"LaVerne Hanes Collins PhD:  
Trailblazing a New Era in 
Culturally Sensitive Mental Health"  

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Dr. Collins provides telehealth counseling for adults 25 and older in Virginia, N. Carolina, S. Carolina, and Georgia.


HOW CAN COUNSELING HELP?

  • Find personal growth, even through your pain.
  • Experience emotions without being controlled by them.
  • Learn to trust yourself.
  • Feel safe emotionally and physically.
  • Learn to honor your needs.
  • Make choices that come from a place of knowing.
  • Hold boundaries as a form of self-compassion.
  • Find meaning and purpose.
  • Engage in healthy, loving relationships.
  • Process and grieve a loss.
  • Become more aware of how you experience life.
  • Learn new skills for navigating challenges in life.

Individually, interpersonally, and globally, we are living in the most challenging of times. The stress is high. The anxiety is overwhelming. The advice from your inner circle might seem inconsistent.


You might be grieving an unbearable loss. Your most important relationships might feel strained. You need a soft place to land...a place to talk...a place to process life...a place to sort through your emotions and thoughts and choices...and someone who understands how important your Christian faith is to you. We all need a little extra help and support now and then. There's no shame in that! Sometimes, you need to clear your head.


I am trained in Christian Counseling and Community Counseling, so my clients receive clinically sound, Christ-centered, and culturally responsive services. I am certified in grief work, trauma, addictions, and integrative health, and I work with individual adults and couples. All sessions are conducted online via a secure video platform.


At a time when you expected to be living your best life, the world turned upside down, and so many things changed. So let's talk about it and figure out some things. Call for an initial appointment and get ready for a new season in your heart, mind, and soul.



ACCEPTED INSURANCE PLANS
  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross/ Blue Shield of North Carolina
  • BCBS BlueCard Program
  • Cigna and Evernorth
  • Optum
  • UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH

FINANCES

  • Cost per Session:  $155 (effective  Jan. 1, 2023)
  • Sliding Scale: Yes. Income-based. Lowest rate: $95
  • Pay with Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, HSA or FSA
  • OR use Paypal, CashApp, or Zelle

CREDENTIALS:

NATIONAL BOARD FOR CERTIFIED COUNSELORS

  • National Certified Counselor  (#45422)
  • Board Certified Tele-Mental Health Counselor
  • Master Addictions Counselor

NORTH CAROLINA

  • Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, North Carolina (Lic# 13664)
  • North Carolina Qualified Supervisor License (QS #128782)

GEORGIA

  • Licensed Professional Counselor, Georgia (Lic# 006399)
  • Certified Profesional Counselor Supervisor (CPCS #315)


SOUTH CAROLINA

  • Licensed Professional Counselor


VIRGINIA

  • Licensed Professional Counselor

METHODS FOR THERAPEUTIC HEALING

  • Attachment-based Healing
  • Brainspotting
  • Christian Counseling
  • Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
  • Compassion Focused
  • Culturally Sensitive / Liberation Counseling
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Family / Marital Counseling
  • Gottman Method Couples Counseling 
  • Grief and Trauma Certified
  • Integrative Nutrition Health Coaching
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Multicultural
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Person-Centered
  • Strengths-Based