• Anna Rodriguez Agape Christian Counseling St Louis MO

    Anna Rodriguez, MA, PLPC

    Supervised by Darrell Provinse, License # 2004003789 Independent Contractor Anna Rodriguez earned her degrees from Gordon College (Wenham, MA) and Lesley University (Cambridge, MA). She is an Art Therapist currently pursuing her credentials for being a registered Art Therapist. She is a member of the American Art Therapy Association and the Missouri Art Therapy Association. Before working at Agape, Anna interned at a partial hospitalization program for children and teenagers, then inpatient with adults before moving onto working inpatient with adults and then at an intensive outpatient for adolescents and adults. As a therapist, Anna utilizes a variety of approaches including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and Art Therapy…

  • Rebekah Mercer Agape Christian Counseling St Louis

    Rebekah Mercer, MA, PLPC

    Supervised by Darrell Provinse, MA, LPC, License # 2004003789 Independent Contractor Rebekah joined our team in early April 2020 and learned the business side of counseling while earning her Masters in Professional Counseling at Lindenwood University. She graduated from Lindenwood in 2019 with a Bachelors degree in Psychology and completed her Masters Degree in Professional Counseling in 2022. She has gained experience working with individuals and couples. Her hope is to provide a safe place for clients to heal, explore themselves, process their history, and gain better insight into their thoughts, behaviors, and emotions. Her primary psychotherapy modalities are Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Rebekah works extensively with the following subjects: Anxiety Depression…

  • Jessica Bryant Counselor St Louis MO Agape Christian Counseling Services

    Jessica Bryant, MA, CIT

    Supervised by Darrell Provinse, License # 2004003789 Independent Contractor Jessica Bryant earned her Bachelors of Science in Psychology and Christian Counseling through Liberty University. She earned her Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Liberty University, as well. She completed her counseling internship serving at Karis House Counseling in Saint Louis, Missouri. Jessica also has 10 years’ experience as an Associate Pastor and in other areas of ministry, including music, children’s ministry and some missions experience. Jessica enjoys counseling women, men, and youth from all walks of life. Her heart is to help each client understand themselves, their environment and those they relate with, from a healthy perspective. Jessica takes…

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    Anger: A Multifactorial Approach

    by Darrell Provinse, MA, LPC, NCC, Director and CEO Anger. What is it? Anger is a God-given emotion that gives us energy to protect someone else or ourselves, or to take action against an injustice. Anger itself is not wrong.  What we do with anger or in anger can be very wrong.  Anger can very often signal that something is wrong with us with our relationship, in our psychological life, emotional life, or thought life, etc.  Anger is a secondary emotion.  Underneath anger, there is usually a variety of other feelings and accompanying thoughts.  Among the precursors to anger are the following: fear, frustration, pain, disappointment, shame, guilt, embarrassment, grief,…