Shannon Purtell is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC Supervisor and the owner of CALM: Counseling for Anger and Lifeskills Management. She has been in private practice as a counselor for the last 13 years. Her practice specializes in counseling services for individuals, families and couples dealing with addiction, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, PTSD, relationship issues, and stress. The CALM Program offers anger resolution for adults, and adolescents in either a group or individual setting. Shannon also offers programs for anger resolution that are specifically designed for women and for people recovering from addiction. Shannon is an accomplished public speaker and co-author of the Books of Hope and Healing series.

Shannon Purtell is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC Supervisor and the owner of CALM: Counseling for Anger and Lifeskills Management. She has been in private practice as a counselor for the last 13 years. Her practice specializes in counseling services for individuals, families and couples dealing with addiction, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, PTSD, relationship issues, and stress. The CALM Program offers anger resolution for adults, and adolescents in either a group or individual setting. Shannon also offers programs for anger resolution that are specifically designed for women and for people recovering from addiction. Shannon is an accomplished public speaker and co-author of the Books of Hope and Healing series.

Dr. Elizabeth Zedaran is both a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) since 1999 and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) since 2000 for the state of Texas and is an approved supervisor for both licenses. Her clinical Ph.D. family therapy training consisted of one year in training in a at Salesmanship Youth and Family Center of Dallas in 1997 and spent six months in training at TWU Family Therapy Clinic. Post-graduation, she also was the on-site clinical supervisor for the TWU clinic in 2003-2004. With a theoretical orientation that is grounded in the social constructionism of systems theory (relationships) and the addition of individual theories and techniques, the goal is to establish a safe environment and to develop a therapeutic relationship that can guide you toward awareness, growth and subsequent change for…. depression, anger, addiction, etc.

As a Licensed Professional Counselor, Chevonda believes if you want something new in your life you have to be willing to work for it. She is looking forward to working with you and helping you discover positive change in your life. She received her Master’s Degree in counseling from Dallas Baptist University and her Bachelor’s Degree in Media/Communication from Hunter College/CUNY in New York City. She has experience in private practice, community counseling agencies, and inpatient mental health hospitals working with adults, adolescents (14+), families and couples.

Michele Fesenbek recently received my Master’s in Counseling and Development from Texas Women’s University with a certification in counseling. She received her LPC-Intern license with the Texas Department of Health and is under the supervision of Shannon Purtell, MA, LPC, LPC-S, NCC. Currently she is also working towards a registered play therapy license. Michele has worked with all ages, but her primary focus has been working with children.

She offers counseling for many issues especially anxiety, depression, PTSD, anger, life changes, stress management, and adolescent concerns. Prior to her counseling degree, Michele received a Bachelor’s Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with an Education certification in grades 1-8 and an emphasis in Reading from Texas Women’s University. It has been her pleasure to work in the education field for the past 20 years in a classroom setting. In the counseling field she has worked at the Calm Center as a student intern, Texas Women’s University clinic, and as an student intern on my school campus for the past 1 ½ years. Michele is currently a school counselor with Allen ISD.

Julie Wesley has a Master’s Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy and has been in the field since 1999. She has worked with children, teenagers and adults in various treatment capacities including crisis work, inpatient, outpatient, home-based therapy and intensive outpatient addressing any issue from adjusting to major changes in her client’s lives to serious mental illnesses like Schizophrenia. Julie has been practicing in the Dallas area since 2006 and before that was in New Mexico and Florida. She was raised in southern New Mexico, the oldest child in a military family. She now calls North Texas home and loves every moment.