At CARES Counseling, we specialize in supporting organ transplant families through every stage of the journey. Founded by a heart transplant recipient, our work is shaped by lived experience and deep understanding of the daily challenges families face—the long nights filled with worry, uncertainty, and questions about how to best support one another.
We walk alongside parents, patients, and caregivers with compassion, practical guidance, and emotional support—helping families feel seen, understood, and empowered.
In addition to family support, CARES Counseling provides training and staff development for healthcare professionals working in the organ transplant community. You are an essential part of the transplant journey, yet your own well-being, self-care, and professional support are often overlooked.
Guided by Grace and grounded in CARE, we partner with healthcare organizations to reduce burnout, ease workplace stress, and strengthen resilience. Our organizational support helps teams feel supported and valued while improving recruitment, retention, and overall workplace wellness.
Guided by Grace. Grounded in CARE.
CARES Counseling supports organ transplant families, caregivers, and individuals navigating chronic illness with understanding, faith, and real-life solutions. Founded by a heart transplant recipient, we walk alongside you through uncertainty—helping you build hope, strength, and a new sense of normal.
You don’t have to face this journey alone.
The mission of CARES Counseling is to provide compassionate, faith-based emotional support and practical guidance to organ transplant families, caregivers, and healthcare professionals. We are committed to improving emotional wellness, strengthening relationships, and helping individuals and families navigate life’s most complex medical journeys with hope, dignity, and care.
Our vision is to create a supportive and informed transplant community where families, caregivers, and professionals feel seen, heard, and empowered. CARES Counseling strives to reduce emotional isolation, improve mental well-being, and foster resilience—so no one walks the transplant or chronic illness journey alone.
Our focus is to help individuals heal, energize, and become aware of their inner strengths. We achieve this by providing a neutral safe space, listening to your concerns, and customizing a treatment plan.
We promise to be there for you every step of your journey. Our goal is to help you grow from your struggles, heal from your pain, and move forward to where you want to be in your life.
We accept limited insurance plans and select EAP programs. Many clients choose our self-pay options, including budget-friendly group counseling and cycle-based educational support.
HSA and FSA accounts are accepted.
Phone: (404) 578-7629
I am a heart transplant recipient. I live daily with thoughts about the quality of life I will have and deal with pain management, medication challenges and managing multiple doctors’ visits while still managing my business and personal life.
I also am a wife and mother of three children, including twins. I understand the challenges of having multiple children and having a chronic illness.
Dealing with emotional ups and downs are a part of having a health issue. I work to support those challenges by sharing hope, love, grace and resilience.
I practice from a cognitive behavior theoretic perspective, which focuses on mind and behavior connections and positive thought processes. I also used solution focused therapy to achieve objectives in a short time period when the work is done.
You set the goal, and we work to accomplish it.
Counseling works best when you are vested in the process.
As a former educator of eleven years and counselor for over 14 years, my passion is to help people become the best they can. I love working with parents to equip them with a toolbox of options they can use to raise their children.
I speak at organizations, churches, and business events to help people find peace in their lives. This is necessary to find balance. I use stories and humor to connect with people talking in practical, immediately useful ways about having your best life.
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