At Keep Counsel, our therapists bring a wealth of knowledge, training, and personal connection to every session. Each of our team members specializes in unique approaches to mental health care, ensuring we meet your specific needs with evidence-based therapeutics interventions and serve as your guide to reaching the new version of yourself.
Practice Owner and Expert in Couples Counseling, specializing in ADHD, Anxiety and Couples conflicts for Adult Men.
Skilled in DBT, Family dynamics, Parenting Skills and Executive Functioning. Trained in Polyvagal Therapy and specializing with Anxiety, ADHD and Mens Issues.
Specializes in Women Issues, Couples Conflicts, Anxiety, Depression and the LGBTQ+ community. Stefanie has worked with family systems and high crisis adolescents.
Trained in Multi-Systemic Therapy and Family Structural Therapy. Specializes in Couples Counseling, Premarital Counseling, and Parenting Support.
Practice Owner and Expert in couples counseling specializing in ADHD, Anxiety and Couples conflicts for Adult Men.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker as well as a Clinical Supervisor. I have been extensively trained in Family Systems, Family Structural, and Eco-Systemic Family Therapy. In my work, I incorporate Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Gottman’s method for couples.
I provide counseling online and in the Keep Counsel office in Raleigh NC. In sessions, I help my clients create time to dedicate themselves to the things they most deeply want, need, and care about. Depression, anxiety, shame and anger are often the early warning signs that there are things that matter to you that you might have neglected, compromised or given up on. In sessions, I can help you learn to decode and use their messages to rebuild a life that feels more fulfilling and meaningful.
I sit on the Juvenile Crime Prevention Council, which works with approving and funding services and pilot programs in Wake County for at-risk youth involved with the Justice System.
I am also the Executive Chair of the Legislative Breakfast on Mental Health. This Non-Profit organization brings together Mental Health Executives, Insurance Leadership, Legislators, Congressmen, Senior level Executives with Department of Health and Human Services and Clients from across NC to speak about the most important mental health issues relevant to our citizens in an annual conference held in Chapel Hill.
Contact: max@keepcounsel.com
Expert in DBT, Family dynamics, Parenting Skills and Executive Functioning, Life Transitions.
I am a native Carolinian specifically from Johnston County or “JOCO”. I received my Master’s Degree from NC State University as a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor. I started my career working in Child Protective Services helping at risk you and families to better support one another and access mental health and other resources for stability.
Recently I have worked as an Intensive Outpatient Clinician working with teens that are dually diagnosed Mental Health and Addiction. In IOP we offered a supportive environment where teens receives intensive therapy while maintaining their daily activities. I worked with these youth 3 times a week in group therapy sessions. We primarily focused on DBT skills and ways that they could regulate their emotions and learn to self soothe. We would also incorporate family therapy and parenting support to better aide the youth. As I worked in this high intensity program I also continued to support youth and parents in individual therapy and focused on ADHD, Executive Functioning, Anger Management, Mood Disorders, Couples counseling and Parenting Support.
My various experiences have allowed me to better understand conflicts and difficult dynamics with families, youth and parents. I use Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness-Based Interventions, Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
I specialize in Trauma, Families, Parenting and Executive Functioning, ADHD, Students, Life Transitions, Autism and Male Issues. When I am not in session I enjoy working out (I compete in power-lifting competitions), playing with my German Shepherd and spending time with my wife.
Come on by and Schedule a session with me.
Contact: austin@keepcounsel.com
Specializes in women struggling with couples conflicts, Anxiety, Depression and the LGBTQ+ community.
If you are ready to discover a better version of yourself, let’s talk. I believe therapy works best with collaboration, working together to find the most effective methods of meeting your self-established and recommended goals. My clinical style is warm and built on mutual trust, helping you identify and build upon the strengths you already have in order to create change.
My educational background includes a Bachelors’ degree in Social Work from the University of Portland, and a Masters’ in Clinical Social Work from Loyola University Chicago. I have worked extensively in Community Based Mental Health for over ten years and have a wide range of expertise, from crisis management to cognitive behavioral therapy.
My experience includes enhanced crisis services, individual work, family work, and working within our judicial system. In these various settings I have done direct care services with gang affiliated Youth and Adults, worked with individuals who have intellectual developmental disabilities and worked with families/individuals who have gone through intense trauma’s involving suicidality, homicidal ideations, and substance use. Modalities that I use include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Eco-Systemic Family Therapy (ESFT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness-Based Interventions, and Motivational Interviewing (MI).
Some specific behaviors I address: Depression, Anxiety, Low Self-Esteem, Juvenile Justice Involvement, Adult Justice involvement, Crisis Intervention, Oppositional Defiant, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Bipolar Disorder.
No matter what you are facing, I am grateful to share this space with you.
Outside of Keep Counsel, I can generally be found loving up on my pitbull and doing anything and everything that is physically active and challenging.
stefanie@keepcounsel.com
Expert in Family Therapy, Trauma, Youth transitions in life from college, work, career challenges.
My name is Kayla Morrison, and I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with five years of experience in the mental health field. I specialize in treating mood disorders such as anxiety and depression, addressing trauma-related symptoms, and supporting individuals and families through life stressors and transitions.
In my approach to therapy, I believe in creating a collaborative environment where clients feel safe, respected, and heard. I provide an open and welcoming space where we can work together to develop effective strategies for overcoming the challenges you’re facing.
Throughout our sessions, you’ll gain the tools to identify and challenge negative thoughts, fostering a transformative shift in your mindset. Witnessing your growth as you embrace positivity and resilience is a privilege I eagerly anticipate. My practice is rooted in being supportive, compassionate, and solution-focused, drawing on your strengths to help you achieve meaningful and lasting change.
I enjoy working with families and couples and specialize in Female Issues, Parenting and Executive Functioning, Life Transitions as well as Mood Disorders.
I enjoy working with a faith based approach for those clients that are religious but do not bring my faith into practice unless the client chooses to do so. I also am a female of color and I am here to support the BIPOC population but work with a variety of clients of different backgrounds, faiths, ages and stressors.
I am trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Multisystemic Therapy for families and youth’s behaviors and finally I have received training in Trauma Focused Therapy.
In my spare time I enjoy reading, getting outdoors and hiking. I also enjoy painting and spend time cooking and baking for my friends and families. To continue with the general theme of Keep Counsel we all enjoy the outdoors as well as individual fitness. I believe that transformation incorporates the mind and body.
kayla@keepcounsel.com
