Christian Counseling Center Biographies

 

C3 Staff

• Jerry Meade, LCSW, Founder and President
• Marta Francis, Intake, Billing, Insurance Coordinator 

C3 Christian Counselors

Lori Ann Bailey, Biblical Counselor William Eric Bryant, LPC-Intern John D. Cooke, PhD, LPC, LCDC, FAPA Dale Denney, LPC Christopher Dockins, MABC, LPC-Intern  Angie Durham, LMFT-A, LPC-Intern Zack Durham, LPC, LMFT

Katy Esquivel, MBS, LPC John Henderson, Ph.D, LPC Les Leaton, III, LPC Lee Lewis, Biblical Counselor Randi Rose Moon, MAC, LPC Michael Snetzer, MAC, LPC

C3 Staff Biographies

Jerry Meade, Founder and President

Jerry Meade, LCSW is Founder and President of the Center for Christian Counseling, Ltd. Mr. Meade is currently licensed in three states, including Texas, the District of Columbia (Washington D.C.) and Virginia and has worked as a Clinical Social Worker for the past 28 years in a variety of medical and mental health settings. His previous positions, in chronological order, include:

• Medical Social Worker at Bellevue Hospital in New York, N.Y.
• Renal Social Worker at the Mid Atlantic Nephrology Centers (out-patient dialysis units), Camp Springs, Maryland
• Kidney Transplant Coordinator for the Washington Hospital Center, Washington D.C.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Counselor for the U.S. General Accounting Office, Washington D.C.
• Designer and Director of the Internal Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for Federal Aviation Administration Headquarters, Washington D.C.
• Clinical Supervisor, OPTUM/United HealthCare Corporation, McLean, Virginia
• Director of Operations, INROADS Behavioral Health Services, Dallas, Texas
• Senior Account Manager, Alliance of Behavioral Providers, Arlington, Texas
• Director of Client Training & Special Accounts, MenningerCare Systems, Addison, Texas

For the past eight years Mr. Meade has been providing heart-changing Biblical counseling services through the Center for Christian Counseling, Ltd in Flower Mound, Texas. He has been practicing Biblically-based Christian counseling exclusively for the past twelve years through his private practice(s) in Virginia and Texas.

Mr. Meade is a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors and a Charter member of the Association of Biblical Counselors (ABC).  They have been married for 26 years and have three children.  They all worship together at Crosstimbers Community Church.

This counselor practices at our Flower Mound location.

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Marta Francis, Intake, Billing and Insurance Coordinator

Marta Francis has been an employee at the Center for Christian Counseling, Ltd  since October, 2006.  She began her employment as Assistant Office Manager in October, 2006 and moved to her current position as Billing and Insurance Coordinator as of  June, 2007, adding the responsibilities of intake coordinator in 2009.  Her main responsibilities at C3 are to answer all incoming calls, facilitate scheduling of appointments for Counselors, and electronically file and process insurance claims for our clients.

Marta and her family have been members and have worshiped at the Church of Christ for the past 27 years.  She and her husband Mark have been married for over 29 years and have been blessed with two wonderful boys.  Marta feels that God directed her to Jerry Meade here at the Center for Christian Counseling Ltd who immediately made her feel welcomed to and an integral part of the C3 family. 

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C3 Counselor Biographies

Lori Ann Bailey, Biblical Counselor

May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.  2 Thessalonians 3:5

It has been one of the greatest privileges of Lori Ann's life to be a part of the miracle of participating in God helping and healing hurting people through His Word.  Lori Ann has over six years of experience as a Biblical Counselor.  She received her training from the Institute of Biblical Counseling and Discipleship in San Diego, California.  She is also certified as a Biblical Counselor through the National Association of Noethetic Counseling.  (NANC) and is a member of the Association of Biblical Counselors (ABC).  She has a passion for God's Word and has helped many struggling people to find hope and truth in the Gospel.  Her greatest desire is helping women of all ages to overcome life-dominating problems by finding their joy and fulfillment in the Lord.  Most of her experience has been counseling women through women's issues, marriage crises, obsessive compulsive disorders, drug addictions, eating disorders, depression, grief, sexual abuse, parenting problems, fear, anxiety, anger, and a range of other behavioral problems.  She also has a great desire to work with families undergoing serious medical issues or with disabilities, as her son is a survivor of brain cancer and also has long term physical developmental disabilities due to the affects of his illness. 

Lori Ann and her husband, Martin, have been involved in their local church for twelve years.  They moved to Frisco three years ago from San Diego to be a part of planting Grace Church in Frisco, which is part of Sovereign Grace Ministries.  Lori Ann assists her husband who serves in a deacon role.  They love building their lives together with others and are passionate about serving in the local church.  Martin and Lori Ann are grateful to have been married for twenty-three years and have two teen-aged sons and a college-aged daughter.

This counselor practices at our Frisco location. 

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William Eric Bryant, LPC-Intern

Eric Bryant is an LPC-Intern at the Center for Christian Counseling, Ltd. practicing at the Flower Mound and Dallas locations.  He received his B.A. in History from the University of North Texas and his M.A. from Dallas Baptist University.  While counseling adolescences at a local juvenile detention center God began to press upon Eric the importance of working through life's issues with God's, not man's, wisdom at the center.  When counseling is approached with only man's wisdom in mind, we fall short of dealing with the true heart issues involved and very often simply help pride become more deeply rooted in our lives.  We must realize that we do not posses the ability to change our own hearts and cry out to God for help in times of crisis.

God has given believers community, His Holy Scriptures, prayer, and His Holy Spirit to help us walk through this life in a God glorifying way.  Consequently, these four topics will be the focal point of much of the counseling done.  Eric has experience working with troubled marriages, adolescences, substance abuse, grief recovery, anger, and spiritual development.  His goal is to see lives restored and developed by helping others walk deeply with the Lord.

Eric and his wife, Cassie, worship together at the Village Church.

This counselor practices at our Dallas location. 

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John D. Cooke, PhD, LPC, LCDC, FAPA

You were taught…to be made new in the attitude of your mind, and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.  Ephesians 4:23-24

Dr. Cooke has been a pastoral psychotherapist for over 25 years.  He has worked in private and group practice settings in Houston, Austin and the last 12 years have been in Lewisville.  Prior to beginning his practice in Lewisville he worked for Horizon Health Corporation as a regional director of operations administrating gero-psychiatric units in medical-surgical hospitals in Texas and Oklahoma.  Working with individuals and families affected by all kinds of addictions has been a large part of his practice.  He served as the President of the Texas Association of Addiction Counselors, was CEO of a 75 bed addictions treatment facility in Austin and worked as the deputy director of the Texas Commission of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse where he oversaw counselor and facility licensure and funding.  He is a Fellow with the American Psychotherapy Association where he serves on the editorial board for their monthly journal.

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Dale Denney, LPC

Dale Denney is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a credentialed mediator who strictly adheres to Biblical principles in conjunction with scripture to bring counselees to the Word of God.  He counsels individuals, groups, couples and families. The experience Dale brings to the practice includes working with a wide range of issues which lends itself to brief and effective counseling.

Dale and his wife, Tammy, lead marriage conferences, relationship classes, and help to sponsor in a youth organization, Young Life, as well as, offer joint pre-marital and marital counseling.  In the past they have conducted conferences, workshops, and classes such as:

• Leaving Your Legacy Marriage Conference
• Singles Survivors Conference
• Return to Intimacy classes
• Marriage Enrichment Retreat and Renewal of Vows
  

Titles of workshops, conferences and papers that Dale has presented include:

• The Power of Paradox
• Grief and Coping Strategies
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy
• Conducting PSR Groups with Aggressive Patients
• Innovative Group Techniques for an Aggressive In-patient Population
• Letters to Dad
• Utilizing Assessment tools in Marital Therapy
• Social Learning and the Management of Aggressive Patients
  

Dale and Tammy have a blended family with seven children.  Children range from tweens to adulthood.  They are active in the leadership of Baruch HaShem Messianic Jewish Congregation where Dale serves as a Shamashim which is an ordained, appointed position of leadership which is related to a deacon or elder in other churches. Dale and Tammy spearhead the Echad Marriage Ministry. The Hebrew word “Echad” means one and their hearts desire is to draw marriage into oneness. The couple is also involved in the prayer ministry, a ministry focused on vigilant safekeeping and they provide brief crisis counseling within the congregation.

Dale played on the baseball team at Nazarene University while working on his bachelor’s degree in Psychology. Later he was lead by the Lord to earn his master’s degree in counseling.  Prior to breaking into the mental health field, Dale worked at Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office and held the position of youth minister in various Nazarene and Assemblies of God churches in Texas and Oklahoma.  Dale has held the position of Associate Psychologist at various state facilities including maximum security setting.  In addition to private practice, he has worked with geriatrics, adolescence, mentally handicapped, aggressive psychiatric in-patients, acute and chronic psychiatric populations.  While working with the State of Texas, Dale served on The Abuse and Neglect Committee, Manifestly Dangerousness review Board, and developed and conducted training for direct care staff members. While serving as a consultant for CPS, Dale orchestrated parenting classes, group therapy and individual sessions for those who were referred.  As a volunteer, Dale offered support to tornado victims as a grief counselor for the Red Cross.  At a regional college, he was an adjunct instructor and taught Introduction to Psychology, Social Psychology, and Behavioral Management classes while serving on the Substance Abuse Counseling Advisory Committee. Unrelated achievements in the past reflect: Top Ten Competitor- Black Belt Karate Association, Divemaster/Assistant Instructor- PADI, and Expert- small-bore rifle.

Dale’s heart desire is to bring peace into others’ lives and help them reach the ultimate goals the Lord has placed before them!

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Christopher E Dockins, MABC, LPC-Intern

He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.  Philippians 1:6

Chris Dockins, MABC, LPC-Intern, received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Southern Methodist University and a Master of Arts degree in Biblical Counseling from Dallas Theological Seminary.

Chris has experience with helping individuals, couples, adolescents, and children through a number of different mental health related issues. He has a particular interest and heart for helping those that have a history of sexual abuse trauma. Chris is also serving the community in additional areas such as marital discord, parenting problems, and divorce recovery. On a general clinical level he can assist individuals, couples, adolescents, and children with things like depression, anxiety, addiction (alcohol, drugs, internet, etc.), adolescent issues, anger management, career/ministry, child abuse, communication, conflict resolution, domestic violence, family problems, grief/mourning, midlife crisis, missionary re-entry, pastor's families, phobias, physical abuse/domestic abuse, pre-marital, relationship issues, singleness issues/dating, spiritual issues, and suicide.

Chris worked at the Denton County Child Advocacy Center where he received his initial exposure to the overwhelming need for competent mental health professionals serving people with a history of sexual abuse trauma. There he helped families affected by sexual abuse regain composure due to their traumatic experiences. Through this experience Chris has learned how important it is to have faith in Christ because through Him we can endure great adversity (Phil. 4:13). "For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus" (Phil. 1:6). Through this biblical worldview, Chris understands that biblical counseling needs to be focused on the heart, because that is where God focuses (Psalm 51:17; 1 Samuel 16:7). It is easy to see that our actions are born out of our desires and beliefs, and scripture teaches that the source of our desires and beliefs is our heart (Luke 6:45; Romans 10:10).

Chris also believes that our faith in Christ cannot be separated from our experiences in the world because we are called to be Christ's missionaries (Matt. 28: 19-20). Sometimes we can get confused when these complexities of life overwhelm us. For this reason, Chris sees scriptural truth helping to guide people through the tough seasons of life and lead them to their true calling of glorifying God. Scripture has many continuous themes running through it. These themes present us with an illustration of who God is. One of these themes is that He is a Redeemer. He is in the business of redeeming that which is corrupted. Through Christ, God has given us the privilege of accompanying Him in His redeeming plan. For this reason our lives are not our own.