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Our Team

We provide individual therapy, couples counseling and family therapy, as well as psychological assessment and evaluations.
We look forward to supporting you in your journey to health and wellness. It’s what we do and the heart of why we’re here.
If you have questions or would like to begin working with us, contact us. We would be happy to talk with you.

Our Team

Meet the dedicated professionals who make up our team. Our diverse team brings a wealth of expertise and compassion to our practice. With a shared commitment to providing exceptional mental health care. and support, we are here to help you on your journey towards healing, growth, and well-being.

We provide individual therapy, couples counseling and family therapy.  You can easily access support in person and through telehealth.

Experienced Team

Each member of our team is an experienced and compassionate clinician.  

Diverse Expertise: Our clinicians have experience addressing mental health and substance concerns.  They specialize in depression and anxiety, trauma, women’s issues, life transitions, relationship struggles, and many other needs.  We can support kids, adolescents, young adults and older adults. 

Commitment to Professional Development

Our team is committed to growing our knowledge base through continuing education and learning new approaches to care.  

Collaborative Approach

Our team works hard to work together as a group to support each individual client and their family.  We also communicate with anyone who supports you.  Whether that be partner, physician or parent and with your permission, we include the people who care about you.  

Client-Centered Care

We tailor our approach to your needs.  Within the first few appointments we will create a comprehensive treatment plan that addresses your goals.

Warmth and Empathy

Our clinicians are  empathetic, and supportive, understanding that we all need support at different times in our lives.  We approach our care with compassion, and respect throughout our work together.

Community Involvement

Our clinicians are personally involved in different community initiatives that support wellness and health.  Some of us run to raise money and others travel the world to support our helping profession.

 

Through our combined experience and expertise, we offer a variety of approaches to care. 

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Claudine Hamilton, MSC, LCMHCA, CTP

“Trauma creates changes you don’t choose. Healing creates changes you do choose.” 

Michele Rosenthal

Claudine is an empathetic Certified Trauma Professionalskilled in trauma focused interventions. As a trauma survivor and a believer that healing and wellness is attainable, Claudine commits to walking alongside an individual in their journey to wellness and trauma recovery in a collaborative fashion.

Claudine provides safe and supportive person centered and trauma focused in-person and telehealth therapy services to teens and adults possessing a wide range of conditions, including trauma related stressor disorder, PTSD, substance use, depression, incarceration, homelessness, grief, abuse, family conflict, conduct disorders as well as severe and persistent mental health illness.

Claudine handles each new client with care and conducts trauma-informed screening and assessments to understand the impact of trauma on their individuamental health and overall functioning. Claudine works with self-referred clients as well as those referred through Charlotte Mecklenburg Court system, Department of Juvenile Justice, Atrium Human Trafficking Department for Teens, and other Trafficking organizations and Department of Social Services.

Claudine believes in a ‘whole person’ view of her clients and adopts an integrated approach of theoretical models that honors this complexity. While she may apply interventions from various therapeutic modalities, Claudine utilizes the following evidenced based models:

• Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), 
• Eye Movement Densitization Reprocessing (EMDR), 
• Seeking Safety: present focused model for PTSD and Substance Use
• Alternatives for Families: A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (AF-CBT) 
• Practice Self-Regulation (PSR) trauma-informed model that promotes health and well-being in adolescents impacted by adverse childhood experiences.
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Nia Faye Cureton, M.S, LCMHC-A

I get it, the pressure of every day responsibilities can be a lot. The struggle to balance people-pleasing, boundaries, and self-care. It is common to face anxiety, depression, intrusive thoughts and questions about faith and identity. If this resonates with you, I am happy to help you, as we navigate this area of your life.

Hi, my name is Nia Faye Cureton, a provisionally licensed therapist in the state of North Carolina. My approach is Person-Centered, which means I believe you have the ability to grow and self-actualize with the right tools and resources. I like to construct a safe environment for my clients, as they are on this journey. I like to compare the therapeutic journey to a road trip. Imagine you, the driver, and me the passenger, feeding you your favorite food along the way, as we figure things out together. I use techniques from Cognitive Behavioral therapy in helping reframe your mindset. I use techniques from Faith based counseling for those who are struggling with their faith due to life circumstances, or those who are wanting to know ways they can apply their beliefs and values to their life. I enjoy working with individuals, groups, couples, athletes, collegiate students, and also adults.

I look forward to supporting you on your therapeutic journey!

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Lindsay Hicks MS, LCMHC, LCAS-A

I have experience working with a variety of clients in several different settings. I enjoy working with clients from all different walks of life. I enjoy working with clients who are dealing with anxiety and/or depression, clients with body image issues, clients who are struggling with substance use, yourself or a family member, clients who may have been incarcerated or are dealing with the incarceration of a loved one, and clients who are struggling with religious trauma. I enjoy working with clients who are motivated to change old patterns and begin a new life of freedom! Congratulations on taking that first step!
I take a relational approach to therapy and want to use the techniques that are going to benefit the client the most. I use CBT, motivational interviewing, REBT, Strength based, and person-centered therapy to build a unique approach that is going to be best for the individual.
I believe in the power of therapy, and I believe it can help you! Reaching out and asking for help is the hardest step, and I commend your courage for taking that first step. I am here to help and support you through whatever you may be dealing with. Please don’t hesitate to reach out. I am here for you!
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Jessica McCulley MSW LCSW

After over 10 years of clinical practice, it has become clear.  This life can be hard, complicated, and sometimes exhausting. I can help during the times when you feel so sad that getting out of bed is the last thing you want to do. Or maybe you feel so worried and your thoughts just spin like a never-ending merry-go-round. I have also helped those who have experienced some truly awful things, like trauma, that they haven’t healed from yet. For some of us, life is changing in so many small and big ways that we need help just to get a handle on it.
I don’t have all of the answers, but I am here to help you figure it out and find your own best answers. I’m here to 100% support you in living your best life, whatever that might mean for you, in this moment, right now. Please contact me and let’s talk about how to navigate life together.

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Mariel Griffith LCMHC, LCASA

I am passionate about working with individuals to meet them where they are and work towards achieving their goals & unlocking their full potential. My goal is to provide a safe environment where clients can discuss life challenges without judgment and provide support in their healing journey.

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Nathan Roberson LMHCA, LCASA

As a person in long term recovery from substance use, I understand how difficult and scary it can be to start working on yourself. I am here to listen, understand, and give you supportive feedback. This process will help you get where you want to go. Therapy is a collaborative process and I look forward to working with you to create the life you want.

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Caroline Cotto LCSW, LCAS, CCS

Caroline came to do this work by accident, initially working in a psychiatric hospital in the northeast.  After spending some time with the patients, Caroline realized how much she admired and cared for them.  She wanted more impact on their care and quality of treatment so she went back to school to get her Master’s degree in social work.  Caroline has a Bachelor’s degree in Social Science Interdisciplinary from Stony Brook University and a Master of Social Work from East Carolina University.

Caroline has worked in an outpatient mental health clinic, inpatient psychiatric unit, hospital emergency department, in client’s homes and in a detox crisis center.  She also taught as an adjunct instructor for two years at UNCC.

“I need to care about what I do, it’s not just a job.  Maybe cringey but I love that quote, “People don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care.” by Theodore Roosevelt.  It’s a blessing to do this.”