Carla Bresnahan is a Licensed Mental Health Therapist and Certified Hypnotherapist with over thirty years of experience in the field. She has worked at Orlando Healthcare, Valencia Community College, Orange County Public Schools, the United States Military and since 2003 at St Luke’s Community Counseling Center. She has also served on the board for the National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI).

She offers non-judgmental, unbiased and supportive counseling to all clients and found this environment enables clients to discover their own strengths and integrity which allows them to identify and solve life’s challenges.

Whether onsite counseling, life coaching, decrease of anxiety symptoms, supportive counseling or career discovery is requested, the client and Carla work together on the journey. She has always viewed therapy as a mutual endeavor and proceeds in this fashion as most people have an inner wisdom and knowledge of their goals and solutions.

Currently she sees individuals, high school age (fifteen and above), and couples.

Please call the office to meet Carla and make an appointment.

Please note: Joanne is not currently accepting new clients

Dr. Joanne MacPherson founded the Community Counseling Center at St. Luke’s in 2000 because she believes that counseling should be easily accessible to the St. Luke’s congregation and the surrounding community. Even though Dr. MacPherson retired from the Director position in 2018, she continues to bring her passion and expertise to the Community Counseling Center as one of our counselors. She works with clients with depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and self-esteem issues. Her certifications are in the areas of addiction, domestic violence, and hypnosis. Working with a variety of people – individuals, couples, parents, and families – Dr. MacPherson utilizes a range of approaches including cognitive-behavioral therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization, and Reprocessing (EMDR) and mindfulness.  Dr. Joanne MacPherson, a licensed therapist since 1992, has experience in a residential treatment center and in private practice as well as the Community Counseling Center.

Joanne brings warmth and insight to her therapy, allowing each person to be who they are and assisting them to realize their personal goals. She describes her counseling as working with normal people to assist them to transition through the normal problems of life. She believes that life is a constant process of self-awareness and people need tools to continue growing and creating their personal happiness. Dr. MacPherson welcomes each person where they are on their life journey to wholeness and supports them in achieving their goals.

To make an appointment for counseling with Dr. MacPherson, call the Community Counseling Center at 407-876-8237.

Lisa Quinn,MA,NBCC,LMHC has 20 years of experience as a counselor. She holds a National Board Certification in Counseling. Lisa’s areas of specialization include relationships. Life coaching, parenting, stress management, anxiety, depression, and substance abuse.

She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Millersville University in Pennsylvania. She then completed her Master of Arts degree in Counseling at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida.

Lisa provides a safe, confidential & compassionate environment, which promotes hope, health, and healing. She assists you in self-discovery, making positive changes, and achieve your goals. This process may include identifying self-defeating behavior patterns, learning successful ways to solve problems, improving communication skills, developing new coping strategies, and learning new ways to resolve conflict.

Areas of Specialization:

• Couples Counseling
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Addictions
• Parenting Skills
• Self Esteem
• Career & Work Issues
• Family Conflict
• Stress Management
• Divorce / Co-Parenting
• Coaching
• Anger Management

Renee Bronson is a seasoned psychotherapist with thirty years of practice in the counseling field. She has experience in inpatient, outpatient, and partial hospitalization settings as well as serving as Family Resources Counselor at a middle school. In addition, she is the former director of an outpatient services branch of a local psychiatric facility. It is Renee’s intention to create a safe space that will foster the client’s personal growth and development of skills and strategies for coping with life challenges. Renee enjoys working with individuals, couples, groups, and families utilizing her skills which include cognitive behavioral therapy, comprehensive energy psychology, multimodal therapy, rational emotive therapy, and other treatment modalities. Renee welcomes clients from age five through the golden years of life. Her specialty areas include actualization and self-esteem, addiction, anger management, anxiety, career/work issues, co-parenting, couples’ therapy, comprehensive energy psychology/tapping, divorce, family conflict challenges, and parenting skills.

Renee is a graduate of Western Kentucky University with a Major in Psychology and Rollins College with a Master’s degree in counseling and human development. She received a post-master’s certification as a Diplomate in Comprehensive Energy Psychology in 2010.

 

Katherine Bresnahan is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, who graduated from Rollins College with a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Katherine works with children, adolescents, adults, and couples. She provides a safe space and non-judgmental environment in which their stories can be heard. She assists clients towards self-reflection, self-empowerment and working towards living a more healthy and happy life. Her areas of focus include: Anxiety, Self-esteem, Stress, Coping-skills, Grief, Trauma, Interpersonal Issues, Relationship Issues, Identity exploration, and Life transitions. Katherine is now accepting new clients. To learn more and arrange for an appointment, call 407.876.8237 Monday through Friday between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

Ms. Deputy has over twenty-five years experience in corporate business offices. She has served as the administrative assistant for the Community Counseling Center since 2003. She is responsible for managing the office, scheduling appointments for clients with counselors, processing billing, client’s insurance and registering participants for support groups and workshops provided by the Counseling Center.. She works with each client to be able to refer him/her to the appropriate counselor based on their need. Ms. Deputy believes one of her most important roles is to extend a warm welcome to clients, to create an atmosphere of helpfulness and maintain confidentiality. To speak with Ms. Deputy about an appointment with a counselor call 407-876-8237.

This course meets the Florida State requirement for the four-hour Marriage Preparation Course, and qualifies couples from Florida for a discount on the cost of their marriage license. Couples interested in attending the course should contact Toni Deputy at 407.876.8237 with your wedding date regarding scheduling. Classes are lead by licensed mental health counselors, Lisa Beilman and Cathy Mathwig.

Cost: $175

Click here to download a brochure for more information.

A free drop-in group to offer guidance and support to anyone facing the problems associated with overeating. OA is currently meeting online.