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Barbara Lennon is a Counseling Intern at Hidden Stream Counseling. She is currently pursuing her Master’s Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, and is working under the supervision of Tanya St. Julien-Denson, MA, LCMHC-Supervisor, NCC. Barbara received her undergraduate degree in Psychology with a Concentration in Christian Counseling from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. She is a graduate student member of the American Counseling Association (ACA) and the Licensed Professional Counselors Association of North Carolina (LPCANC).

Barbara has volunteered in her community in various settings where she has led group sessions for females aged late adolescence through adulthood from diverse backgrounds. These groups covered a variety of topics, including relationships, marriage, family, time management, wholeness, and prayer. Barbara is experienced with engaging with people one-on-one and actively listening and providing encouragement and guidance as they share their concerns regarding mental health and life struggles.

Barbara has a passion to be a part of the change she wants to see in her community by helping to encourage and uplift people in their journey through life, so that instead of being stuck in patterns of thinking and behaving that are negatively impacting their life, they can begin to flourish. Barbara is a Certified SYMBIS (Save Your Marriage Before It Starts) Assessment Facilitator and can provide pre-marital counseling to couples planning to get married.

Barbara’s counseling approach is primarily Cognitive-Behavioral. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an evidence-based and widely recognized psychotherapeutic approach that focuses on helping a person address and overcome problematic behaviors, emotions, and maladaptive thinking that is adversely impacting their life. Barbara desires to work collaboratively with her clients to help them develop goals that will help them overcome obstacles that are negatively impacting their well-being. If requested by a client, she can incorporate a Christian counseling perspective however she respects each person’s autonomy, self-determination, and freedom to choose a more secular approach to counseling.

Suzanne is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist, and Certified Clinical Supervisor located in the Raleigh area. She is originally from Fairfax County, Virginia where she worked with adolescents and adults for several years. Suzanne received her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from East Carolina University in 2005, and a Master’s Degree in Community Counseling from Marymount University in Arlington, VA in 2011. She has worked with adults and adolescents with various backgrounds struggling with mental health and substance use concerns within the private practice setting since 2009.

In counseling adults and adolescents, Suzanne has provided individual and group sessions to her clients within both private practice settings, as well as within the juvenile court system. During her time working within the Juvenile Correctional System in Fairfax, Virginia Suzanne worked to develop and facilitate a juvenile diversion program. Within this program adolescents with first time possession charges were given an opportunity to complete this program in order to erase this charge from their permanent record. Suzanne continues to provide counseling services to adults and adolescents within individual sessions.

Suzanne’s counseling approach is primarily Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with a blend of Solution-Focused and Motivational Interviewing skills. These approaches blend together in order to support her clients in exploring the connectedness of thoughts, emotions and behaviors and discovering ways in which to dissolve these patterns in order to improve their relationships and overall lives.

Suzanne also provides supervision to counselors in training, who are working on their licensure as a Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist and holds Certified Clinical Supervisor credentials with the North Carolina Addiction Specialist Professional Practice Board.

Suzanne has a passion for working with adults and adolescents in addressing and coping with the mental health barriers that have been preventing them from living the lives they desire. One of the goals of her practice is to provide a safe, supportive, non-judgmental, and unbiased environment wherein individuals can explore their thoughts, behaviors and emotions.

Call Suzanne: (703) 347-5885

Tiffany is a native of Raleigh and is an intern here at Hidden Stream Counseling. She is currently pursuing her Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Walden University, and working under the supervision of Tanya St. Julien-Denson, MA, LCMHC-Supervisor, NCC. Tiffany received her undergraduate degree in Social Work at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.

Tiffany has experience working with adults, adolescents, and children in a variety of settings. She has recently worked with adults and children while working with the Department of Social Services, and with adolescents in a group home setting.

Tiffany’s counseling approach is primarily Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT.) CBT is a psycho-social interaction that aims to reduce symptoms of various mental health conditions and can involve confronting your emotions.

Tiffany desires to empower her clients and provide them with coping strategies they can utilize in everyday life.

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Sarah Stevens
LCSW, MA
Se Habla Espanol

919-578-7938
801 Oberlin Rd, Suite 310
Raleigh, NC 27605

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Accepts Private Pay only.

Sarah is NOT accepting new clients at this time.

Sarah Stevens is a licensed clinical social worker located in Raleigh, North Carolina. She graduated from UNC-School of Social Work with a Master’s of Social Work in 2003, and attained her full clinical licensure in 2005. Sarah gained experience working with families and adolescents at the Institute for Family-Centered Services in Raleigh, and honed her Spanish language skills when she joined the Teach for America Corps. Sarah later worked for 17 years at the Lucy Daniels Center for Early Childhood, where she helped to create and facilitate a mental health program for young children through Wake Country SmartStart. Sarah is fully certified in Circle of Security which is an evidence-based framework that works to heal or strengthen the attachment process for young children with their care-givers.

Currently Serving clients 17 and up, as well as families and couples in the areas of anxiety, depression, and mood disorders, as well as family counseling, grief and loss, Sarah is passionate about supporting those going through these common but challenging and vulnerable processes. Additionally, Sarah specializes in all stages of perinatal mental health of mothers from conception (and infertility complications) through the first two years after a baby is born, and is committed to supporting mother, partner, and family through this process.

Sarah’s therapy approach is based on the foundation of respect, understanding, non-judgement and honesty. She utilizes the psychodynamic framework which is insight-oriented as well as a mixture of evidence-based models such as solution focused and Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT.) Sarah also incorporates mindfulness and being present in the moment to gain insight into thoughts and how they impact our lives.

Spanish and Cultural Competence: Sarah is bilingual in Spanish and has been providing therapy in Spanish for over 18 years. She has a passion for working with people from different cultures and is trained to understand the way that different cultural norms play into the unique qualities of an individual and their experience of the world. Sarah welcomes every client with an open mind and a judgement-free stance. This includes the LGBT+ community. She invites all individuals into her practice and will treat every person with deep respect.

Call Sarah: 919-578-7938

Do you have a fear of spiders or mice? Is your fear so horrifying that you have begun avoiding places where you might encounter one of these pests? Do you secretly admit that your fear is out of proportion with the risk posed but aren’t able to control how you react? If so, you may have a specific phobia.

According to the DSM-5, the diagnostic criteria for a specific phobia is the following:

• Marked fear or anxiety about a specific object or situation.
• The phobic object or situation almost always provokes immediate fear or anxiety.
• The phobic object or situation is actively avoided or endured with intense fear or anxiety.
• The fear or anxiety is out of proportion to the actual danger posed by the specific object or situation and to the sociocultural context.
• The fear, anxiety, or avoidance is persistent, typically lasting for 6 months or more.
• The fear, anxiety, or avoidance causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.

About 7%-9% of adults experience a specific phobia in a year and 75% of individuals have more than one phobia. What is even more concerning is that phobias usually develop in early childhood with the age of onset occurring before the age of 10. This means that most adults who experience a phobia have been wrestling with this difficulty for many years, impairing them either socially, occupationally, or relationally. It also indicates that children with phobias may benefit from earlier treatment.

Hidden Stream Counseling offers exposure therapy for those individuals with specific phobia. The premise of exposure therapy is that those with a phobia need to expose themselves to the feared object until it is no longer fearful. Therapy focuses on creating a hierarchy of fears with clients and then gradually exposing them to the least fearful item either in their imagination or in reality. They gradually confront and master each fear until they have achieved their goals. Exposure therapy takes a great deal of courage and a willingness to confront your fears.

If you are ready to face your phobias in a safe and nonjudgmental environment, you may benefit from the extra support and guidance a therapist brings.

Need help overcoming your fear?

We are here to help.

Are they keeping you up at night? Invading your every thought?

40 million people are affected by anxiety disorders each year. Are you one of them?

Did you realize that there is a difference between fear and anxiety? Most people don’t since the two terms are often used interchangeably.

• Everyone struggles with fear from time to time. But when it gets out of control, it can become incapacitating.
• When our worries escalates, we run the risk of encountering panic attacks.
• When not coping well with our fears and worries, it affects our work and family relationships.

Hidden Stream Counseling helps individuals confront their anxiety and challenge their thoughts with the help of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques.

Benefits to therapy to overcome fears and worry include:

• Decreased symptoms of worry and fears
• Improved sleep
• Reduced physiological symptoms

I have found the best way to deal with my anxiety is to see a counselor. For me, a lot of my anxiety stems from my childhood and all the trauma I experienced.” ~ Laura

If you are tired of anxiety and want a therapist’s help in confronting your fears and worries, contact Hidden Stream Counseling.
Call Now 919-307-3805 or complete this confidential form.

Therapists for anxiety and fear: Our mission is to help our clients succeed in ways that are meaningful to each individual.

Relationship challenges many couples face.

Premarital Counseling || “Honeymoon” Period || Birth of First Child || Affairs/Addictions || Chronic Fights || Icy Distance || Jealousy || Retirement Struggles

Get Your Marriage Back on Track

Have you made plans to leave, consulted an attorney, or even filed for divorce, but hope marriage counseling might be your last chance to save your marriage?

If you are in a serious relationship with another person, there will be times when differences may cause stress. This is normal. Whether a specific concern has you seeking out marriage counseling, or you just want to strengthen your relationship, working through issues as they arise will help to strengthen the bond you share.

Could relationship and marriage counseling help stop divorce? Improve your connection to your significant other? Increase the quality of life for you in your relationship?

It might.

“Could this work? Could we work again as a couple with marriage counseling?”

You are not alone.

Which will you choose?

We’re open now!

You can end the cycle of aggression, withdrawal, and blame. We can help.
Call us at (919) 307-3805 or complete this form and a counselor will respond as quickly as possible.

Why Choose Us:

• We Work With both Insured and Non-Insurance Patients
• Flexible Hours
• Dedicated To Client Satisfaction
• Highly Experienced
• Friendly And Knowledgeable Staff

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Hidden Stream Counseling | 505 Oberlin Road, Suite 110, Raleigh NC 27605 | (919) 307-3805 | Licensed Marriage Counselors