Emily Moïse-Fontenot, LPC-S

President

Emily Moïse-Fontenot is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Supervisor. Emily was employed at Southeastern Louisiana University as a therapist and Assistant Director of the University Counseling Center for 9 years. She is currently the owner of Rewired, an agency specializing in trauma treatment and Brainspotting in Hammond, Louisiana. Emily has over a decade of supervision, consultation, and trauma-informed experience.

​Emily began her training in Brainspotting in 2016. She has completed Phases 1-4 multiple times, an intensive, parts, and Limbic Countertransference trainings. She is a certified Brainspotting Practitioner and Consultant. 

​Emily works from an integrative, brain-body approach. She has received extensive training in TF-CBT therapy, Trauma-Informed Mindfulness, DBT, EMDR, and art therapies. She enjoys working with complex trauma, personality adaptations, emotional dysregulation and dissociation from Psychodynamic and parts perspective. 

Emily is passionate about educating other therapists. She frequently guest lectures in graduate level classes, for local organizations, and the Louisiana Counseling Association state conference. She believes training other therapists in brain-body modalities and attunement is the most impactful way to bring healing to her community.

To contact Emily, visit rewiredcounseling.com 

Heidi Birkner, MA, LCMHCS, LCAS

   Vice President

Heidi is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Supervisor and Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist in North Carolina. Heidi is also a National Certified Counselor, Master Addictions Counselor, and Certified Brainspotting Practitioner & Consultant. Heidi owns a private practice in Greensboro, North Carolina where she provides psychotherapy, clinical supervision, and consultation services. She earned a Master of Arts in Community Counseling from Appalachian State University in 1998 and has over twenty-five years of experience in clinical practice.

Heidi is passionate about helping others overcome obstacles to gain self-awareness in order to thrive and engage fully in their lives. In addition to supervising the professional development of clinicians, she specializes in working with adults in navigating challenges with mood disorders, trauma, life transitions, stress management, relationship issues, and addictions. 

Heidi is also a professional oboist and English horn player who enjoys helping performers reach optimal levels in their craft through performance expansion. Heidi has completed Brainspotting Phases 1, 2, 3, 4, Masterclass, Intensives, Brainspotting & Addictions, Digging Roots 1.0, Brainspotting & Parts, Harmonic Brain Healing and is a Certified Brainspotting Consultant. She is committed to continued learning and uses Brainspotting regularly in her practice. She is particularly drawn to the client centered approach and the deep level of healing she sees in the process. Heidi is committed to educating clinicians on this powerful brain-body based technique and helping to increase access to Brainspotting for clients.

To contact Heidi, visit heidibirkner.com

Cheryl Goldberg MA, LCHMCS, LCAS

Treasurer

Cheryl is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor Supervisor and a Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist in North-Carolina. She has a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Union Institute & University’s Vermont College program in Brattleboro, VT. After ten years in community mental health she transitioned to a private group practice at the Mood Treatment Center and is now their Associate Director of Therapy Services. Mood Treatment Center has offices in Winston-Salem, Clemmons, Greensboro, and Boone, NC and now has Brainspotting therapists in each location. Cheryl also serves on the board of Sid’s House, a mental health association in Stokes County, NC, founded after the devastating loss of Sid Lee who died by suicide in 2017. She provides clinical supervision to Associate-level therapists and graduate interns both as a part of her role at Mood Treatment Center and outside the practice. She is a certified Brainspotting therapist and consultant and specializes in treating trauma and anxiety related disorders in children, adolescents, and adults.

Judith Reedy

    Secretary

Judith Williams Reedy is a Licensed Professional Counselor. Judith is licensed in both Louisiana and Texas. She has worked in inpatient, IOP and private practice settings specializing in trauma, addictions and high conflict divorce. She currently works in private practice at Rewired Counseling and Brainspotting, LLC, an agency specializing in trauma treatment and Brainspotting in Hammond, Louisiana. Judith began her training in Brainspotting in 2019. She has completed Phases 1-4 and The Crocodile Setup. Judith enjoys working with complex trauma, personality adaptations, emotional dysregulation and dissociation from parts perspective. 

To contact Judith, visit rewiredcounseling.com 

Alexis Overstreet

Board Member

Alexis Overstreet, MSW, LCSW, LCAS is the proprietor of Metaspace Counseling, PLLC, a state Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist, Certified Brainspotting Practitioner and Consultant, and Internal Family Systems practitioner.  Her practice and passion is teaching about the healing of trauma from a “bottom up” brain approach, interpersonal neurobiology, and working with brain-body practices to facilitate healing.  She currently works with two distinct populations: women of color who struggle with cultural and transitional traumas, and older adults who are struggling to find purpose in retirement.  She has worked with individuals, families, and groups in community mental health, outpatient clinics, inpatient hospitalization, and case management in the Winston-Salem area.  In addition, she is a practitioner of mindfulness and meditation, hosts half-day silent retreats (pre-pandemic), and has recently introduced a virtual experiential space to teach and encourage self-regulation skills to therapists and helpers.

To contact Alexis, visit metaspacecounseling.com

Rev. Christie Bates

Rev. Christie Bates is a Licensed Professional Counselor with deep roots in the Southeast US. Raised in Alabama, she serves counseling clients in Tennessee, Mississippi and Florida. She has provided 1-1, couples, family and group therapy for impaired professionals, emergency responders, people with substance & process addictions, disordered eating, religious trauma, post-trauma adaptations, and families of people in residential care. She serves adults of all genders, orientations, races, religions, and sizes.

Christie began Brainspotting as Contemplative Therapist in an experiential trauma treatment center outside of Nashville in the same month she participated in Dr. Grand's Sounds True online training in May 2013. She has since attended provided over 10,000 hours of Brainspotting to people in residential, outpatient, virtual and retreat settings. As an ordained Contemplative Minister, Christie uses Brainspotting to support those seeking mindfulness-based spiritual direction.

Christie is dedicated to justice and appearance-neutral care. She is a member of the Association for Size Diversity And Health and provides continuing education for providers who seek to offer ethical, inclusive and informed care to people of all sizes. In the Brainspotting community, she offers that support through Body Justice Brainspotting, a peer practice group.

To contact Christie or access her resources, visit linktr.ee/thebeautifulhumanschool

Kimberly Parker is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and PhD. Candidate in Psychology. She has gained over ten years of experience through education, volunteering, clinical internships, and work experience. Kimberly has worked in the following settings such as Mediation, Geriatrics, Adults with Intellectual Disabilities, Domestic Violence and Chronic Disease. Kimberly is trained in trauma-based therapy (EMDR & Brainspotting). Kimberly provides an integrated approach with her clients, providing techniques to heal the mind, body, and soul. Kimberly helps clients heal somatically, re-creating new neuro-networks in the brain to assist in the healing process. Kimberly’s approach is detailed along with teaching client's on how to heal from within. I specialize in trauma and the manifestation can be anxiety, nightmares, insomnia, depression, feeling detached from your body; so, we work together to form a blueprint in order to resolve your symptoms.

Kimberly is the owner of Healthy Mind Counseling & Nutrition. She has completed Phase 1-2 in Brainspotting. She has guest lectured discussing how trauma affects the body along with treatment that help clients in the healing process. She loves collaborating with her clients and watching them transfer to healthy individuals. She is also a clinical supervisor for the state of North Carolina & Virginia. Kimberly works with interns to gain their clinical experience.  Her goal is to make people aware in rural and inner-city areas the benefits of Brainspotting Therapy.  To contact her: www.healthymindcounselingandnutrition.com