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Meet your support team

Our counselors.

Experienced, compassionate professionals dedicated to your growth.

A team you can trust.

Strong Lives Counseling is committed to connecting you with a compassionate professional whose approach fits your needs. Our team helps individuals, couples, families, children, and teens build practical tools for lasting growth.

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Start with a conversation.

Provider availability and specialties can change. Reach out to tell us what you are looking for, and our team will help guide you toward the right next step.

A human fit matters.

Learn more about the clinicians and care perspectives currently represented on our team. If you are not sure where to begin, contact us and we can talk through the kind of support you are looking for.

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Colbey Strong

LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Gottman-informed couples counseling, relationships, anxiety, depression, and addiction support

Colbey is specialized as a Gottman marriage counselor.

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Chelise Draper

CMHC

Clinical Mental Health Counselor

Emotions, behaviors, relationships, trauma, and finding a renewed sense of self

Do you ever feel like something is missing? Like you’ve lost yourself and don’t know how to find your way back?

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Justin Wilbert

CSW

Clinical Social Worker

Acceptance and commitment therapy, motivational interviewing, couples and family work, and EMDR

Justin studied Social work as an undergrad after changing his major from psychology and music performance.

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Mary Newman

LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Anxiety, depression, trauma, faith transitions, LGBTQ+ affirming care, and youth concerns

Mary offers therapy in English, Spanish, and Russian.

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Blake Fogle

CMHC

Certified Mental Health Counselor

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, person-centered care, relationships, and everyday struggles

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Michelle Lancaster

FNP-C

Family Nurse Practitioner

Collaborative medication management, mental health care, and in-person or telehealth appointments

Michelle Lancaster, DNP, FNP-C, is a Family Nurse Practitioner with over five years of experience in mental health care.

"We want to work ourselves out of a job—giving you what you need so you never have to see us again, unless you just want a refresher."

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