Porch Light Counseling is now open at 263 Haywood Street downtown. The business — a collective of three therapists, including Heather Branham, Elizabeth Gillette and Ariel Shumaker-Hammond — focuses on relationship counseling, treating infertility, pregnancy loss, pregnancy and postpartum depression and anxiety, LGBTQ and gender counseling, support through life transitions and infant/young child mental health, according to a release from Porch Light.
The new company will hold a grand opening reception with wine and cheese at the new office on Friday, Aug. 28, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend and meet the founding therapists.
Visit porchlightcounselingasheville.com/ or the company’s facebook page for more information.
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Porch Light Counseling opened this month in the historic W.G. Smith Building at 263 Haywood Street in downtown Asheville. A collective of three local therapists, the unique counseling practice focuses on issues relevant to a diverse range of Asheville families. Porch Light’s specialties include relationship counseling, treating infertility, pregnancy loss, and pregnancy and postpartum depression and anxiety, LGBTQ and gender counseling, support through life transitions, and infant/young child mental health.
The Porch Light Counseling collective is made up of Heather Branham, LCSW; Elizabeth Gillette, LCSW; and Ariel Shumaker-Hammond, MPH/LCSW. The three friends and colleagues were looking for a way to expand their work with local families, especially disconnected couples, overwhelmed new parents, and gender variant children and adults. They joined forces to create the new practice, which offers individual, couples, and group counseling services. Workshops and retreats, as well as consulting services for other providers, are also in the works.
“We wanted to fill a few gaps we noticed in counseling services here in Asheville. There are very few therapists with training in pregnancy-related mental health concerns, and even fewer with experience counseling transgender children,” says Porch Light therapist/co-founder Heather Branham. “Pregnancy and postpartum depression affects one in seven new parents, so we know that there’s a huge need for our expertise,” says therapist/co-founder Ariel Shumaker-Hammond. Therapist/co-founder Elizabeth Gillette adds, “We have a deep desire to support new parents and struggling couples so that they can take good care of themselves and their families.”
The Porch Light Counseling collective is hosting a grand opening wine and cheese reception at their office on Friday, August 28th from 4:30 to 6:30PM. The public is invited to meet the therapists and tour the beautifully renovated space. Visit www.porchlightcounselingasheville.com for details.
Porch Light Counseling is a collective of therapists in downtown Asheville specializing in relationship counseling, pregnancy and postpartum depression and anxiety, LGBTQ and gender counseling, life transitions and infant/young child mental health. Established in 2015, Porch Light Counseling offers individual, couples, and group therapy in the historic W.G. Smith Building at 263 Haywood Street. Online at www.porchlightcounselingasheville.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/porchlightcounseling.
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