Elise’s counseling practice is focused on working with adolescents and young adults.  She knows from her research in college and graduate school student experiences that these stages of life are foundational.  Decisions made and relationships built during these years set the tone for healthy or unhealthy adult choices. Elise has seen how easily negative  patterns can play out in her work in an inpatient behavioral health organization, and at a women’s counseling center.  She also has had the privilege of working with young people at Houston’s First Baptist Church’s counseling center and seeing them make lasting changes.  Elise education and training in the integration of faith and psychology has given her special insight into helping people of all ages understand how their spirituality is inextricably intertwined with their emotional well-being.