Andrew Gonzalez, LMFT, Founder of Blue Horizons Counseling, is a former first responder, who brings his experience of working directly with trauma to help clients work through trauma, anxiety, grief, and loss.

Andrew has experience as a clinical director and supervisor.

Jessica Beachkofsky, MD is a board-certified psychiatrist and Florida native.
Dr. Beachkofsky’s focus is on Positive Psychiatry but she is also trained in cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, supportive and insight-oriented therapy, and psychodynamic psychotherapy. It is her goal to help people make treatment decisions that align with their values through education and guidance, whether with medications, therapy, or both.

Dr. Beachkofsky is optimistic, engaging, and outcome-oriented. Her practice philosophy is driven by knowledge and insight and she knows that growth and change take hard work and dedication. She loves working with patients to help them become the best versions of themselves and to optimize their mental wellness. She is the owner of Beach Health MD and is ready for you to reach out today (as long as you are a Florida, Texas, or Indiana resident!).

Dreya Blume (she/her) is a licensed clinical social worker, psychotherapist, author, and educator. Dreya began working in the mental health field in 2004 in southwest Virginia, where she spent almost two decades serving the local transgender community as a gender therapist. She recently moved to Durham, NC, where she focuses on offering continuing education training to therapists and coaching for private practice clinicians who want to expand their business uniquely.

Dreya loves to write and is the author of several books, including, “The Tarot Activity Book: A Collection of Creative and Therapeutic Ideas for the Cards,” “Journaling the Tarot,” “Everyone Has a Story: Using the Hero’s Journey and Narrative Therapy to Reframe the Struggle of Mental Illness,” and “Tarot for Transformation: Using the Major Arcana to Discover Your Best Self and Create a Life Worth Living.”: https://dreyablume.com/books.

Karla Lewis is a Licensed Professional Counselor with over twenty years of mental health experience. With an undergraduate degree in business and a master’s degree in counseling, she has worked with adults, adolescents, and children as well as couples and families in a variety of settings including foster care and correctional institutions.

She has a passion for helping clients become their best selves and achieve their goals. Her specialty is helping people heal, transform, and assert their power through one-on-one coaching or counseling, group work, and training or facilitation. She also assists clients with believing that they can persist past their trauma and challenging situations.

For the past four years, Karla has hosted “The Couch Convo With Coach Karla” TV Show; “where current events and mental health converge” which airs on Xfinity Channel 17, Facebook, and YouTube

Kelvin Peprah, LMHC is an EMDR-trained therapist, consultant, and public speaker who is committed to guiding people of color toward a healthy mental and emotional well-being. Kelvin has eight years of experience working with organizations, individuals, and groups in exploring mental health topics, particularly for people of color. Kelvin is the founder of Peprah Counseling and Peprah Consulting, LLC.

LaDonna Carey earned her master’s degree in clinical psychology from East Tennessee State University in 1989 where she later returned to teach in the psychology department from 2014-2020. Her private practice of thirty+ years is in Kingsport, TN where she serves clients across Tennessee with face-to-face and virtual therapy. LaDonna has had a passion for working with Intimate Partner Violence since undergraduate school. Her clinical training and work have focused on treating betrayal trauma in individuals and couples. She has participated in training through IITAP for Partner Trauma Therapist certification as well as several modalities of couples work: Gottman Level Two, The Couple Institute Developmental Couples Therapy, Relational Life Therapy, Discernment Therapy, and PACT, and numerous trauma courses.

Over the past several years, LaDonna created a group for women who are healing from betrayal trauma called Gathering Our Hearts, created and delivered continuing education programs and hosted retreats for therapists related to betrayal trauma. She created the workbook “Healing from Betrayal” which leads partners through finding their Self again after betrayal. She has a full private practice in Kingsport where she delivers traditional individual and couple psychotherapy along with therapy Intensives for individuals and partners. In addition to her practice, LaDonna has served several companies as a consultant/trainer and managed the on-site EAP of a Fortune 500 company for 17 years. She is trained and experienced in delivering CISM services in manufacturing, banking, retail, and nuclear businesses. LaDonna enjoys spending time with her family and friends, golfing, listening to live music, listening to psychological thrillers, and Scrabble, and having adventures!

Rick Elgersma, LMFT, and Monique Elgersma, (IA, HI & Co), Founders and Co-Therapists at Real Connections Counseling, bring a unique approach to therapy. They also host couples retreats and couples intensives.

Rick’s primary mode of therapy is narrative and emotionally focused and has training in Gottman, Relational Life Therapy, and CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy). He is well-versed in dealing with depression, trauma, infidelity, emotions, relationships, grief and loss, chronic pain, disability, infertility, and concentration issues.

Monique specializes in couples therapy for those who have struggled with infertility, chronic pain, ADHD, and infidelity, and individual work for those needing growth after a long-term relationship ends, anxiety, being a caregiver, “perfectionist recovery” and those impacted by grief and loss.