Specialties
We are an affirming & supportive mental health practice that strives to help you navigate through any and all of life's difficulties through individual, couples, and family counseling. We seek to help you create change in your life so you can feel happy and healthy within it. We believe change is achieved through emotional support, healthy perspective, and hard work. Because life can be daunting and trying at times, our goal is to help you find the silver lining in any situation. If the challenges in your life feel like they are overwhelming, we encourage you to take the time for yourself to seek solutions and support with us.
Our services include counseling for depression, anxiety, stress, trauma, grief, life transitions, relationship issues, parent-child issues, and behavioral issues, just to name a few. We specialize in play therapy, Christian counseling, LGBTQ-affirming counseling, and older-adult counseling. Psychological testing is also available to test individuals who are struggling with attention problems (e.g. ADHD) and learning problems (e.g., Learning Disorder), including measures of intellectual ability or intelligence, etc.
History
Established in 2016.
Silver Linings Counseling was established on March 28th, 2016, by its five founding members: Megan Atkinson, Stacey Dalton, Laura Ray, Erin Touchette, and Dustin Shepler,
Megan:
A focus on authenticity, honesty, human potential, creativity, and the healing power.
Stacey:
A focus on a good relationship with her clients through empathy, insight, positive regard, and humor.
Laura:
A focus on an environment where people feel comfortable and supported in achieving their goals.
Erin:
A focus in making you feel at ease and comfortable which helps the healing process.
Dustin:
A focus in providing a safe space for learning, developing, and growing as an individual.
Meet the Manager: Dustin S.
Dustin completed his doctoral work at Ball State University and his APA-accredited predoctoral internship at the University of North Carolina - Charlotte counseling center. He has experience providing evidence-based therapy and court-ordered psychological evaluations for teenagers involved in the legal system. Dustin specializes in teen-young adult therapy, LGBTQ-affirming counseling, and psychological testing.
He is proud to work with an interdisciplinary team of clinicians with diverse specialties.
Megan Atkinson, LLP - couples & family counseling, Christain counseling, older-adult counseling
Stacey Dalton, LPC - play therapy, child-family counseling
Laura Ray, LMSW - couples & family counseling, teens and adults, Christian counseling
Erin Touchette, LLP - couples & family counseling, Christian counseling, mood disorder
Andrea Simon, LMSW - trauma, peer problems and social skills for children and adolescents
Ron Shier, LPC - couples & family counseling, Christian counseling