Charis Counseling Center

read moreWe offer the services of trained, experienced therapists from the Christian community. They provide quality, professional care for individuals, couples, families, and our community through confidential counseling, assessment, testing, and consultation. See the types of counseling we offer. We expect and experience change as we connect to others and receive unconditional love and acceptance through that connection. We are a community of care where burdens are lifted, dignity is restored, and lives are changed.

read moreMatt studied psychology as an undergraduate at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio where he volunteered at a community crisis center. He then began his career at a behavioral hospital in Orlando, where he further developed his passion to care for people, especially those struggling with debilitating mental disorders. After earning a master's degree in clinical mental health counseling from Rollins College, he went on to pursue a career in clinical research, which included providing neuropsychiatric assessments to patients.

read moreRobin Nicholas received her Master's of Science in Counseling Psychology from Palm Beach Atlantic University. She graduated with her Bachelor's degree in International Affairs from Florida State University in 2004 which has given her a diversified perspective to counseling. If you have difficulty controlling your anger and find it easily turns into rage, Robin can guide you in acquiring a more peaceful life through learning how to manage your emotions. Are you seeking to prepare yourself for marriage or desiring to enrich your marriage?

read moreOnce, while standing in line for a bus, Tim was asked by an unknown and older African American gentleman, They say still waters run deep. Is you deep? That moment has stuck with him ever since, and served to guide him into a career in Counseling. Tim enjoys journeying to the depths alongside people, helping them navigate their own path toward internal stillness and serenity. No stranger to pain in his own life, his mission is to walk with people in the deepest and darkest places of life, hoping that at the very least a person would be a little less alone.

read moreJim worked for Campus Crusade for Christ for more than 25 years before he founded Charis Counseling Center. Jim was a nationally known speaker with Family Life and addressed the topics of marriage, parenting and remarriage. He has also authored a HomeBuilder Study entitled: Making Your Remarriage Last. Jim's focus is in the area of marriage and family therapy and he also provides a wide spectrum of individual counseling. He is a charter member of the American Association of Christian Counselors and also served as Teaching Pastor at Discovery Church for 9 years.

read moreCathy loves helping people to move through difficult, even painful, life experiences more effectively in order to know more joy. She understands how untangling confusing and problematic emotions and relational experiences can lead to a stronger sense of self while dealing with the ups and downs of life. Cathy provides an emotionally safe, empathic place to process daily struggles as well as deeper, more painful events, learning to live life more fully, no matterthe circumstances. Through personal and professional experience, she has found that unhealthy thoughts and behaviors negatively affect every aspect of one's life.

read moreAs a counselor, Anna hopes to create a safe space for clients to share openly and deeply their past and current struggles. It is her passion to work collaboratively with clients to create meaningful change and freedom in life and relationships. She seeks to be an empathetic listener and communicator, knowing both personally and professionally the difference of being fully known and seen by another person. Drawing from her experience working in youth ministry, Anna enjoys walking with teens and families through the ups and downs of adolescence.