CEO, Founder, & Lead Therapist
Charlece "Charlie" Bishop is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with a passion to help create change in you. She has worked with clients transitioning into corporate America, relational or marital issues, anxiety, depression, and issues with self-esteem. Charlie has a passion for eating disorders and aims to bring awareness to the Black community.
Charlie provides a safe space for you to be vulnerable while learning skills to create change. She believe that change comes in the form of desire and dedication met with thoughts and emotions. Charlie's clients often enter therapy for the first time confused, and unsure how to handle life. Charlie teaches how to manage and cope with chaos, process childhood memories, and work through uncomfortable emotions.
Charlie provides a safe space for you to be vulnerable while learning skills to create change. She believe that change comes in the form of desire and dedication met with thoughts and emotions. Charlie's clients often enter therapy for the first time confused, and unsure how to handle life. Charlie teaches how to manage and cope with chaos, process childhood memories, and work through uncomfortable emotions.
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My Education and Memberships:
University of Alabama - Master's of Human Development and Family Studies University of South Alabama - Bachelor's of Science (Psychology) Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated - Member American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy - Member Alabama Marriage and Family Therapy Network - Member Couples and Intimate Relationships Network - Member International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals - Member African-American Eating Disorders Professional Committee - |
SPECIALTIES
Clinical approaches:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Gottman Method, Solution-Focused Therapy |
Also experienced in:
Family conflicts, Parenting issues, Anger management, Depression, Coping with life changes, Body Image, Caregiver Issues and Stress, Codependency, Commitment Issues, Communication Problems, Control Issues, Divorce and Separation, Eating and Food-Related Issues, Family Problems, Guilt and Shame, Infidelity, Isolation/Loneliness, Life Purpose, Mood Disorders, Multicultural Concerns, Self-Love, Women's Issues, Workplace Issues, and Young Adult Issues
Family conflicts, Parenting issues, Anger management, Depression, Coping with life changes, Body Image, Caregiver Issues and Stress, Codependency, Commitment Issues, Communication Problems, Control Issues, Divorce and Separation, Eating and Food-Related Issues, Family Problems, Guilt and Shame, Infidelity, Isolation/Loneliness, Life Purpose, Mood Disorders, Multicultural Concerns, Self-Love, Women's Issues, Workplace Issues, and Young Adult Issues
Therapist
Drew Ri'Chard, LMFTA's therapeutic approach consists of working collaboratively with clients to reauthor, heal, and find resiliency in their journeys. Mistakes are signs of trying! As a therapist who holds multiple roles in life, she understand as a child, adolescent, couple, parent, or family unit trying to balance emotional wellbeing, relational conflict, parent-child struggles, or individual mental health concerns, life can hold its share of challenges.
Drew provides a safe space to explore thoughts and emotions without judgment but can be direct and challenge you as needed. To meet your unique needs, you can expect to engage in talk, art, and/or play therapy to allow expression in the most authentic way. She brings years of helping families connect, heal, and create understanding, though she believes you are the expert of your experiences. Drew incorporates trauma-informed and LGBTQIA affirmative care as she has a genuine passion for you and your family's ability to transition into new phases and face challenges with solutions that fit your unique needs.
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Education and Memberships
Northcentral University- Master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy specializing in children and adolescent family therapy Michigan State University -Bachelor’s of Arts in Psychology AAMFT member- Alabama Marriage and Family Therapy Network and MFTs working in Trauma Other Skills:
Anger Management, Adjustment Disorders, Ideation, Parenting/Coparenting, Couples/Marriage/Relationships, Polyamory & Alternative Relationship Structures, Sexual assault/abuse, Self-harm/suicidal , Divorce, Blended Family, Anxiety and Depression |
Specialties
Attachment Concerns Family Conflict Children( 4 years+) and Teens Parent/Caregiver Stress Relationship & Interpersonal Issues Complex Trauma Treatment Orientation/Clinical Approaches:
Narrative Therapy Emotion Focused Individual, Couples, and Family Therapy Art and Play in Therapy Solution Focused Therapy Cognitive Behavioral Family Therapy Trauma Focused Therapy Structural Therapy |
Intern Therapist
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Elizabeth graduated from Birmingham-Southern College with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. She worked for the American Diabetes Association for several years raising funds to improve the lives of those living with diabetes through advocacy, education and research. She then worked for over a decade as a children's minister at her church where she was passionate about walking alongside children and their families through life's challenges and joys. Her time in this role led her to explore a career in counseling. She is currently pursuing her Master's in Counseling at UAB with a concentration in marriage, couples and family. She plans to graduate in December 2023 and hopes to work with children and adolescents. She is excited to join the team at CR Counseling in her role as Intern.
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Billing Specialist
Lisa Cossentino-Miller is excited to join the team of CR Counseling. She began a career studying music and earning her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Music Performance. After performing and teaching privately for a few years, she moved on to admin work for a counseling office. From 2016 to present, she has worked as a Front Desk Admin as well as an Insurance Billing and Credentialing Specialist. She enjoys assisting Private Practice owners with their billing and administrative needs. When Lisa is not working, she spends time with her husband and 2 dogs.
Virtual Assistant
Desarea “Des” Waller is a native Birmingham woman who has over 5 years experience with finding natural remedies and tools for coping with anxiety while enduring life’s transitions. She began her studies at Art Institute of Atlanta, where she majored in fashion merchandising, but shortly after, life humbled her back home where she moved into an entirely new person, a mom, and there were so many stressors that came along with that.
While raising her son, Des lost sight of her passion and decided to find a career more suitable to provide stability for her family, so she picked back up her studies and pursued a degree in computer science at Virginia College in Birmingham, AL. She felt as if she had all the materialistic necessities she saw fit, but there was still something missing, so she started going to therapy, which has a negative stigma within her community, but this place provided so much comfort and gave her a vision to a clearer path; Des was no longer “surviving,” but she began to LIVE within her own rights and happiness.
It is said when you heal yourself, you heal seven generations ahead of you and seven generations back, and through healing herself, Des became a better person for her family. She is extremely grateful for the journey which she awoke from just existing, and is happy to be a part of the team.
While raising her son, Des lost sight of her passion and decided to find a career more suitable to provide stability for her family, so she picked back up her studies and pursued a degree in computer science at Virginia College in Birmingham, AL. She felt as if she had all the materialistic necessities she saw fit, but there was still something missing, so she started going to therapy, which has a negative stigma within her community, but this place provided so much comfort and gave her a vision to a clearer path; Des was no longer “surviving,” but she began to LIVE within her own rights and happiness.
It is said when you heal yourself, you heal seven generations ahead of you and seven generations back, and through healing herself, Des became a better person for her family. She is extremely grateful for the journey which she awoke from just existing, and is happy to be a part of the team.
Social Media Intern
Destyni Cravens is a first-generation college student and is a senior at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) double majoring in Psychology and Sociology. She is also obtaining her Master's in Public Health (MPH) with a concentration in Health Behavior at UAB. Destyni's experience living with her mother who had biploar disorder is what initially encouraged her to learn more about mental health through her coursework. Destyni serves as CR Counseling's Social Media Intern!
Destyni is involved in several student-led mental health promotion organizations on UAB's campus. She is the Communications Coordinating lead for the UAB Mental Health Ambassadors (MHA), an outreach chair for Active Minds at UAB, and serves on the UAB Student Counseling Services (SCS) Student Advisory Board. Destyni has recently started her own student organization at UAB called It's On Us at UAB, which is a peer-to-peer sexual assault prevention education model that empowers students to teach one another at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
In addition to her involvement with these organizations, she conducts research at UAB's Child Development Lab and serves as a teaching assistant for both undergraduate and graduate courses at UAB. Her research interests include topics such as parentification, role reversal, family roles, and art therapy. Destyni aims to graduate in the Spring of 2022 from UAB and then obtain her PhD in Child Clinical Psychology in hopes of becoming a Certified Clinical Child Psychologist.
Destyni is involved in several student-led mental health promotion organizations on UAB's campus. She is the Communications Coordinating lead for the UAB Mental Health Ambassadors (MHA), an outreach chair for Active Minds at UAB, and serves on the UAB Student Counseling Services (SCS) Student Advisory Board. Destyni has recently started her own student organization at UAB called It's On Us at UAB, which is a peer-to-peer sexual assault prevention education model that empowers students to teach one another at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
In addition to her involvement with these organizations, she conducts research at UAB's Child Development Lab and serves as a teaching assistant for both undergraduate and graduate courses at UAB. Her research interests include topics such as parentification, role reversal, family roles, and art therapy. Destyni aims to graduate in the Spring of 2022 from UAB and then obtain her PhD in Child Clinical Psychology in hopes of becoming a Certified Clinical Child Psychologist.
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