fbpx
Infertility
Jonathan Durst, LMHC, LPC

Jonathan Durst, LMHC, LPC

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, 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.

Laura Holmes, LPC

Laura Holmes, LPC

Laura is a Licensed Professional Counselor who received her Bachelors’ 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 aide 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 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 towards 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 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.