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 is currently conducting groups for people dealing with Compulsive Overeating and Emotional Eating Disorder. 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 over 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.
Carolyn Higgins
BA, MA, NCC, LPC Resident in Counseling
Carolyn works from a Biblical perspective using psychoanalytic, cognitive behavioral, and solution focused modalities as she works with children, adolescents, and their families. Her counseling is holistic, treating the body, soul and spirit. She supports clients in their healing through the use of God’s Word and encouraging a more consistent walk with Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Carolyn is certified in Crisis Debriefing and her counseling is trauma focused. She works with children, youth and adults suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress, Depression, Grief and Loss, and Anxiety. Carolyn has a special heart for youth, as well as for the US Military, both active duty and veterans.
Aside from counseling, she is married and has three children. She has taught several Bible studies and participated in intercessory prayer groups. She enjoys equestrian activities and keeping up with current events.
Alec Kean
BA, MA, LPC Resident in Counseling
Alec has 12 years of experience working with children, adolescents, and families in many settings including education, coaching, spiritual development, and talk therapy. He has extensive experience working with a wide array of issues, including such areas as family relationships, divorce, navigating adolescence, addictions, emotional trauma, and couple’s counseling. Alec is certified in Prepare-Enrich and uses this valuable tool when working with couples and in pre-marital counseling.
In his counseling, Alec utilizes an integrative approach in which he draws from such theories as Adlerian, Relational, and Systems theory. Alec ascribes to the theory that real and lasting change occurs through addressing not just behaviors, but the deeper issues of the heart.
Alec believes that the redemption and forgiveness that is offered through Christ’s death and resurrection is what provides hope for each of us. He views his role to be that of someone who journeys alongside his client while God speaks into their lives.
In addition to counseling, Alec and his wife like to take walks, attend sporting events, and share their hospitality with others. In quieter moments, Alec likes to read and relax with friends.