Born in Nigeria, Chioma moved to Dallas at 3 years old. After graduating from Southern Arkansas University, she continued her education at Kingston University in London. Chioma has a passion for working with children and adults who have experienced trauma in their lives. She specializes in children’s therapy, trauma therapy, stress management, as well as overcoming anxiety and depression, and has a faith-based approach.

She believes that therapy is a journey of self-awareness, understanding and that a therapist is there to come alongside clients in their healing process. Chioma values an authentic relationship with her clients and strives to create a safe, unbiased space in every session. She delights in partnering with clients and watching them achieve their goals!

In her spare time, Chioma loves hanging out with friends, shopping, and taking spontaneous trips! If you’d like to know more about Chioma, or any of the counselors on our amazing team, you can contact us here or give us a call at 469-575-0222. We look forward to hearing from you!

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Born and raised in Michigan, LaToya came to Dallas in 2010, after graduating from Hampton University, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. During her time at Hampton, LaToya was involved in various campus activities, that included being a Peer Counselor, Student Conductor, and an administrator in various on campus organizations.

Throughout her career, LaToya has had experience as a Special Needs Advocate and Educator, where she has provided behavior support, tools and resources to families, schools, churches and local businesses within the community that are looking to provide an inclusive environment for their home and establishment.

With over 15 years of experience, LaToya has collaborated with parents, teachers, therapists, and licensed school and professional counselors to ensure that children who are at-risk, have an intellectual disability, or have personal challenges and are receiving support, from everyday living skills in the home to strategies in managing behaviors in school and in public. Whether it’s counseling, mentoring, tutoring, or simply reading to a class, LaToya wants to inspire children to find hope in what can seem like impossible situations, believe in themselves, and help them find their voice.

While working with children, LaToya has also worked with the adults in that child’s life. This includes parenting strategies, dealing with trauma, grief, and loss. LaToya has a strong desire to see families emotionally healthy, balanced, and whole, by working with them to manage personal behaviors, create safe and positive environments, and learning to work interdependently.

LaToya recently recieved her Master of Arts in Mental Health Clinical Counseling from Liberty University. In her free time, LaToya enjoys music, writing, theater, arts and crafts, and spending time with her friends and family.

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Meet Dawn

Dawn works with adults, couples, teens and families from diverse backgrounds that are dealing with life’s challenges. She is passionate about helping clients who are working through trauma and neglect. She understands that survivors of emotional, physical, and childhood abuse carry wounds that others cannot see. Stress management, anxiety, depression, couple’s conflict, relationships, family issues, and trauma are also her specialties. Dawn provides a supportive, open, and judgement-free zone where clients can be authentic and express themselves, so they connect, heal, and grow.

Dawn has a strengths-based counseling approach that includes attachment-based, cognitive behavioral, solution-focused, and trauma-informed practices. She will help you gain a deeper awareness into the patterns of your life that may be keeping you stuck. She uses these techniques to identify skills, build upon your strengths, and reduce negative symptoms. She empowers clients to accomplish their goals, while utilizing their strengths for change.

Dawn is a member of the BIPOC community and strives to make mental health services available to people of color.

Dawn was raised in Tulsa, OK and moved to Dallas in 2001 after graduating from Oklahoma University where she earned a Master of Human Relations. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Langton University. Dawn received a Master’s of Education in Counseling and Development from Lamar University and is pursuing counseling as a second career. Dawn has 25+ years of experience in government and non-profit sectors with expertise in diversity, equity, and inclusion, human resources, mediation, training, and coaching.

Fun Facts

Dawn enjoys spending time with family and friends, dancing, exercising, and reading. She volunteers as an advocate for abuse survivors and as a facilitator with an organization whose mission is to improve cross-cultural/racial communication and race relations.

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Meet Elizabeth

Pregnancy can be a life-altering experience that can feel heartbreaking when things don’t go as planned or you’re experiencing postpartum depression. Your inner critic may be telling you that you are broken for having postpartum depression or for not “moving on” like other people in your life after losing a pregnancy. Elizabeth helps women who are struggling with pregnancy or adjusting to life postpartum. In therapy, she helps clients learn skills to handle these challenges and walks with them through this journey as their identity changes in motherhood.

Elizabeth grew up in Texas and got her bachelor’s degree at the University of North Texas at Arlington. After that, she moved to Florida and got her master’s in Mental Health Counseling at Nova Southeastern University. Elizabeth found her passion for mental health during a period when she needed to seek help herself. After seeing a therapist that helped everything make sense, she knew she wanted to be that person for someone else.

Fun Facts

In her free time, Elizabeth enjoys going to concerts, reading, and trying new restaurants with friends. Elizabeth feels that immersing herself in art and creativity helps her recharge and look at life from different angles.

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Meet Valerie

Sometimes, life is hard, and it just doesn’t seem to get easier. Valerie Dunn works with clients to relieve some of the things that make life so tough.She specializes in working with children ages eight and older, adolescents, and young adults to alleviate problems stemming from disordered eating and eating disorders, OCD, agoraphobia, life transitions, grief and loss, depression, anxiety, and trauma.

Valerie believes everyone deserves a safe, supportive, and nonjudgmental space to discuss their lives, both the wins and the letdowns. During sessions, you can expect an attentive ear, thoughtful questions, evidence-based treatment, and empowerment (plus a few laughs!). She will hone in on your goals and what inhibits your achievement of them, brainstorm actions you can take, and identify thoughts to challenge—both in your past and present—in order to create the future you want.

One of Valerie’s core beliefs is best expressed by the saying, “We cannot shame ourselves into change, only love ourselves into evolution.” Valerie is here to meet you where you are, show you where you can go, and be by your side every step of the way.

Valerie received her Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling from Tarleton State University and her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of North Texas. She specializes in post-modern theoretic interventions such as Narrative and Solution-Focused therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and is a National Certified Counselor (NCC).

Fun Facts

When not working with clients, you can find her cooking with her husband, playing with her two cats, or reading in bed. If she’s not at home, she is visiting new countries and states with her best friends or heading to the gym.

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Meet Erin

Erin Gdovin is a passionate and compassionate marriage, family, and individual counselor dedicated to the development, healing, and empowerment of her clients. Specializing in relationships, life changes, stress, depression, and anxiety, Erin utilizes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients manage stress, challenge negative thoughts and behaviors, and bring about positive change in their lives. She has completed training in the Gottman Method and uses these tools to help couples heal and strengthen their relationships and marriages. Erin also has extensive experience in parent-child conflict resolution and family systems counseling.

In addition to her work with couples and families, Erin is particularly committed to supporting women who find themselves in unhealthy relationships. She provides a safe, nonjudgmental space where clients can explore their feelings, identify patterns, and work towards positive change. Through a blend of CBT, mindfulness techniques, and trauma-informed care, Erin helps women break free from the cycle of negativity, establish healthy boundaries, and develop a strong sense of self-worth.

Erin believes true healing involves the whole person and encourages clients to incorporate their mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual values into therapy. She strives to create a safe, nonjudgmental environment for growth and healing, and she works to see each client as an individual. A lifelong passion for helping others led Erin to pursue a career in counseling. She holds a Master of Arts in Marriage, Couple, and Family Counseling from Regent University and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Oral Roberts University.

Fun Facts

Erin enjoys hanging out with friends, volunteering at church, playing pickleball, reading and spending time with her goldendoodle, Finley!

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Kaylie believes that everyone brings something special to the table and helps clients explore and maintain self-confidence. She works with people of all ages suffering from depression, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma, sex issues, substance abuse, and behavioral issues. She works hard to get to know her clients really well so that they can then build a collaborative plan for getting better. Kaylie is compassionate and empathic - when you meet her, you’ll feel like you just met an old friend.

Kaylie was born in Bitburg, Germany (whoa!), and raised in Mesquite, TX. She attended Southern Methodist University for undergrad and got her master’s at Walden University.

In her free time, she enjoys traveling with her fiancé and spending time with her nephews. When she is not working, you can find her at the gym, meeting up with friends, or checking out a new restaurant.

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Dylan was born in 1991 and raised in Cedar Hill, Texas. Through his experience of being a camp counselor and youth minister, he heard a calling to get into counseling. Already having a solid foundation of working with children and families, he figured he could apply those skills apply them to working with different populations of people. He has a heart for helping others and wants to help make a change and difference in their lives. He wants to help people feel like they do have power over their problems and that they have the tools to make changes in their lives to live successful lives. He prides himself on listening to each client that he works with and he wants to make each client feel heard and valued. He tries his best to be as encouraging as possible towards his clients and help them achieve their goals.

Dylan attended Howard Payne University, where he graduated in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts. He went on to receive his first master’s degree in Family Ministry from Hardin Simmons University in 2018. He finished his second master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Hardin Simmons University in August 2023. He currently works as Treatment Foster Care Case Coordinator at a foster care agency where he works with foster children and foster parents. The children that he works with have major behaviors and have been in the foster care system for a while and need nurturing homes to help them get to less restrictive settings. Dylan wants to use his skills to help people make changes in their lives. He is open to helping clients of all populations and backgrounds.

In Dylan’s free time, he enjoys spending time with his beautiful wife and their 5-year-old daughter. They enjoy family dinners and going to movies and playing games together. Dylan is a huge sports fan, especially the Cowboys and Rangers. He is a diehard fan of these teams. So, you know he will stick with his clients through the good times and the not-so-good times. He has played guitar since he was 16. Dylan is also a big fan of video games.

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Meet Daniele

Born into a military family, Daniele frequently moved throughout her childhood. Through this experience, she grew a passion for art-making, providing her with a sense of stability amidst some of the uncertainty of military life. Art became a safe space where she could process her emotions and communicate her thoughts and feelings when words fell short.

Daniele is a self-taught artist with a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Texas at Arlington. She is now pursuing a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with a specialization in Art Therapy from Antioch University Seattle to cultivate skills to help create a safe and nurturing space for clients to explore their thoughts, feelings, and inner-self through creative expression. She believes in the power of nonverbal communication the creative process makes space for. For children and adolescents, the creative process can help them learn about their emotions and how to communicate feelings they may not have the words for. With a client-centered approach, Daniele hopes to co-create sessions tailored to the client’s unique needs and preferences.

Fun Facts

In her free time, Daniele enjoys creating a culture of care with her family and friends while continuing her passion for creating art.

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Meet Roger

Roger believes that everyone’s journey is a tapestry of unique experiences and that we all need support from time to time to sort out life’s challenges. He is dedicated to helping individuals navigate complex problems such as anxiety, depression, stress management, professional burnout, and LGBTQ+ specific concerns. He also offers comprehensive couples counseling for premarital, marital, or open relationship guidance. With a compassionate approach, he ensures each client feels truly heard and supported throughout their journey, providing a safe and understanding space for all. He focuses on authentic and empathetic listening to unpack and address the root causes of issues that weigh us down.

A Lifetime of Local Service

Roger, a native Texan, grew up in Dallas and has supported a wide range of people throughout his professional and personal life. Starting in his teaching days in DeSoto and Arlington, he’s also been a school principal, an HR director in one of the major urban school districts in Texas, and a consultant to school districts from Texas to the West Coast.

After transitioning to a career in mental health, Roger now serves as a crisis counselor supervisor at one of the largest non-profit crisis support centers in the United States and has also contributed his expertise as a peer crisis counselor at Crisis Text Line and RAINN. His commitment to providing compassionate support during critical times stems from the belief that good mental health is a right for all.

Educational Journey

Roger completed his undergraduate studies at Dallas Baptist University and earned three Master’s degrees—two from Dallas Baptist and one from Liberty University, focusing on human services counseling, particularly crisis response and trauma. Additionally, he pursued post-Master’s studies at Dallas Baptist and Concordia Universities, continually enhancing his expertise and skills.

Support at Every Step

Roger sees counseling as a chance to connect with and support people during their toughest moments. He feels privileged to walk alongside his clients as they navigate personal struggles. Therapy often begins when things seem hardest, so Roger truly appreciates the strength it takes to reach out. He recognizes that every client’s experience is unique and is committed to creating a welcoming environment to help them through each step. Whether providing a listening ear or offering practical strategies, Roger is dedicated to making a positive impact on their lives.

Fun Facts

When he’s not working with clients, Roger loves baseball and has been a die-hard Boston Red Sox fan since 1986. He enjoys following their highs and patiently waits through the lows, always hoping for next year. Roger is also an avid reader who can’t get enough of nonfiction, especially biographies and history books. At home, he’s a devoted husband and step-dad. Roger loves to travel, with the beach being his favorite spot—though he prefers it during the cooler months!

Next Steps

A person once said to Roger, “I’m like a yo-yo; I’ve been here too long, and anything I do just keeps me in the same place.” Does that sound familiar? Whether it’s pursuing a healthier self, a more satisfying relationship, career satisfaction, or something else entirely, wouldn’t it be amazing to not have to take that next step alone? Connect with Roger today!

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Meet Cynthia

Cynthia loves working with children, tweens, and teens by creating a fun and creative space to express their unique individual identities. Cynthia strives to create a warm, welcoming, and non-judgmental environment for the clients she serves in order to promote a safe space for healing. She hopes to establish a collaborative relationship not only with her child and adolescent clients, but also with their parents to create a loving, positive, and healthy family system in the household. She works from a positive, collaborative, strengths-based therapeutic approach to help clients acknowledge various unique contexts that impact their lives, connect with their strengths, and learn new ways to live in wholeness. Cynthia strives to help her clients increase their self-esteem and helping them overcome obstacles and identify strengths and goals to become resilient in future challenges.

Born and raised in the good ol’ state of Texas, Cynthia earned her Master’s degree in clinical mental health at the University of North Texas at Dallas. While teaching pre-kindergarten, she realized that all children have unique and independent strengths that make them incredibly special. Cynthia loves to help others realize their own potentials and increase their outlook on life. She also loves observing and trying to understand behavior, that is when she realized that counseling would be a rewarding career that would fuse both interests into one.

Fun Facts

In her free time, Cynthia loves to go thrift shopping, trying new foods, working out, and taking lots of naps! She enjoys game/movie nights with her friends. Also, Cynthia is very family-based, so she is happiest when she is spending time with her family-whether they are home watching movies or enjoying a nice conversation over a home-cooked meal. Cynthia also loves to travel to new places and you’ll usually catch her cheering on her favorite football team on Sunday!

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John enjoys being a change agent for people from all walks of life. Those who are dealing with life transitions, trauma, diagnoses, marital/couple issues, or individual/familial trauma.

John’s therapy approach includes using innovative strategies to help his clients develop healthy ways to cope, interventions (relational and familial), build communication between couples, and positively reshape their outlook on life’s difficulties and problems.

John welcomes working with individuals, couples, families, and adolescents. As a therapist, his key focuses are within the areas of marriage, family counseling, premarital, Christian counseling, addiction, anxiety, depression, daily stressors, PTSD, anger management, intimacy issues, and men’s issues.

John has a passion for building up the total person through examining past experiences, current challenges, lifestyle, and plans for a bright future. Through his own life experiences, John witnessed firsthand the negative impact that trauma, relational and familial breakdowns can have on an individual. He used these experiences and early setbacks to grow into one who believes that through faith and the will to overcome we can all become better! This fueled a passion in him to work to help couples and families overcome these same challenges and to help them move towards their idea of true life satisfaction!

John is a minister/Sunday school teacher who is born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He completed his master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy at Abilene Christian University. John is a former college athlete who still enjoys working out, being a positive influence in the community, and spending time/traveling with his family.

If you’d like to know more about John, or any of the counselors on our amazing team, you can contact us here or give us a call at 469-575-0222. We look forward to hearing from you!

“For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light.” Psalm 36:9

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Pallavi originally moved to the United States from Nepal at the age of four. During her first few years in the United States, living in rural areas, she witnessed the hardships that families had to endure in order to adjust to the culture in a new country and be able to provide for their families. Throughout her childhood and her adolescence, she has been able to experience the different lifestyles of many communities; from rural areas of Chicago, Illinois, to the suburban areas of Omaha, Nebraska, and then to the diversified communities of the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Moving from city to city as she grew older, allowed her to understand the different problems that are present in all different communities in all different age groups.

As a counselor, Pallavi has been working with individuals struggling with depression, anxiety, substance abuse, relationship conflicts and roadblocks, adults facing life changes, South Asian cultural stressors and trauma, as well as childhood and complex trauma, and stress. Pallavi is also currently an EMDR trained therapist who has experience working with trauma as well as unresolved emotional experiences. She uses solution-focused approaches, as well as cognitive approaches, to guide individuals to a better understanding of their own patterns of thinking.

Pallavi received her Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from St. Mary’s University, in San Antonio, Texas, in 2016, and decided to move back to Dallas to further her career. Pallavi believes that it is important to work on educating members of the diversified communities of Dallas on the importance of taking care of their mind as well as their bodies. Pallavi works with guiding individuals to learn how to manage their daily life struggles, depression, stress, anxiety, loss, and adjustment. Pallavi feels that she also had to do a lot of self-exploration to find her place as a South Asian American and what that means to her; she wants to be able to share and use her experience to help others as well.

When she is not counseling, Pallavi loves to be doing anything from baking, binge-watching Friends on Netflix, finding hole-in-the-wall coffee shops, spending time with her family and dog, to traveling the world. She loves learning about new cultures and getting to experience the beautiful sights that we have all over the world. The older she gets the more countries/cities she wants to visit.

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Meet Tanya

Introducing Tanya Spakowski-Lane, your compassionate guide to healing and growth! With experience raising 4 adopted children and 2 grandchildren, and more than two decades of dedicated service in foster and adoptive care and working with children and adolescents who have experienced trauma as well as with families navigating the complexities of raising children from challenging backgrounds, Tanya brings a wealth of expertise to every session. She sees children ages 8 and up, teens, adults, couples, and families, especially those experiencing addictive behaviors, chronic pain, depression, grief, sexual issues, trauma and PTSD.

With a warm heart and an open mind, Tanya welcomes clients of all ages and backgrounds. She is dedicated to fostering resilience and promoting positive change. Her holistic approach to therapy is rooted in empowerment and education. Through Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI), crisis intervention, and trauma-informed care, she equips families with the tools they need to thrive. She firmly believes that attachment and family support are the cornerstones of meaningful relationships.

Tanya earned her Master’s in Mental Health Counseling from Tarleton State University, where she also completed her BS in Criminal Justice. She is excellent at encouraging healthy behaviors and mindfulness through her work as an experienced Zumba and yoga instructor!

Are you ready to embark on a journey of healing and transformation? Tanya is here to walk alongside you every step of the way.

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Maegan works hard to create a safe, empathic, authentic, and open environment for her clients. She believes she can best help clients by listening to their story and being a fellow traveler in their lives. Maegan earned her Master of Science in Counseling from Southern Methodist University. She has also completed training in Level 1 Training in Gottman Method Couples Therapy. She has found a passion for working with a great array of individuals but particularly enjoys working with families, couples, the LGBTQ+ community, and sex therapy. However, she finds the best work she does is simply when she and a client can really connect. She believes that her clients are the experts on their lives and by remaining present, they can grow and change together.

Maegan has spent most of her life in the DFW area. She is the oldest of five and feels this has shaped her in many ways. Growing up a dancer, Maegan has seen many difficult situations in the dance studio that developed her desire to help people, especially those families.

When Maegan is not at Lifeologie, you can find her playing with her little one, spending time with her puppies, and consuming a lot of coffee. She also loves spending any free time with her husband and family.

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