About Us
Kim Deaton, LCSW
Mrs. Deaton has 15 years of mental health experience. She treats both adolescents and adults coping with anxiety, depression, family and relationship issues, job and school related stress, and drug and alcohol problems. She also specializes in couple’s therapy.
Laura Eddlemon, LCSW
Mrs. Eddlemon is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 14 years of experience in the field. She applies a holistic and eclectic approach to treatment and emphasizes the mind/body connection. Ms. Eddlemon assists adults and adolescents in building upon their strengths and enhancing their abilities to cope with a wide range of issues including anxiety, depression, life transitions, pain, illness, stress management, behavior management, grief and loss, family and relationship issues, parenting and post partum depression.
Lisa Frost, LCSW
Ms. Frost has worked in the mental health field for 12 years. She works with adults,
adolescents and children.
She specializes in family issues, post-partum depression, adolescent behavior problems and parenting. She also enjoys working with couples.
Lynn Kinney, LCSWMs. Kinney has nine years experience in mental health care. She has worked with seniors in home health care dealing with chronic pain, adjustment to loss and grief. She also facilitated support groups for grief with hospice and has received additional training from the American Cancer Society.
Diana Brown Taylor, LCSW
Ms. Brown Taylor has 18 years of experience in the field of mental health care working in home health, hospice, hospital, office and crisis settings. She works with persons experiencing adjustment to life transitions, physical decline, care giving, depression, terminal illness, grief and loss, and issues of death and dying. Ms. Brown Taylor has worked closely with persons with dementia and their families' and has facilitated caregiver support groups in conjunction with the Alzheimer's Association. She sees adults ages 18 and older for depression, anxiety, relationship issues and coping with life's stressors.
Annie Wills, Ed.D
Dr. Annie Wills is a licensed psychologist and Life Coach, who employs a holistic and spiritual approach to mental and emotional health. She stresses 'Radical Self Care and Acceptance', and believes that to have healthy relationships with others we first must develop a healthy relationship with ourselves. Dr. Wills works with women, men, adolescents, couples, and families, and specializes in depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and the mind/body connection that contributes to physical pain and symptoms. She has practiced in Tennessee for 24 years, and lives in Knoxville with her husband, two children, and two dogs.
Jaynie B. Moore, LPC/MHSP
Ms. Moore is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Mental Health Services Provider. She is a National Certified Counselor and a Certified Thanatologist. Thanatology is the study of death and dying. She is a member of the American Counseling Association, Tennessee Licensed Professional Counselors Association, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, and the Association for Death Education and Counseling. She has a Masters of Mental Health Counseling from the University of Tennessee. In addition to private practice, Ms. Moore also works as a family therapist in the alcohol and drug addiction field.
Sarah Weddington, LCSW
Ms. Weddington is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and has worked in the mental health field for 9 years. She has experience working with adults, adolescents, and seniors with mental health and substance abuse issues. She sees adolescents 16+ and adults with anxiety, depression, and mood disorders. She specializes in treating college students and young adults.
Kevin Potts, MSC
Mr. Potts has 10 years of experience in the mental health field and holds a Master of Science in Counseling from Carson-Newman College. His experience is specifically with children and adults with developmental disabilities and senior adults. He works with children, adolescents and adults in Abuse, Anxiety, Depression, Grief, Mood Disturbance, OCD, Self-esteem, work problems, college issues, and issues with death and dying.
Katherine Sullivan, PMHNP-BC, RN
Ms. Sullivan is an ANCC Board Certified Adult Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner and provides psychiatric evaluation and medication management services for individuals (adults) 16 years old and over. Some of the issues she works with are depression, postpartum depression/anxiety, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, adult ADHD, substance abuse, and geriatric depression and dementia. Kate has experience and enjoys working with acute crisis clients and gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered clients. Her suervising physician is Dr. Lane Cook, MD.
Ben Kadas, PMHNP-BC
Mr. Kadas is an ANCC Board Certified Family Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner who specializes in treating children and adolescents. He has experience treating ADD/ADHD, Aspergers/Autism, mood disorders, psychotic disorders, anxiety disorders, substance abuse, and issues relating to conduct and oppositional behaviors. He sees clients from
school age (5 yo) through college age (22 yo).
Gail Clift, PMHNP-BC
Gail Clift is a Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner who has specialized training in providing mental health care to children and families. She has 30 years of experience as a nurse practitioner and has worked in a variety of settings. Her expertise is parenting education, working with children who have school problems, and children with developmental delays. Gail Clift is a certified Forensic Nurse and has experience working with children and their families who are victims of sexual abuse.
She is qualified to provide medication management for children ages three to 18 and parent training to deal with discipline problems, school issues and children with severe behavior problems.
Angie West, LCSW
Ms. West is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with over 20 years of experience in mental/behavioral health. She earned her Masters Degree of Social Work from the University of Tennessee in 1986 and received her license in 1989. She has extensive experience with children, adolescents and families both in outpatient and residential treatment settings. Ms West works with children and teens that are struggling with a myriad of issues including trauma reactions, substance abuse, attachment delays, grief and loss, self injurious behaviors and defiance. She also provides couples therapy and treatment of anxiety, depression, post traumatic stress and conflict resolution. She embraces a client-centered, strength-based approach to empowering individuals, couples and family therapy clients towards positive change and self discovery
John Heflin, LCSW
John is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 16 years of experience in the social work/ behavioral health field. He utilizes a cognitive-behavioral treatment approach, which attempts to increase psychological flexibility through the practice of mindfulness, acceptance, values construction, and committed action. The approach can be effective in changing the relationship with unpleasant internal experiences and promoting action in the service of valued living. His interests include working with adult individuals struggling with depression, anxiety and/or substance abuse. Before recently relocating to
Graham Chumley, LPC/MHSP
Michael Gardner, LCSW
Phillip Axtell, Ph.D.
OFFICE STAFF
Angie Allen
Vickie Hitt
Meg Anderson
Business Coach & Mentor, Practice Manager
Ms. Price has worked 20+ years in management and sales including starting her own business.
She is the owner of the practice and offers business coaching and mentoring services to the community. She helps small business entrepreneurs set realistic, manageable, & achievable goals as well as developing a strategic plan for reaching those goals. Individuals wanting to improve or enhance specific business skills can benefit from her guidance and mentoring. Additionally, she assists individuals questioning current career choices to discover new opportunities & implement plans.
ABOUT THE PRACTICE
Healthy Mind Counseling Services, Inc. (HMCS) opened its doors on February 14, 2005.
The practice is located in the Homberg Building, Suite 14.
HMCS is a group practice and is owned by Debbie Price, MSSW. The practice includes therapists and a psych nurse practitioner who, as independent contractors, provide clinical services to clients. Our philosophy is to provide the best care by matching our clients to a therapist that is most qualified to help with the particular issue. Therapists may refer to our NP as appropriate.
HMCS works to reduce the stigma associated with counseling by providing a comfortable and save environment for talk therapy. In the counseling process, clients gain insight regarding emotional issues and learn coping skills to improve daily functioning.
We always welcome communication from our clients but due to both HIPAA regulations and our professional ethics, we will decline any requests for connection on social media (such as Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, etc.). Thank you for understanding our commitment to provide the highest quality and ethical care.