Tennessee Christian Medical Eye in Madison, Tennessee, analogous services for community ministers, ministering to staff and patients, besides every bit developing and promoting the behavioral programs of the hospital.

With his unique combination of pastoral and mental wellness experience, the BabbCenter has been a peachy place to utilize his gifts for helping people receive hope, help, and healing. Through the years Ray has served on various boards of agencies and institutions, including the board of trustees for Belmont University and Baptist Infirmary (at present St. Thomas Midtown) in Nashville, Tennessee. More than recently, he serves on the Mental Health Advisory Commission of the Executive Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention and the Religion and Justice Brotherhood Committee for the state of Tennessee.

In addition to his responsibilities at the BabbCenter, Ray is too the Minister of Pastoral Intendance for First Baptist Church Hendersonville. Ray graduated from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky with a master of divinity degree, master of arts in Christian teaching, and a doctor of ministry building degree. He and his wife, Gail, have ii sons and iv grandchildren.

Corey Watson

Part Manager

Corey was born and raised out west in sunny California. She has 18 years of function experience, with x of those years being function manager for a brokerage firm.

In 2004, Corey moved to Gallatin, Tennessee with her husband and two wonderful girls.

Corey is a bully part of The BabbCenter staff. She helps keep everyone organized in her office every bit Office Director!

Kay Arnold, LPC, MHSP

Licensed Professional person Counselor

Kay Arnold, a Licensed Professional Counselor/Mental Health Service Provider, received a graduate counseling degree from Trevecca Nazarene University.   Her counseling opportunity with The BABBCenter began in 1997.

Kay'due south counseling interests include teen issues, matrimony and family difficulties, matted eating concerns, trauma resolution, and general life stresses. She is an EMDR clinician and trained in several trauma reprocessing techniques, teaches court-ordered parenting classes, and has pb groups within the community.  Along with work at The BABBCenter, Kay is a consultant with the Tennessee Licensure Board and has been actively involved with Tennessee LPC Association as a founding fellow member and by president.

Kay lives on a subcontract in Portland with her married man, Chip who is a author and actor. Scrap and Kay are co-authoring a book,Strange Bedfellows, A Matrimony of Irreconcilable Differences.They take two married daughters and ii wonderful sons-in-police.

Beth Baxter, Md

Psychiatrist

Dr. Beth Baxter is a board-certified psychiatrist in private practise in Nashville, Tennessee equally well as the BabbCenter in Hendersonville, Tennessee. She received her graduate medical training at Vanderbilt University in Nashville.

Academically, Dr. Baxter completed her internship in internal medicine at the University of Tennessee in Memphis, Tennessee, and her psychiatry residency at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York. She has received many awards including the Mental Health Clan of Nashville's Clifford Beers Accolade in 1997, NAMI Nashville's Consumer Abet of the Year Award in 1998, NAMI's Exemplary Psychiatrist Award in 2000, and Eli Lilly's Honorary Public Eye Reintegration Accolade in 2001.

Beth has spoken publicly about her dual roles as mental healthcare consumer and provider since 1996 at many academic, advancement, and faith-oriented conferences. She remains agile in many local and national organizations that focus on expanding education, treatment, and advancement for mentally ill individuals.

Beth is the author of many journal, newsletter, and mag articles, as well as a book chapter about "her story." She has as well co-authored the BRIDGES program—an educational and support program for mentally ill individuals.

Joan Bruce, LMFT

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist

Joan spent most of her childhood in Atlanta, Georgia but has called Nashville home for over 30 years. She is married and has raised two daughters.

Later on focusing many years on her family, church, and civic endeavors, she strongly desired to complete her education. Joan received her BA from Trevecca Nazarene University in management and human resources, and later a primary'southward degree in marriage and family therapy from Trevecca Nazarene University.

She found it personally beneficial to receive her life feel education prior to her bookish instruction. Joan is trained for—and enjoys working with— individuals, couples, and families. She partners with clients as they seek direction, hope, peace, liberty, and mental health health. She has likewise received continuing education in grief recovery.

Joan's hobbies include reading, traveling, snowfall skiing, hiking, and word puzzles.

Jason Cline, G.Ed

Financial Omnibus

Jason grew up in Westmoreland, Tennessee, and has lived in Hendersonville since 1998. He earned his BS degree from Tennessee Tech Academy and his M.Ed from Tennessee State University.

After college, Jason spent a few years teaching loftier schoolhouse math and coaching football.  Since 2006, Jason has worked in leadership for not-profit organizations at the local, state, and national levels.

Jason's passion for fiscal coaching began several years agone. As budgeting became a strength for Jason, he started helping others with their finances.  Jason saw a demand for someone to walk with people through this process instead of but meeting with them once or twice. In 2018, he started three Strands Financial Coaching and then that he could assist more people find hope and peace as they learn to manage finances on their own.

Jason's calling is straightforward. He helps people simplify their finances. He is not in business organization to assistance people with investments (stocks, bonds, mutual funds) but has helped individuals and families develop plans to better allocate current income, reduce debt, and achieve the goal of making those same dollars get further.

In his spare time, Jason enjoys spending time with his family. He likewise enjoys walking exterior, singing state music in his truck, and playing the card game Rook.

Lauren (Wright) Combs, LPC-MHSP

Licensed Professional Counselor

Lauren Combs, a Hendersonville native, earned her bachelor's in man services and counseling equally well as her main'south caste in instruction of counseling and human being development at Lindsey Wilson Higher. She is a advisor under supervision working toward her LPC-MHSP.

During her undergraduate and graduate career, Lauren expanded her noesis and experience by interning at The BabbCenter before beginning her professional person career as a STARS Advisor in Sumner County. She has been able to exercise her passion for working with kids and teens over the last 10 years of employment in the school organization. All the same, Lauren is well-rounded having worked with various populations and stages of life. Her areas of focus include anxiety, coping with life-altering events, and teen bug. She strives to help her clients set goals that will allow them to move toward a life of happiness and aspiration while pointing them to the freedom and healing that God provides.

In her spare fourth dimension, she enjoys being outdoors, spending time with friends, reading, traveling, and staying agile in church, and serving in the student ministry.

Rhonda D'Imperio, PhD

Licensed Psychologist

Rhonda is a licensed psychologist in the state of Tennessee. She earned her BA degree from Hamilton College in New York, and her MA caste and PhD in psychology from Bowling Green State University in Ohio.

Rhonda provides counseling and conducts psychological assessments for children, adolescents, adults, and families. Her special areas of involvement include low and anxiety, bipolar disorder, grief counseling, ADHD and learning disorders, and autism and Asperger's disorder. Rhonda's approach to therapy includes a focus on the heed, torso, and spirit.

Family is important to Rhonda. She and her husband accept lived in Heart Tennessee for over ten years, and have three children. Rhonda enjoys being active in her church, exercising, coaching soccer, playing board games with her children, and reading.

Bethany Diolola, PMHNP

Lath Certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Bethany is a board-certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner who sees clients ages thirteen and older. She has an undergraduate degree in psychology and received her master's in nursing from Vanderbilt University.

She began her career as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner in the U.s. Air Strength. Stationed in Alaska, Bethany was assigned to Joint Base of operations Elmendorf-Richardson Infirmary where she treated both Air Force and Army service members and their dependents.

Bethany met her husband in Commissioned Officer Preparation and and so served with him in Alaska. They moved back to Tennessee after completing their armed forces service to raise their children well-nigh extended family unit.

She enjoys spending time with family, being exterior, going for runs with her 2 young children, and exploring. She is passionate most health and has a holistic, lifestyle approach to treatment. Bethany is delighted to journey with people to help them discover how they can live well and find more than joy and purpose in life.

Candice Gilmore, MMFT

Marriage and Family unit Therapist under Supervision

Candice Gilmore of Chattanooga, Tennessee obtained her bachelor'south degree in psychology at Center Tennessee Country Academy. She afterward received her master's degree in union and family counseling/therapy at Trevecca Nazarene University. Candice is a advisor nether supervision working toward her LMFT.

During her graduate career, Candice interned at The BabbCenter where she was able to use her gifts to aid others toward mental health wellness.

Candice's areas of focus include grief counseling, depression, anxiety, play therapy, and separation/divorce adjustment. As a therapist, Candice finds joy in helping others brainstorm their healing procedure as they turn hurt into hope.

Candice is married with two children. In her spare fourth dimension, she enjoys spending fourth dimension with family unit and friends, painting, and bowling.

Laura Horton, LMFT

Licensed Spousal relationship & Family Therapist

Laura joined The BabbCenter as a Licensed Marriage and Family unit Therapist with over ten years of individual practice feel.

After receiving her caste in counseling from Trevecca Academy in 2006, she began an intense study of emotionally focused therapy, positive psychology, and resiliency strategies.  Laura enjoys working with clients from a variety of backgrounds—focusing on individuals, couples, and families (ages 14+).  She has extensive experience providing therapy for depression, anxiety, couples counseling, teen motivational counseling, blended families, separation/divorce adjustment, crisis intervention, and personal development/enrichment.

Laura has been married for over xx years and has iii children.  She believes having a child in college, one in high school, and i in middle schoolhouse affords her a unique view into her clients' dilemmas and life phase complexities.

Laura lives on a family unit farm in Robertson County and enjoys reading, flower gardening, tranquillity spaces, and morning walks with her miniature schnauzer, Nash.

Lorraine Looney, LMSW

Licensed Master Social Worker

Lorraine is a Licensed Main Social Worker nether supervision working toward her LCSW.  She earned her BA in psychology from Boston Academy and a chief's degree in social piece of work from UT Knoxville.

Lorraine completed an internship at The Next Door and and then worked overseas for a community drug service within the court system.  She continued her career in middle Tennessee at a residential substance abuse treatment facility and then with a community mental health agency.  Lorraine's special areas of interest include substance abuse and co-occurring disorders, low, anxiety, and stress management.  She considers it a blessing to walk alongside and encourage clients through difficult times.

Lorraine has been married to her husband for over 10 years. They have three children.  Lorraine enjoys existence involved at her church building, yoga, hiking, baking, reading, and doing crossword puzzles.

Karen Milliner, PsyD

Licensed Psychologist

Dr. Karen Milliner is a licensed psychologist with a master's degree and a doctorate in clinical psychology. She prepared for clinical practice through a professional person psychology programme in Illinois.

Karen has accumulated twenty years of clinical feel in the mental health field.  She is widely experienced—having served in community mental health, individual practice, hospital, and prison settings. She has worked extensively with adult clients.

Throughout her career, Karen has focused on agreement the psychological needs of adults. She has studied how relational patterns established in babyhood impact the mental, emotional, and spiritual evolution of clients into adulthood. Her approach to treatment helps clients identify, recognize, change, and heal from these patterns.

Karen believes the nigh constructive healing occurs when psychological change comes alongside spiritual transformation found through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. She believes this arroyo brings the blazon of lasting peace and freedom clients seek. For this reason, Karen brings a strong faith perspective to her professional work with adult clients at the Babb Center.

Karen Milliner is actively involved at Showtime Baptist Church Hendersonville.

Taylor Shacklett, MMFT

Marriage and Family unit Therapist under Supervision

Taylor Shacklett is a Nashville native. She received her available's degree in Family unit Sciences at Lipscomb University and graduated with a main's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy at Trevecca Nazarene University. Taylor is a Marriage and Family unit therapist under supervision.

During her graduate career, Taylor had the opportunity to intern at Brentwood Baptist Counseling Heart where she expanded her clinical skills in focusing on anxiety, depression, grief, couples work, individuals, and life stage adjustment.

Taylor enjoys the opportunity to meet clients where they are. She considers it a gift to exist given the gamble to sit with clients as they detect the strength and growth within them.

In Taylor's spare fourth dimension, she loves to spend time with her husband and two dogs. She enjoys exercising, being with friends, visiting her parents' farm, and deep sea line-fishing.

Tammy Spaulding

Administrative Assistant

Tammy is a graduate of Freedom University with a BS in didactics. She has taught in the public school system both nationally and internationally as well as homeschooled her own children.

In add-on to being an Authoritative Assistant at The BabbCenter, Tammy too processes all insurance claims. In her spare fourth dimension, she enjoys travel, reading, and baking.

Tara Sweeten, MA, SPE, HSP

Senior Psychological Examiner

Tara is a Senior Psychological Examiner, Certified EMDR Therapist, and play therapist. She provides counseling and psychological/educational assessments for children, adolescents, adults, and families. Tara partners with her clients along their journey to healing then that they can experience happiness and attain their full potential.

Tara'southward special areas of interest include trauma, anxiety, low, divorce, grief, abuse, beliefs bug, zipper, social skills, and self-esteem. She conducts many types of psychological evaluations including evaluations for autism, learning disabilities, dyslexia, giftedness, attention arrears disorder, mood disorders, adoption, and courtroom-ordered evaluations.

Tara loves hiking and playing games with her husband and two sons. She also enjoys running and reading. She and her family unit are active members of Long Hollow Baptist Church.

Sarah Beth VanDyke, LPC, MHSP

Licensed Professional Counselor

Sarah Beth was born and raised in eye Tennessee where she lived until graduating from high school. For over fourteen years she lived in Kentucky while pursuing her undergraduate and graduate degrees, and and so starting a family.

She received her master's degree in mental health counseling from the University of Louisville and has been a Licensed Professional person Counselor for over nine years. In 2012 the Lord opened upwardly doors for Sarah Beth and her family to move dorsum to middle Tennessee. She is licensed in both Tennessee and Kentucky, is a fellow member of the American Counseling Clan, and has been asked to present several years at the Kentucky Counseling Association annual conference.

While in Kentucky, Sarah Beth worked for ix years at Southeast Professional person Counseling specializing in her work with children and teens and their parents. Sarah Beth has a passion for helping children and teens traverse life's difficulties while pointing them to the One who can encounter them through—Jesus Christ.

Sarah Beth and her husband accept two young children.

Daniel Vaughan, LPC, MHSP

Licensed Professional Counselor

Daniel Vaughan, a Licensed Professional Counselor/Mental Health Service Provider, received his Master of Arts in spousal relationship and family counseling from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. For the kickoff eleven years of his counseling career, he provided psychotherapy services for adoptive families, foster children, and juvenile sex activity offenders in Texas.

Having joined The BabbCenter in the Fall of 2015, Daniel provides counseling for married couples and families whose children struggle with moderate to astringent behavioral issues, abuse, trauma, and grief. Daniel also specializes in working with all members of the family during the phases of the adoption and foster care procedure, from initial preparations to post-adoptive care. He has all-encompassing experience working with mental health issues such as ADHD, depression, feet, bipolar, and other psychotic disorders.

Daniel's other interests include working with computers and technology and educational activity others to understand and use them more than finer. Daniel has trained many families in the responsible employ of technology.

Daniel has been married to his married woman Molly since 2002 and they have four children. Daniel'south interests include football, hunting, fishing, and traveling. He hopes to ane day earn his pilot's license.

Dixie Walker, MA

Content Writer

Dixie Walker has been the content writer for the BabbCenter since 2016. She holds a Principal of Arts degree in religious education from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Her undergraduate studies were at Oklahoma Baptist University.

Over the years, Dixie has served on church staff teams in Tennessee, Georgia, Texas, and Arizona with an emphasis in childhood and family ministries. She has worked as an editor and writer for several Christian publishers since 1997. Dixie has been a featured commodity writer for LifeWay'due south ParentLife magazine since 2013. In more contempo years, she has authored a few devotion books for B&H Kids and has also written Bible study curriculum for LifeWay Kids.

In her spare time, Dixie loves cooking and baking and is often found in her kitchen on the weekends making sweetness treats for family and friends.

Deb Wilson, LPC, MHSP

Licensed Professional person Counselor

Deb Wilson is a licensed professional advisor with mental wellness service provider designation in the state of Tennessee. She received her master'south degree from Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, Tennessee, and her Bachelor of Arts degree from Trevecca likewise.

She has been a counselor at The BabbCenter for over seven years, and her areas of interest include men's and women's bug, working with senior adults, and working with adult victims of domestic violence.

Deb is active in Tennessee'southward statewide organization for professional counselors. She and her husband, Peter, alive in Nashville and are active members in their local church building, Cross Point Community Church – Nashville campus. Together they accept four children and nine grandchildren. Along with working with people to change lives, Deb enjoys spending time with family and friends, reading, and nature.

Peter Wilson, EdD

Licensed Psychologist

Peter Wilson is a licensed psychologist in the land of Tennessee. He earned his BA from Costless Will Baptist Bible College, a MA in psychology from Middle Tennessee State Academy, and an EdD from Tennessee Land Academy.

His therapeutic areas of focus include older adolescents and adults. He received specialized grooming in the cognitive handling of depression and feet. In his practice, Peter sees individuals and couples. In add-on to his work equally a therapist, Peter is a professor and director of the graduate psychology programme at Trevecca Nazarene University. Prior to bold his full-time responsibilities at Trevecca in 1995, Peter served for two years as clinical director and six years as a therapist at Christian Counseling Services in Nashville.

Peter lives in Nashville with his wife, Deb. He has 2 adult children and two pace-sons, as well equally nine grandchildren. He enjoys traveling, spending time with family unit and friends, and maintaining his yard.

DeAndrea Witherspoon Nash, PhD, LPC-MHSP

Licensed Professional Advisor

DeAndrea Witherspoon Nash earned her K.Southward. in Counseling Psychology from Tennessee State University and her Ph.D. in Clinical Counseling from Trevecca Nazarene University. She is a licensed professional counselor-mental health service provider in Tennessee and a nationally certified counselor. Dr. Witherspoon Nash has served as the clinical director of a local booze and drug treatment center and a program coordinator of child and youth outpatient treatment at a local community mental health agency. She has specialty experience in the expanse of booze and drug handling, in add-on to child and adolescent therapy, depression, and feet. Dr. Witherspoon Nash enjoys traveling, family time, values the importance of self-care, and oftentimes reflects on Proverbs 3: 5-6 "Trust in the Lord with all your center and lean non on your own understanding. In all your means acknowledge Him and He volition directly your path."

Kasey Wood, PMHNP

Lath Certified Psychiatric Nurse Practioner

Kasey is a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner. She earned her undergraduate degree at Belmont Academy and a master's degree in advanced psychiatric nursing from Vanderbilt University.

While Kasey was born in Lubbock, Texas she has called Tennessee her home for over fifteen years. Currently, she is also providing diagnostic services and medication management at a community mental health center located in Franklin, Tennessee.

Kasey is an active member of her church building and enjoys beingness involved in inner-urban center ministry which provides her the opportunity to teach children and adolescents most how much they are loved by Jesus. Other interests include spending fourth dimension with her nieces and nephews, reading, playing lawn tennis, taking intendance of her fish, and watching college basketball.

Barry Yeiser, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Barry joined the BabbCenter in Sept. of 2019,bringing with him over 24 years of mental health counseling feel including sixteen years in private practice.He completed his undergraduate degree at Western Kentucky Academy and his graduate studies at the University of Louisville.

He is a solution-focused therapist providing individual, couples, and family counseling. Barry specializes in the treatment of depression, anxiety, habit & recovery, marriage, parenting, family unit problems, grief & loss, also equally conflict resolution.

Barry and his wife were married in 1999. They have ii boys who are active in sports. Barry enjoys spending time with his family, including their two black labs, Mojo and Memphis. He is an avid music fan and loves the outdoors.

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