“We’ve noticed through both our work and personal experiences that either you or the person you care about is struggling with substances. There aren’t that many degrees of separation anymore.” -Counseling and Recovery Guidance, LLC Jessica G. Kendrick, LPC, and her colleagues are celebrating the opening of Counseling and Recovery Guidance, LLC, an outpatient private …
TPN.Health welcomes Rachel Hammond, MA, ATR, NCC, to the team! “We’re all part of this ecosystem, and I think it’s important to take care of those in the helping profession so we can support each other in the greater community.” Rachel, a newly Registered Art Therapist, is actively seeking licensure as an LMHC/LPC. In the …
TPN.Health was able to connect with Kyle Hankinson, PLPC, NCC, at the 2019 Louisiana Counseling Association (LCA) Conference where he shared some insight into his experience in the LGBTQ+ community — personal, in professional practice, and the relationship between those two spheres. “No one should have to feel alone.” Kyle self-identifies as a member of the transgender …
On her work in recovery and stigma-reduction in behavioral health TPN.Health connected with Jennifer Holmes, LCSW, at her home office in Metairie, where she operates a private practice. Jennifer has specialized training working with individuals facing substance use and/or addiction issues. Likewise, she herself identifies as a person in long-term recovery. She is a native …
Happenstance: a circumstance especially that is due to chance Happenstance is a term that Shannon Huertas, LPC, uses to describe her journey of professional meandering in the behavioral health field. At the start of her undergraduate years, Shannon intended to major in accounting as she was good with numbers, and her father suggested it. While …
“I’ve always been a believer.” Robin Webster, LPC, NCC, reflected on her upbringing in faith traditions. She grew up, initially, in the faith tradition of Judaism, which then transitioned to Christianity when she was a preteen. For Robin, the practice of bringing comfort to the people in her life was commonplace throughout childhood into adulthood. …
What is the most important thing to you in your practice? “The most important thing is for individuals to be able to see the beauty of their internal strength and to learn ways to explore a sense of belonging inside them[selves].” -Dildred Small Womack, LPC-S, LMFT, & Mediator At Wonderful Works Consulting Agency, LLC, Dildred …
“I’m basically a big kid.” This week, Dr. Allison Palmisano, better known as The Feelings Doctor, gave me the grand tour of her office, a term which does not do the space justice. It’s the finest playroom I’ve ever stepped into, set up with a toy kitchen, a sandbox, dozens of figurines, including the whole …
Her Integrated Approach to Life and Work “You see my gardening hands…” said Parker Sternbergh as we stood in line at St. James Cheese Company. I did see them. There was some dirt underneath her fingernails. Parker, once a business woman in health administration, serves today as the Director of The Porter Cason Institute for …