Licensed Marital & Family Therapist
Licensed Professional Counselor
Mental Health Service Provider
Approved Supervisor
v/m: 423.517.7070, ext. 5
fax: 423.208.9373
​steve@elbowtree.com
Thank you for taking a moment to check in with me. As you look around, let me tell you about [1] what kinds of situations I enjoy counseling with, [2] some other energizing things I'm involved in, and [3] how we can get started working together.

Getting Started with Me

Scheduling
  • My wife, Cindy, is my office manager and she does all of my scheduling.
  • To make an appointment contact her @ 423.517.7070, ext. 4 and be in front of your calendar.​
  • If needed Cindy's email is: cindy@elbowtree.com​
  • You may call at anytime. If required, leave her a message and a contact number and she will call you back as promptly as possible.

Fees & Payment
  • The fee for a 50-minute session is $100.00
  • I accept cash, personal checks, credit and debit cards and HSA cards. All card transactions will include a $3.00 convenience fee.
  • If you have insurance, I can participate as an "Out of Network" provider for most insurance plans.  Serving you as an "Out of Network" provider means you pay my regular Session Fee, then I provide you with a receipt that has all the point-of-service information necessary for you to file and possibly get a rebate from your insurance company - based on what your plan allows.​
Intake Documents
Take a look at the three documents below.  Fill out form #1 (both pages) ahead of your 1st appointment and bring it with you (Please only use black ink when filing out these forms. Thanks!).  Forms #2 and #3 are read only.  You will sign these two documents electronically at your 1st appointment.

Counseling Opportunities

  • Depression and Anxiety
  • Grief and Loss
  • Men’s issues
  • Major decisions and life transitions
  • Recovery from broken relationships
  • Forgiveness and Reconciliation
  • Making sense of anger and reactivity
  • Spiritual formation
  • Restarting emotional growth
  • Shame and unresolved guilt
  • Blending families
  • Parenting strategies
  • Navigating life's developmental stages
  • Learning the art of communication
  • Supporting a loved one recovering from abuse
  • Pre-marital and pre-engaged couples
  • Marriage enrichment
  • Resolving conflict
  • Empty Nest Syndrome
  • Recovery from infidelity
  • PREPARE/Enrich Inventory

Supervision & Consultation

Supervision & Consultation 
  • As an Approved Supervisor in Tennessee, I offer supervision for post-graduate candidates seeking licensure 
  • I also offer consultation for licensed professionals, pastors and community leaders

Crisis Counseling, Education and Disaster Response
As well as serving on a national network of counselors who respond to everything from school shootings, corporate downsizings, bank robberies or industrial accidents, I also serve with a team of medical professionals and engineers who respond to natural disasters around the world.  Between disasters, the team also does community and mental health education in the developing world and provides training to the next generation of disaster responders.
  • Mission to the World (MTW) - Criticial Incident Counselor - Global Disaster Response
  • Crisis Care Network - Regional Responder
  • International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF) - Approved Instructor

​A Little More About Me

For the past 30 years, I have had the privilege of joining the journeys of countless people and their stories in a partnership for growth, healing, and hope. My clients have been my best teachers. With their help and working from a Gospel-Centered worldview, I have learned how to support my clients in successfully navigating their own life challenges and relationships in the pursuit of real meaning and true joy. I am energized by seeing marriages rebuilt, parents learning how to lead, people finding their way through the maze of a crisis and landing at the doorstep of a new opportunity.

I work from a systems perspective. I look at the whole and then at its individual parts. I identify how a relationship system communicates, both verbally, and most powerfully, non-verbally. I help people understand how to start where they are and successfully get to where they want to be.