ABT Counselor and Therapist Profiles

Wesley F. Phillips, MA

Resident Counselor

SPECIALTIES:

  • Depression
  • Gender Identity Issues
  • Relationship Issues

Issues:

  • Abuse (physical, sexual, financial, verbal, emotional, etc.)
  • ADD/ADHD & Behavioral issues
  • Addiction (pornography or sex, digital/gaming, gambling, etc.)
  • Alzheimer’s / Dementia
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Career Counseling
  • Chronic illness or pain
  • Codependency
  • Depression
  • Domestic violence and abuse
  • Family Issues
  • Gender identity issues
  • Grief / Loss / Bereavement
  • Identity (ethnic / racial, gender, sexual, etc.)
  • Juvenile violence or legal issues
  • Life Coaching
  • Life Transitions
  • Marital (infidelity, divorce, communication or relationship issues, etc.)
  • Medication management
  • Men’s Issues
  • Parenting issues
  • Premarital
  • Relationship Issues
  • School issues (bullying, poor behavior or grades, test anxiety, etc.)
  • Self-esteem Issues
  • Separation/Divorce Mediation
  • Sex Therapy
  • Sexuality issues (bisexual, gay, lesbian, etc.)
  • Spirituality
  • Stress
  • Suicidal tendencies or thoughts
  • Trauma & PTSD

Wes is a caring, compassionate, and understanding man who has over 20 years of experience in the mental health field with a variety of clients from the ages of 4 to 94 with differing mental health diagnoses, developmental and intellectual disabilities. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and a Master of Arts in Counseling. He has also worked in an array of different positions in life to pay the bills and care for his family.

Wes has a heart for those who are hurting, feeling marginalized, ostracized, in need of understanding, and feeling like someone cares about them. His desire is to assist those who have suffered trauma, abuse, stress, broken relationships, identity struggles, depression, and anxiety by supporting them and loving the broken, as Christ does. He promotes healthy living by using a holistic approach to work collaboratively together for his clients to find healing and peace.

As a person who has struggled with different issues in life from identity to depression, anxiety, weight management, and becoming a better individual every day, he has discovered that this reason for living and calling in life is to assist the broken with finding healing and peace. He invites you to come and work together to find healing.

To schedule an appointment with Wes:

Ages of Clients:

  • Teens (13-17 years)
  • Adults (18-64 years)
  • Elders (65+ years)

Modality:

  • Individuals
  • Couples
  • Families
  • Groups

Faith-Orientation:

Christian

Treatment Modalities:

  • Cognitive Behavioral
  • Cognitive Processing
  • Compassion focused
  • Crisis Intervention
  • Culturally Sensitive / Multicultural
  • Emotionally-focused therapy for couples (EFT)
  • Faith-based counseling
  • Family Counseling
  • Family systems
  • Gottman Method
  • Internal Family Systems
  • Marital Counseling
  • Parent-Child Interaction (PCIT)
  • Person-centered
  • Psychodynamic
  • Rational Emotive Behavior (REBT)
  • Strength-based
  • Structural Family Therapy
  • Trauma focused / trauma informed