Center For Christian Counseling
About the Therapists and the Conduct of TherapyLicensing is important in order to provide the highest quality of Christian counseling. The therapists that work with the Center are Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Professional Counselors, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists. These professionals have completed a Masters Degree at an accredited college, have completed 4000 hours of training, and have passed a licensing exam in order to qualify for licensure. In addition, they engage in 20 hours of continuing education each year. In the spirit of equipping the saints for exercising their gifting, the Center for Christian Counseling may use counseling residents who are in training and under the supervision of a licensed therapist. In these cases, each practitioner will actively be pursuing licensure with the Commonwealth of Virginia. Therapists access a wide range of therapeutic interventions that are chosen not only for helpfulness to the client but also for their soundness from a Biblical perspective and their applicability based on well-conducted research. On a regular basis, therapists meet together to discuss relevant research and to review that research in regard to its consistency with Scripture. A key part of therapy is prayer for clients. Therapists meet regularly to pray for clients and for the Holy Spirit’s work in their lives to bring them to a place of healing. The therapists also pray for God’s guidance in their individual approaches to counseling so that their reliance is not on their own judgment, but on God’s wisdom. God’s glory is the heart’s focus of every prayer. Margie Satterfield |
Margie has experience working with grief, bereavement and terminal diagnoses, depression, anxiety, stress management, and interpersonal conflict. She also enjoys working with pre-marital couples and helping couples in conflict develop positive solutions to issues. She has experience in group counseling and currently conducts two groups: a Christian Women’s Addiction Group and a Grief Support Group. Margie works with individuals, families, and couples from adolescents to adults and the elderly. She also conducts workshops and seminars on conflict resolution and biblical peacemaking, spiritual gifting, stress management, dealing with bereavement, and other life issues.
In addition to her career as a counselor Margie has worked as a training and development professional. She has over 15 years of experience in various aspects of training, curriculum design, management, and human resources. She attended Virginia Tech and Virginia Commonwealth Universities for her undergraduate degree in Business Administration/Personnel and Labor Law, and now has over 12 years of independent consulting experience to her credit. She is a certified Myers-Briggs counselor and trainer, and has a strong background in conducting personal resource assessments.
Margie has belonged to the same church in Richmond for 25 years, serving as an ordained deacon, women’s ministry leader, and Bible teacher. She has worked on staff at Third Presbyterian Church, assisting the pastors with their counseling needs. Margie believes in the authority of Scripture, the work of the Holy Spirit in healing, and is committed to helping you mature in Christ through the process of counseling.
Robyn Mosley
BA, MA, LPC Resident in Counseling
Robyn has a strong background in multicultural counseling. Growing up in Georgia, her parents worked in refugee resettlement, which allowed Robyn to become sensitive to the special needs of refugees in this country. In addition, Robyn speaks Spanish, which helps facilitate her multicultural work. In Texas, she taught English as a second language and taught basic living skills.
Robyn counsels using systems theory and Adlerian approaches. Both highlight the fact that none of us exists in a vacuum and that we are influenced by our upbringing and binary interactions with those around us, who make up our community.
As a Christian, Robyn believes that Jesus is the source of all healing. She sees her job as a Christian counselor to be one of walking beside her clients as they seek understanding and wholeness. This is often a gradual process, and one the Holy Spirit sometimes allows to happen in stages.
In her free time, Robyn loves to travel. She also enjoys painting, singing, and can often be found curled up with a good book and a cup of mocha.
Kathryn Myers
BS, MS Art Therapy, LPC Resident in Counseling
Kathryn’s training also includes art therapy with families. She uses the process of creating art together to assess relational patterns in order to increase positive interactions within family systems. Kathryn has also worked with victims of trauma, including victims of domestic violence.
In addition to Art Therapy, she uses cognitive-behavioral techniques in counseling sessions to replace defeating thought processes with Biblical Principles to restore positive thought processes. Ultimately, she believes Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit are the source of healing.
In her spare time, Kathryn enjoys capturing life and telling stories through photography. She also enjoys walks and catching the sunset at a local park overlooking the city. She is in the process of creating an urban garden with friends in the community of Church Hill, and looks forward to tackling the project of growing organically come spring.