Helping to Create Change

 Krista is not able to accept new clients at this time.  

Krista is a North Carolina Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Supervisor. She received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from The Pennsylvania State University and later, earned a Master of Arts Degree in Community Counseling at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.

 Krista has been practicing in the field of mental health for over fourteen years.  Her specialties include: child & adolescent issues, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, anger management, adjustment issues, depression, gender identity, and anxiety.  Krista utilizes a variety of approaches to help her clients including: Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Play Therapy (among others).  She believes therapy should be a relaxed, collaborative, and supportive environment.  She works with ages 6 and above and provides individual therapy.  

Krista wears several hats at the agency.  She provides Clinical Guidance to clinicians and provides Clinical Supervision to provisionally licensed LCMHC clinicians.  Krista is also certified to facilitate the Safe and Sound Protocol.  To find out more about the SSP, please click here.  

Krista is  thrilled to be able to provide services in this wonderful community.   The Counseling Collective, has been a dream of Krista's for a very long time.  She has enjoyed watching the agency grow as the area continues to grow.  Krista continues to strive to bring professional and quality services to Wake County and surrounding areas.

When not at The Counseling Collective, PLLC, Krista is spending time her children, extended family and family pets.  She also enjoys spending time at the beach, traveling, completing crafting projects, and game nights with friends. 

Kateryna is currently accepting clients for both telehealth sessions.  She works with children, adolescents, adults and families. CONTACT US to schedule an appointment with Kateryna.  She is currently in network with: Aetna, BCBSNC (except UNC Health Alliance, Blue Local, Blue Home, and Blue Value); Cigna, MedCost, Tricare, and United/Optum/Surest/UMR.  She also accepts self-pay clients for the rate of $85.00 per session ($110 for intake assessments).

My name is Katya and my educational background is a MSW.  I am also a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), a Certified Trauma and Resilience Practitioner (CTRP), certified in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), certified in Biodynamic Breathwork Trauma Release System (BBTRS), and certified in  Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing  (EMDR).

If you’re feeling sad, anxious, depressed or lost, you have come to the right place. I would like to help you overcome negative feelings that trauma has caused in your life and become less reactive and more in control of your thoughts and feelings. This will ultimately lead you to your inner peace, calmness, joy and happiness. My goal is to help you achieve this by utilizing skills attained through education and practical application, so that I may encourage, enrich, and motivate you. 

Prior to getting my master’s degree, I worked with over a thousand tennis students of different ages, cultures, countries and social statuses. I am experienced in dealing with people; especially children and teenagers. I can greatly benefit your life with my strength, optimism, knowledge, education and leadership skills. I am trained to help people discover and build upon their own resources and strengths as well as the resources and strengths of their environment to meet the challenges of poverty, discrimination, health and mental health issues, and other difficult life situations.

I am originally from Ukraine and I came to the United States on a tennis scholarship. I received my Master of Social Work at University of North Carolina Wilmington, which is one of only 13 MSW programs in the U.S. that concentrates only on clinical social work. The school prepared me to make a difference in the world through direct practice with individuals, couples, families and communities. 

Some modalities I utilize in treatment include:

• Solution Focused and SolutionOriented Therapy 
• Structural Family Therapy
• Transgenerational Therapy
• Motivational Interviewing Therapy 
• Cognitive Behavior Therapy
• Social Construction therapy
• Narrative Therapy 
• Feedback Informed Treatment.  
• Interviewing PolyVagal Theory into modalities listed above 

The skills I have as Certified Trauma and Resilience Practitioners-Clinica includel: 

• Trauma-informed and resilience-focused mindset. 
• The effects of toxic stress and trauma, how to help process those experiences, and foster and nurture characteristics of resilience.
• The experience of trauma impacts a person’s body and brain, and how to use sensory-based interventions.  
• The effects of addiction on the individual and family and how to heal the trauma of addiction.  
• How to help individuals regulate their emotions to sustain recovery.  
• Though Mind Body Skills for Emotional Regulation,we understand behavior as a language for what is happening in the body. 
• We teach how to understand the power of mind/body awareness in supporting children and adolescents with self-regulating and creating strong internal and external resources.
• We utilize the Structured Sensory Interventions for Traumatized Children, Adolescents and Parents model and practice sensory-based interventions from a variety of SITCAP® model programs, including Healing the Experience of Trauma: A Path to Resilience.
• In addition, we can reduce the stigma of mental health, bridging the gaps between treatment and need and focusing on fostering and nurturing characteristics of resilience in children and adolescents.  

Lastly, I am certified to facilitate the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP).  To learn more about SSP, please click here.  To learn more about BBTRS and other areas in which I practice, please click here.

I look forward to working with you!

Isabella is currently accepting new client for in-office and telehealth appointments.  Isabella is in-network with the following insurances: BCBS (except UNC Health Alliance, Blue Home, Blue Value, and Blue Local plans), Cigna/Evernorth, Aetna, and MedCost.  She is also accepting clients for private pay sessions.  This rate is $85.00 per session ($110 for an intake assessment).  She works with ages 5-adult and provides family counseling.  CONTACT US to schedule an appointment with Isabella.

Isabella is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker Associate (LCSWA).  She works with Children, Adolescents, and Adults.  She obtained her Bachelor and Master of Social Work from East Carolina University. Isabella provides therapy in person and via telehealth. Isabella has clinical experience with adjustment issues, anxiety, behavioral problems, coping skills and depression. Isabella also has experience working in an inpatient psychiatric facility. Isabella implements modalities such as Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Person-Centered Therapy, Strengths Based Therapy, Play Therapy, and Art Therapy.  

Isabella has a passion for child development and seeing children thrive in their environment. Isabella uses play therapy to see children’s thoughts and emotions through behavior and movement. Isabella uses art therapy as a mode of expression and communication with children to better understand feelings, thoughts, and emotions. Isabella believes in working with the family, school, and community for positive differences to be shown in a child’s development.  Isabella’s office is a safe space for people of different race, culture, gender, sexuality, etc. Isabella provides an authentic experience to better understand her clients and who they are as individuals. Come as you are and know that you are accepted and valid with Isabella. 

Aquiel is currently no accepting new clients.

Aquiel is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) and a Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist (LCAS). Aquiel gained her Bachelor of Science in Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and her Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at East Carolina University. She has been in the field of mental health within various settings/job descriptions over the past few years with some placements being group homes for children with severe mental health concerns, psychosocial rehabilitation, and providing individual therapy. She provides individual therapy, groups, and hopefully soon marriage counseling.  Aquiel works with the adult population ages 18 and older and provides virtual sessions for The Counseling Collective, PLLC.

Aquiel has clinical experience with people with anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, grief and loss, suicidal ideation, addictions/substance use, ADHD, and mood disorders. Aquiel favors using techniques from Strength Based Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy. Aquiel provides a safe and unbiased space for exploring parts of a person’s life that may be causing distress. She fully believes that the cline has all the tools within themselves to heal but may need assistance in unlocking those skills through psychoeducation and exploring situations of healthy coping that may have been forgotten.

Zydet is currently accepting new clients for in office or virtual appointments.  Zydet  works with children and adolescents (ages birth to 12).  She accepts private pay clients and is also is in-network with Aetna, BCBS (except UNC Health Alliance,  Blue Home, Blue Value, and Blue Local plans), Cigna, Medcost, Tricare, United Health Care/Optum, and UMR.  CONTACT US to schedule an appointment with Zydet.

Zydet (she/her) is a licensed clinical social worker (C016062) and Registered Play Therapist™ (T6262) and outpatient psychotherapist. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Wilmington University, and her Master of Social Work degree from Fayetteville State University. 

Zydet is also a veteran of the United States Air Force with 7 years of military experience.

Zydet understands the importance of building rapport, trust, and comfortability with each client and family throughout the therapeutic process. She has experience working with children from the ages of birth to 12 years old struggling with adjustments, anxiety, ADHD, selective mutism, self-esteem, and emotion regulation. She also has experience working with parents/caregivers by providing parenting support through family and group work. Zydet has been trained in several play therapy modalities including child-centered play therapy (CCPT), child-parent relationship therapy (CPRT), FirstPlay, and Theraplay.

Zydet believes that children make sense of their world through play. As a therapist, she aims to help children express their feelings and cope with their experiences in a safe non-judgmental space. Zydet believes in working with parents/caregivers and their children in a collaborative therapeutic approach.

In her free time, Zydet enjoys reading, skating, being in nature, baking, trying new foods, and spending time with family.

Zydet looks forward to partnering with you to support you and your family!