HI! I'M KRIS

Hi there! I'm so happy you're here! My name is  Kris and I am a Licensed Psychotherapist and the founder of Village Wellness Center. I started my first practice, MOTHER WARRIOR COUNSELING, to help moms recover from perinatal mood disorder and women work through life’s challenges. Through my work with these amazing people and listening to their struggles, I heard time and time again that they were feeling "disconnected" and "alone" in life and in their experience of motherhood; without  a sense of self, an identifiable path, a sense of community, or a "village" to lean on. These shared struggles really resonated with me and I found myself motivated to examine the powers of care and connection in healing not only on an individual level, but also as something so important in the healing of what I think of as the "whole of us"...the parts of who we are that are shaped by those around us~ family, friends, & community. Through this exploration, Mother Warrior Counseling grew to become Village Wellness Center, a place to heal our whole selves through the integration of healing those around us.

Like you, I am many things in life. I'm a woman, a professional, a business owner, an advocate, a mother, a wife, a sister, a daughter, a friend, and a community member. I am quiet and I am loud; I have weaknesses and I have strengths; I've experienced great joys and great losses; and I've traveled down many different roads~some mapped out and some detours.  I've been a victim and I've been a fighter. I've been doubted, talked over, marginalized, dismissed, and sexualized and I've been right, loud, forceful, and powerful.  I am perfectly flawed. I am not one thing or the other ... I am everything combined..AND SO ARE YOU!

Through my 25+ years working in mental health care, I've learned so much about who we are as people. What drives us and what limits us. What hurts us and what heals us. What shapes us and what can re-shape us. These are lessons learned beyond the classroom. They are lessons learned through observation, engagement, curiosity, and conversation. The wonderful people I've met along the way have inspired so many parts of my work, and I continue to be inspired by all those that sit with me, trust me to hold them in their hardest of times, and see their value when they cannot see it for themselves.

I am honored every day to be able to be this person for my clients, and I would be honored to be that person for you! 

If you would like to talk, I would love to listen. Reach out today and let's get you back to feeling like yourself again. You CAN do it! 

~Kris