Meet the Founder

“Effective therapy is about a few things: experience, expertise, a clear diagnosis, concise goals, and the knowledge and the tools to effectively navigate difficult life issues. It’s also about a possessing a genuine concern for the patient and their pain.” Vonda Warren-Lilly strives to bring an effective blend of experience, expertise, clarity, concern and action to the therapy process in order to maximize outcomes and provide genuine healing and wholeness to individuals, marriages and families. Vonda holds a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Communications with an emphasis in Public Relations, a minor in Psychology, a Master of Arts (MA) degree in Community and Mental Health Counseling, is a board certified Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Substance Abuse Treatment Professional (LSATP), Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP), and an Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS).

Vonda has 22+ years of experience in providing counseling in a variety of settings, including individual birth homes, foster care homes, juvenile detention centers, and an outpatient clinic setting. She has served as Program Manager for community-based agencies and serves as the clinical manager of a Community Services Board where outpatient, case management and psychiatry services are provided. She oversees the State Opioid Response program and assists in providing oversight of the Rural Community Opioid Response Program, multi-year initiatives that addresses barriers to treatment for substance use disorder (SUD), including opioid use disorder (OUD).

While personally navigating through “life,” Vonda has discovered that the only difference between individuals is “how” they choose to handle “what” they deal with. This allows her to understand that none is exempt from needing help from time to time, which not only makes her excited, but eager to assist others in discovering the underlying issues that explain the presenting concerns that has led them to get help. Vonda specializes in areas of depression, anxiety, couples therapy and counseling for women who have self-image and identity issues. Additionally, Vonda specializes in working with adolescents that are “trying to figure it out,” as they enter adulthood.

Vonda understands that there are certain elements necessary in the counseling process required in order to maintain a space of positivity, growth, and healing. She also understands that it is essential that she provides a judgment-free space that is challenging but consoling, and a process that is educative as well as retrospective.

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My Career Journey

Ok, so never in a million years would anyone have told me that I would be helping others by way of mental health. I left high school thinking that in a few years to come I would be ultimately holding a Master’s of Science degree as an obstetric & gynecology nurse practitioner. However, my college journey took a detour and led me down the path of communications and human services with an emphasis in public relations and psychology. I dibbled and dabbled in public relations by way of a few internships, but finally landed a solid position in the human service field, working with children and families in therapeutic foster homes. I later began counseling adolescents in the juvenile detention setting and there realized that I wanted to solidify my career in mental health, as a lot of the youngsters that I worked with had mental health diagnoses that were majorly contributing to the criminal acts that they were incarcerated for.

So, I returned to school, obtained my Master’s Degree in counseling, all while continuing to counsel children, adolescents and adults. I also simultaneously supervised, educated, trained and coached other mental health professionals along the way. While doing so, I discovered that killing the root cause of any concern would seize behaviors that cause stress and diagnoses like that of anxiety and depression. This discovery concluded in me becoming a licensed professional counselor. As a licensed psychotherapist, I can lock arms with those that need help “figuring it out,” and together we’re able to obtain a fresh perspective on an issue and get a better understanding of the experienced emotions surrounding it. Further, I am able to teach communication skills to convey those emotions, while promoting one’s self-esteem, relationships, and a more positive outlook on life.

This has been the most rewarding career I could have ever imagined. Today, I may not be assisting others through physical healing, as I originally thought I would be; but I am able to aid one in healing mentally and emotionally, which will definitely contribute to one’s overall physical health! I’m here for it all and I hope you are too, as “Your peace deserves it!”

Vonda L. Warren-Lilly, LPC, LSATP, CCTP, ACS