Our Counselors

Travis Kern

MS, LPC

Partnering with families to help them repair and strengthen their...

 
Family Restoration Counseling

Travis Kern

Position: MS, LPC

Partnering with families to help them repair and strengthen their connection is one of Travis’s greatest passions. Travis has trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and has been serving couples, individuals, and families with FRCS since 2017. He earned his MS from Southern Methodist University and specializes in treating marital conflict, premarital preparation, anxiety, grief, anger, and depression. He also specializes in adolescent issues including: school issues, divorce recovery, bullying, anxiety, and depression. Travis takes a compassionate and direct approach to therapy to identify and treat the root cause of your distress.

Travis is a lifelong Texan and a proud citizen of Dallas. In his free time, he enjoys being outdoors, cooking new recipes, cheering for the local Dallas sports teams, playing board games, and spending time with his wife and friends.

Session Fee: $175

Eve “Evie” Gardner

MA, LPC-S

Evie earned a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology as well as...

 

Eve “Evie” Gardner

Position: MA, LPC-S
Evie earned a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology as well as a Master of Arts in Family Psychology at Hardin-Simmons University. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor and has worked in community mental health, hospitals, and was previously associated with a large church-based counseling practice. Specialties include couples in crisis, couples healing from infidelity, premarital counseling and marital problems, divorce recovery, healing from sexual abuse, adolescent development/changes, women’s issues, blended family issues, grief, and counseling for those suffering from addiction, depression, bipolar disorder and anxiety disorders. She is trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy and feels passionately about serving couples who are in crisis. Evie is a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors and the North Texas EFT Community.
Session Fee: $195

R. Lance Gardner

MA, LPC-S, CSAT

Lance earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology as well as...

 

R. Lance Gardner

Position: MA, LPC-S, CSAT

Lance earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology as well as a Master of Arts in Family Psychology from Hardin-Simmons University. Lance has been working in the mental health industry since 1997 and has been a Licensed Professional Counselor since 2000. Lance enjoys working with individuals as well as couples and families.  Specialties and interests include marital and premarital counseling, divorce recovery, blended family issues.

As a CSAT (Certified Sexual Addictions Therapist) Candidate, Lance also works with individuals impacted by compulsive or otherwise problematic behaviors and trauma.  Lance is trained to support partners and children who are dealing with the behavior of family members in these areas as well.

Lance is also a board approved supervisor in the state of Texas and offers supervision to LOC Associates.  He and his wife (Evie) started Family Restoration Counseling Services in 2009.  They have been married since 1997 and have three children.

Session Fee: $195

Shaynor Newsome, Pastoral Coach

DMin, MDiv

Shaynor earned his B.S. in Ecology from Baylor University and...

 
Shaynor Newsome, Pastoral Coach

Shaynor Newsome, Pastoral Coach

Position: DMin, MDiv

Shaynor earned his B.S. in Ecology from Baylor University and both his MDiv and DMin degrees from Truett Theological Seminary. He spent his first twelve years of vocational ministry as a campus minister at New Mexico State and Baylor Universities. After that, Shaynor spent nearly eight years as a pastor overseeing church revitalization work in Oregon. His DMin focus and dissertation was on the dynamics of growing post-Christian communities and how those of faith are to posture ourselves toward them.

Shaynor is certified in the RightPath behavioral assessment tool and as a RightPath Coach. He is also currently pursuing The Allender Center’s Narrative Focused Trauma Care Level 1 certificate as well as moving toward certification in Internal Family Systems therapy.

Shaynor brings twenty years of pastoral care and counseling experience to his coaching. Additionally, he brings a love for theology combined with his own lifelong story in the church as well as his story of trauma, grief, and the often-lurching process of healing. Shaynor particularly enjoys partnering with those who simply don’t know where to turn, whose faith experience has left them unsure whether psychological care is safe, or those who carry the fear that the problem is solely some deficiency in their faith. He seeks to encourage others along their path toward healing and invite people to see that healing is possible.

Session Fee: $125

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