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Our Clinical Leadership

The success of our practice is not only dependent upon the quality of care provided by our providers, but also on the support services provided by our clinical leadership. At Light Counseling, we want all of our clients to have an exceptional client experience by ensuring our processes are confidential, caring, and seamless so our clients may focus their entire attention on their therapy.

Jonathan Durst, MA, LPC

Jonathan Durst, MA, LPC

Clinical Director

About Jon

Jonathan Durst has more than 20 years of experience as a people helper focusing on serving individuals, families, and organizations. He received his formal education from St. John’s University in Psychology and from Ashland Theological Seminary in Clinical Pastoral Counseling.  He is currently licensed in New York as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (L.M.H.C.) and in Virginia as a Licensed Professional Counselor (L.P.C.).  Jonathan has served his local church as a youth and an associate pastor prior to his profession in counseling.  Early in his career, he had experiences working in several capacities of community mental healthcare in a wide variety of settings.  He developed his outpatient counseling experience working at EMERGE Ministries in Akron, Ohio.  Jonathan has since worked as a supervisor and clinical director, developed satellite counseling centers, partnered and consulted with churches and organizations, helped train future Christian counselors as an adjunct instructor, provided leadership and mental health training internationally, and has served on a few national mental healthcare committees. Most recently, before coming to Light Counseling, Jonathan was the founder and CEO of Bedrock Counseling Ministries, a Christian outpatient counseling clinic located in Syracuse, New York.  It was out of his faith and obedience to God that Jonathan and his family relocated to Virginia for this next chapter of serving others. 

Jonathan’s number one ministry is to his family.  He strives to love God with all of his heart and is continually broken by both God’s goodness and His direction.  He is blessed and honored to be married to Carmen and they have 3 children; Alicia, Matthew, and Gabriela. 

Karl Benzio, MD

Karl Benzio, MD

Medical Director - Board Certified Psychiatrist

Mercy Connors, PhD, LPC

Mercy Connors, PhD, LPC

Clinical Compliance Officer

Mark Mayfield, PhD, LPC, BCC

Mark Mayfield, PhD, LPC, BCC

Director of National Development and Advancement

Our Providers

All providers at Light Counseling are actively licensed in the state in which they provide clinical services.

Alyssa Penrod, MA

Alyssa Penrod, MA

Resident in Marriage & Family Therapy

About Alyssa

Alyssa is a Licensed Resident in Counseling who received her masters in Marriage and Family Therapy from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. She has experience working with children, youth, adults and families. Alyssa has a background in both Emotion Focused Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy theoretical orientations. Her passion lies in creating a space for the client to feel seen and heard in order to create the safety needed to initiate change and growth.

When not counseling, Alyssa can be found tending to her copious amount of house plants, walking one of Lynchburg’s many trails or planning her next road trip.

Amy Feigel, MA, LPC

Amy Feigel, MA, LPC

Licensed Professional Counselor

About Amy

Amy Feigel is a Virginia Licensed Professional Counselor and former California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Amy received her pre and post-graduate education from Liberty University and has nearly 20 years of experience working with children, adolescents, and families.

She has served as a Social Worker for Child Protective Services, a Group Facilitator working with sexual abuse survivors through Parents United International, a Mental Health Clinician providing outpatient counseling for at-risk youth, the Director of Member Care for the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC), the Director of the Extraordinary Women organization and as a private practice therapist. Amy is currently employed full-time as a therapist at Light Counseling, part-time as an Adjunct Faculty Professor with Liberty University Online, and is also a Special Assistant to the President of the AACC.

As a past recipient of the Servant Leadership Award from the IBPPC, Amy has experience in conducting numerous workshops that provide local communities with mental health education, in-service psycho-education to teaching professionals, and continuing education training for members of the AACC on a variety of topics such as: eating disorders, teen suicide/cutting/self-injury/physical and sexual abuse/depression, anxiety/stress, women’s issues, social networking, and the online generation.

Arpenik Stepanyan, MA

Arpenik Stepanyan, MA

Resident in Counseling

Ben Eager, MA

Ben Eager, MA

Resident in Counseling

About Ben

Ben is a Licensed Resident in Counseling. He has experience in multiple residentials and psychiatric units working with children, adolescents, adults, and geriatrics. He believes that counseling is a journey and adventure to learn more about ourselves and how we interact with the world around us. His main theoretical orientation is existentialism which focuses on where we find our meaning and our existence in life. When we find our meaning, it gives us motivation and purpose to change. He has experience with individuals, families, and groups.

When he is not counseling, he is riding horses, playing disc golf, drinking coffee, spending time with his wife, and doing any outdoor activity.

Dina Jones, MA

Dina Jones, MA

Resident in Counseling

About Dina

Dina Jones is a resident counselor at Light Counseling. She is also an adjunct instructor for Liberty University’s College of Arts and Sciences with 10 years of teaching experience. Dina has a background in nonprofit management, leading organizations to serve populations who have experienced trauma and loss. She currently works as the editor of Christian Coaching Today and is the coauthor of Be Fearless. She has previously served as the Director of Professional and Public Relations for the American Association of Christian Counselors.

Dina uses a strength-based approach with clients. She helps them to use the safety of the counseling relationship to identify their needs, increase stability, and move forward towards their goals. She is wife to Jesse and mom to Mackenzie, Madison, and Alex. Dina serves her community as President of the New London Academy PTA and as a Girl Scout troop leader.

Doris Demato, Phd., LPC

Doris Demato, Phd., LPC

Licensed Professional Counselor

About Doris

Dr. Doris DeMato brings over twenty years of experience as a Licensed Professional Counselor to Light Counseling. She earned her doctoral degree in counseling from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA.

She has extensive experience working with anxiety disorders, mood disorders, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Many of Dr. DeMato’s clients navigate feelings of stress, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, phase of life problems, interpersonal conflicts, and family of origin concerns that have become overwhelming and are impacting work and relationships. Together, she and her clients co-create practical strategies and coping skills that are tailored to each one’s life journey. Dr. DeMato works with adults of all ages across the life-span.

The first priority Dr. DeMato has in starting with new clients is to ensure that they feel safe, heard, and like an equal partner in the therapeutic process. As a seasoned telehealth provider, she also offers the convenience of remote sessions to help make therapy a core component of one’s self-care calendar. The therapeutic approach Dr. DeMato takes with her clients is rooted in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. This is a proven approach to changing thinking patterns and behaviors in a limited number of sessions.

An experienced clinician, Dr. DeMato also is a counselor educator. In a recent interview, she was invited to share her approach to treating women with anxiety that will be included in a video to accompany a college textbook. She also holds a Postgraduate Professional License in Virginia as a school counselor. Dr. DeMato has had articles published in both the Professional School Counseling journal and the Virginia Counselors journal. Some of her interests outside of work include visiting historical sites, watching archeological digs near where she lives, reading mystery novels and biographies, growing hydroponic herbs and vegetables, cooking, and walking. Dr. DeMato is very active in her church which has a homeless shelter, food program, and an emergency relief program.

Dr. DeMato believes that healing and growth occur within a safe and trusting therapeutic relationship. Taking the first step to come for counseling is a step of strength and courage. Dr. DeMato looks forward to meeting you and working together to help you resolve whatever you may be facing in your life at this time.

Dustin Beaty, MA

Dustin Beaty, MA

Resident in Counseling

About Dustin

Dustin is a Licensed Resident in Counseling who has worked with adults, adolescents, and couples in outpatient and residential settings on issues including sexual addiction, marriage and relationship issues, anxiety, depression, and trauma. He earned his B.S. in Religious Studies and M.A. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Liberty University.

Before entering the mental health field, Dustin worked as a professional musician and United States Marine. He has enjoyed a decade of marriage to his high school sweetheart, and these days their three young kids keep them happily busy.

Evan Tyler, MA

Evan Tyler, MA

Resident in Counseling

Goldie Oakes, MA, LPC

Goldie Oakes, MA, LPC

Licensed Professional Counselor

About Goldie

Hello. My name is Goldie Marker Oakes, Licensed Professional Counselor. My professional clinical career began in 2006 as a clinical case manager. Throughout my career, I’ve had the privilege to provide professional mental health services via counseling, intensive in-home, crisis intervention, crisis stabilization, and substance abuse therapy. This has allowed me to work with clients of all ages and backgrounds in both individual and group settings. 

My primary therapeutic modality includes a strong but eclectic therapeutic modality that incorporates a strong Christian perspective and clinical perspective using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Enhancement Therapy. In addition, I often utilize a holistic approach that incorporates a homeopathic path to wellness, Mindfulness and Relaxation Therapy, prayer and scripture.

My professional experience includes a clinical approach with a Christian mindset and perspective that includes:

• treating clinical concerns such as anxiety, social anxiety, depression, trauma, grief and loss, and other clinical concerns.

• relationships

• self-image, self-esteem, and efficacy

• addiction

•anger management

• and self-harm behaviors and impulse control.

My therapeutic approach often incorporates homework such as reading Christian literature or specific scripture, journal and self-reflective writing, and practice of specific CBT strategies outside the clinical setting, at home, and in the community, all of which support your growth and progress.

My goal as your therapist is to help you find peace, joy, and happiness in life. My job is to help you learn how to overcome your life events, emotions, and experiences that have caused you problems functioning normally, relating to others, or even finding the motivation to continue on your life’s path. Your goal is for your growth to be internal as you move towards defining or redefining your relationship with Christ. This means a great deal of your progress requires your need to periodically evaluate your own progress through self-evaluation and self-reflection, in addition to my own clinical assessments of your progress. This path is not always an easy one; however, God promises us that we never have to travel that path alone.

Justin Cook, MA

Justin Cook, MA

Resident in Counseling

About Justin

Justin is a Licensed Resident in Counseling with over 10 years of experience working in various roles in the mental health field.

He completed a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Liberty University. He has experience in working with children and adults with Depression, Anxiety, ADHD, and Bipolar Disorders. He has also spent a great deal of his career working as a crisis counselor.

Justin is a proponent of a holistic approach to well-being. He engages in person-centered therapy and utilizes cognitive-behavioral techniques to help his clients. He has a passion for helping people make positive decisions and helping them find their purpose in their life journey.
In his free time, you’ll find Justin outside training for Spartan Obstacle Course races, hiking, fishing, and cooking.

Kecia Guerra, MA

Kecia Guerra, MA

Resident in Counseling

About Kecia

Kecia received her pre and post-graduate education from Liberty University. She is a wife and mother of five. Kecia has previously served as a Preschool Teacher, a Healthcare Office Administrator, a Foster Parent, a Stay-at-Home Mom, a Therapeutic Day Specialist with children in the schools, a Mental Health Skill Building Clinician with adults and an Outpatient Therapist, serving all ages. She is a Licensed Resident in Counseling as well as a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional and pursues continuing education and supervision in these areas.

Kecia utilizes a person-centered, strength-based approach to therapy and enjoys incorporating aspects of art therapy, play therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and other modalities as appropriate to the needs of the client.

Kecia has come alongside those struggling with issues such as abuse, ADHD, anxiety, depression, grief, loss, life transitions, adjusting to change, stress management, trauma, adoption issues, foster care issues, aging and geriatric issues, agoraphobia, anger, attachment issues, body image, caregiver issues, child and adolescent issues, domestic violence, fertility issues, pregnancy and childbirth, pregnancy loss, loss of a child, perinatal depression and anxiety, health issues, hoarding, impulsivity, seasonal affective disorder, self-care issues, spiritual concerns and feelings of worthlessness.

Kecia acknowledges the courage it takes to reach out when you are hurting. Those first steps to wellness can feel lonely and overwhelming. You no longer have to feel alone, reach out! Clients have mentioned to Kecia that it is an amazing sense of relief to finally be able to talk to someone who will hold space for them and listen. Kecia offers a genuine desire to create a compassionate, safe space where her clients feel heard, validated and encouraged during their healing process. Kecia is ready to come alongside you in your journey to finding restored hope, healing and a sound mind.

Laura Holmes, MA

Laura Holmes, MA

Resident in Counseling

About Laura

Laura is a counseling resident who received her bachelor degree in Psychology and her Master’s degree in Professional Counseling from Liberty University. She has certifications in Life Coaching, Biblical Counseling and Stress & Trauma Care. She has experience as a Parent Coach teaching Attachment Theory to parents to aid in healthy child development. She also has a specialization in Trauma (which includes Crisis, Grief, PTSD, Sexual Trauma, and Domestic Violence).

Laura is also certified to administer the PREPARE (pre – Marriage Counseling) and ENRICH (Marriage Counseling) inventories, which include assessment and skill building.
Laura understands that people need to respond to unexpected changes and challenges in life and seek counseling as a safe empathetic place for healing and restoration. She realizes that every client is unique and that different tools and methods are imperative for each individual. She greatly enjoys facilitating self-exploration and personal growth in her clients. She believes that a strong therapeutic alliance is an integral part of the path toward hope and restoration
She has experience working with marital issues, pre-marital couples, depression, anxiety, co-dependency, grief, life transitions, stress management, unresolved childhood issues and spiritual conflict. She also has experience as a Grief Share facilitator.

While she lives based on the principles of the Christian faith, she is equipped to work with clients from various spiritual backgrounds and incorporate spirituality as requested by the client.
Laura has been married to the love of her life for 34 years. They are empty nesters who greatly enjoy the beach, bike riding, hiking, and exploring the great outdoors.

Lynnette Shadoan, MA, LPC, LMFT

Lynnette Shadoan, MA, LPC, LMFT

LPC & LMFT

About Lynnette

Lynnette has worked at Light Counseling since March 1999 where she served as the Executive Director until she and her husband moved to Lexington Kentucky. She continues to work full-time for Light Counseling by providing telehealth services and considers this “the best of both worlds” since she can live near family and still work for the counseling practice that she loves! 

Her clinical areas of practice include adults, adolescents, and college-age individuals. Her main focus is on women’s issues, codependency issues, marriage counseling, and family conflict resolution. She treats a wide variety of clinical problems, including depression, anxiety disorders, adjustment disorders, grief, and phase of life issues. Her therapeutic approach is insight-oriented, cognitive-behavioral, along with family systems, with a biblical perspective. In 2017, 2018, and 2019 Lynnette was voted number one Counselor in Lynchburg in Our Health magazine’s “Best Bedside Manner” edition, which she counts among the greatest honors of her career.  

As a former basketball player at the University of Kentucky, she and her husband are now season ticket holders and enjoy attending the games at her beloved alma mater. She also has one cat and one dog and is a big animal lover!  

Marie St. Lois, MA, LMHC

Marie St. Lois, MA, LMHC

Licensed Mental Health Clinician (NY)

Martha Meadows, MA, LCSW

Martha Meadows, MA, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

About Martha
Martha Meadows is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). She earned her undergraduate degree from Virginia State, University, where she majored in Social Work, and earned her masters degree at Virginia Commonwealth University in Social Work. For 30 years, she served a fulfilling time with Henrico Mental Health Services as a clinical case manager and clinician. Martha worked diligently to problem solve and seek the most appropriate solutions for a wide range and age of clients (ages 14-80).
She expresses that her goal is to utilize the sum of her positive experiences in order to be a flickering candle that illuminates the pathway for clients. Martha believes that human warmth, understanding, and compassion work to foster clients security, wellbeing, and personal prosperity. Personal counseling has been her life’s work and the legacy she wishes to leave to her fellow man and brothers and sisters in Christ. As she looks back on her career, she feels a resounding sense of personal satisfaction.
Martha was born and raised in Forest, VA, and enjoyed Sunday school and choir growing up in the church. She was named after and strongly influenced by her aunt, who was a minister and pastor, and inspired to have deep love and reverence for God. In her free time, she has also been able to pay it forward as a Youth Advisor.
Matthew Scott, MA, LMFT

Matthew Scott, MA, LMFT

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist

About Matt

Matthew has had over 18 years experience collectively working in Clinical Settings, Residential Treatment Facilities, Home Visiting Programs, Outpatient Hospital Mental Health Facilities and Christian Based Counseling Services.

As a Mental Health professional, he has had over 10 years experience specifically in clinical settings working in both Outpatient and Chrisitan based counseling services. Matthew co-lead a Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Program for Adolescents and Adults working for an Outpatient Mental Health Facility in NY State for 2 years. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a modified type of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). Its main goals are to teach people how to live in the moment, develop healthy ways to cope with stress, regulate their emotions, and improve their relationships with others. He also has experience practicing in a Chrisitan Based Counseling Center based out of a Baptist Church in Upstate NY where his Father was the Senior Pastor for 24 years. He was able to see first hand as a Pastor’s son the impact healthy relationships can have on others’ overall functioning through radical genuineness, acceptance, validation and being non-judgemental with those you work with.

Matthew is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and works with Individuals, Families , Adolescents, Children and Couples. Matthew works closely with clients to address issues related to depression, anxiety, marital issues or conflict, relationship issues, parent child relationships, parenting issues, stress, trauma/abuse, addictions, mood dysregulation, post traumatic stress disorder, codependency, anger and maladaptive thinking. As an MFT, he works systemically which means he considers his clients’ lives and the problems they present in therapy through a biopsychosocial lens. This means taking into account their mind, their body, and their relationships, and how all of these things affect each other. MFT’S believe we are shaped by where we come from and that informs so much of what we do in other relationships. Matthew utilizes various methods such as CBT, DBT, Mindfulness, Motivational Interviewing, Insight Oriented, Psychodynamics and Family Systems approaches to help clients reach and achieve their best self and work towards their life worth living goals.

 

Licenses & Certifications

● Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (Virginia)

● Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (New York)

● Intensively Trained DBT Therapist

Melissa West, MA, LPC

Melissa West, MA, LPC

Licensed Professional Counselor

Natasha Ginter, MA, LMHC

Natasha Ginter, MA, LMHC

Licensed Mental Health Clinician (NY)

About Natasha

As a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, I have had the opportunity to work with many different populations such as children, teens, adults, and families. My experience has enhanced my therapeutic approaches in Trauma Resolution, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Motivational Interviewing. Through an eclectic approach, therapy will include multiple modalities that are tailored for the client’s distinct needs. The therapeutic relationship is best achieved through client driven, nonjudgmental, and strength-based approaches. Therapeutic services will build from the strengths you already possess while developing additional skill-sets and incorporating Faith based principles to help manage life more effectively.

Noel Mayes, MA

Noel Mayes, MA

Resident in Counseling

About Noel

Noel Mayes, M.A. (Marriage and Family Counseling) is a resident counselor with Light Counseling. Noel provides services via telehealth and loves the flexibility this affords both him and his clients as it removes many barriers people have to attend counseling.

Noel is working towards dual licensure as both a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. While his master’s degree is in Counseling, he also holds a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology and was ACSM certified as an exercise physiologist. This background allows Noel to take an integrated and holistic view of mental health and the mind-body connection.

Noel believes it is important to consider all aspects of an individual’s being including body, mind, and social and spiritual contexts, and utilizes Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people become more aware of their personal values and then create and live a life they find meaningful. Additionally, Noel believes in taking an integrative approach to counseling as well as tailoring treatment to meet the needs of the individual, peoples, and families he works with. Along with ACT, Noel integrates contextual schema therapy, EMDR, and geek therapy into his practice to help people of all ages and backgrounds to overcome any challenges they are facing.

Reanna Burch, MA

Reanna Burch, MA

Supervisee in Clinical Social Work

About Reanna

Hello! My name is Reanna and I graduated from Radford University with my MSW (Master of Social Work) in 2020. I have worked previously as an AmeriCorps State and National member for a non-profit agency in the New River Valley facilitating afterschool and summer programs for at-risk youth, organizing food and hygiene drives in the community, and partnering with Feeding America to distribute food to local communities. I have professional experience as a Family Services Specialist for the Department of Social Services in child welfare (foster care and adoption). I have worked with children and adults on issues such as family dysfunction, parenting, substance abuse, traumatic stress, anxiety, depression, impulse control, poverty, and self-esteem.

I am passionate about trauma-informed care and the concept of Imago Dei (“Image of God”). In other words, I believe that all people have been created in the Image of God and thus have immeasurable value and worth. As a clinician, it is my goal to come alongside those who may be suffering or struggling and help them make positive changes both in how they see themselves and how they relate to others, so that they may live into their full, God-given potential.

Robert Sitler, PHD, LCP

Robert Sitler, PHD, LCP

Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Shannae Anderson, PHD, LCP

Shannae Anderson, PHD, LCP

Clinical Psychologist (Forensics)

Skyler Franzen, MA

Skyler Franzen, MA

Supervisee in Clinical Social Work

About Skyler

Skyler is a Supervisee in Clinical Social Work who is passionate about creating a safe space to facilitate healing. Skyler grew up on the mission field and quickly gained a heart for loving people and meeting individuals where they are at. This led Skyler to pursue her Masters in Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth University. Skyler has a wide variety of experience including play therapy, Trust-Based-Relational Intervention, anger-management counseling, and working with those who have experienced sexual assault. She also has experience working with a home visiting program that sought to support expecting mothers and connect individuals to resources.

When she is not working, Skyler loves spending time with her fiancé, family, and friends. Skyler also enjoys doing anything outdoors, such as hiking, kayaking, or running.

Stephanie Trahant, MA, LPC

Stephanie Trahant, MA, LPC

Licensed Professional Counselor

About Stephanie

Stephanie Trahant is a Licensed Professional Counselor in both Virginia and Colorado. A large part of her focus is on relational counseling. In her process of practice, she builds a relationship with the client to help the healing process begin. From there, she focuses on other relationships in the client’s life. She believes that isolation amplifies pain, confusion, and negative self-talk. American psychiatrist Irvin Yalom says that “it is the relationship that heals”, and she believes this to be true.

Presently she counsels adults who want help with the following issues: anxiety and depression, post-abortion stress, military family issues, marriage difficulties, cancer diagnosis, and grief.
Colorado is her home, and she looks for any excuse to talk about the Rocky Mountains, snow skiing, or wide-open spaces. She is blessed with a husband, two daughters, and one stepdaughter, who remind her that laughter and tears are never far apart. In therapy, as in life, she likes to create space for others to find laughter and tears.

One of the achievements she is most proud of is four years of working in college ministry at her home church: preparing and serving a weekly, free, “home-cooked” lunch for students from a nearby engineering college. She was part of the team that saw this ministry grow from 12 students weekly to 400+ students.

Tera Keating, MA

Tera Keating, MA

Resident in Counseling

About Tera

Tera is a Licensed Resident in Counseling who received her Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling from Trinity International University. She has previously served in the U.S. Navy as a nurse specializing in women’s wellness.

Tera has experience counseling women across the lifespan through the various stages and issues that today’s women face. Treating the whole person, adolescence through the golden years, with a foundation of clinical expertise and Biblical faithfulness, Tera will walk beside you in your healing journey providing hope, compassion, and helpful strategies and tools.  Tera has experience with grief, bereavement, and loss, pregnancy and mood disorders, sexual integrity and wholeness, career counseling, counseling individuals and family members affected by disability, chronic or terminal illness, counseling those entering ministry and ministry spouses, military and family members, healthcare workers, law enforcement and first responders, moral injury, abandonment, and social anxiety. 

Tera is married and has four children. When she isn’t counseling, she enjoys spending time with her family. She loves the outdoors, kayaking, hiking, and camping.

Zach Clinton, MA

Zach Clinton, MA

Resident in Counseling

About Zach

Zach Clinton, M.A. (Clinical Mental Health Counseling) is a resident counselor here at Light Counseling. He is also a doctoral student in Counselor Education & Supervision at Liberty University. A former Division 1 college baseball player and now chaplain of the Liberty University Baseball team, Zach is recognized as a growing authority and voice on performance and mental health for today’s generations. He also currently works and serves at the American Association of Christian Counselors, Host of the Built Different Podcast, and President & Host of the Ignite Men’s Ministry.

Zach loves working with and speaking into the lives of the next generation as he has a passion for helping them build self-esteem, emotion regulation, leadership qualities, and perspective shifts. He has dedicated his life to reminding people that no matter how dark, difficult, or painful life can be, they are never out of the fight! Zach is also thrilled to have recently married his wife, Evelyn Jane!

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