Partners & Collaborators
Stephens Ministry
Community Support Specialist
Alabaster Counseling now offers Stephen Ministry, providing compassionate, confidential, one-on-one spiritual care for individuals facing life's challenges.
A Stephen's Minister completes 55 hours of specialized training to provide support through listening, caring, encouraging, and offering emotional and spiritual guidance. Stephen's Ministers help people experiencing grief, crisis, loneliness, divorce, job loss, and other difficult life circumstances. While they provide meaningful spiritual support, they are not licensed mental health therapists and do not provide clinical counseling.
Meet Angela Jordan
Angela Jordan is a certified Stephen's Minister dedicated to serving her community through compassionate, faith-based care. She has experience in Therapeutic Foster Care, currently serves at the Isaiah House, and is pursuing a Master's Certification in Christian Counseling through the International College of Ministry.
Angela's passion is walking alongside people during life's most difficult seasons, helping them find hope, healing, and encouragement through Christ-centered support.
Contact us today to schedule a session with Angela Jordan.
Vertical Living
Vertical Living's Christcentric Coaching
Contact:
(865) 898-8842
Davisbarbaraa@gmail.com
Alabaster Counseling is honored to endorse Vertical Living's Christ-Centered Coaching, a faith-based coaching service designed to help individuals grow emotionally and spiritually.
Unlike traditional counseling, Christ-centered coaching focuses on the present and future, helping you develop greater self-awareness, make healthy choices, manage emotions, strengthen relationships, and pursue the vision and purpose God has for your life. Coaching also provides support for premarital, marital, and family relationships, leadership development, and many other personal growth areas.
This coaching approach is built on three core principles faith, truth, and perseverance combined with accountability and goal setting to help you reach your fullest potential.
Meet Barbara Davis
Barbara Davis, founder of Vertical Living, brings more than 25 years of experience in counseling, therapy, coaching, and mentoring. She is passionate about walking alongside people through life's challenges, helping them find peace, healing, and acceptance.
Barbara earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and a Master of Science in Counseling from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She takes a holistic approach to wellness, believing that emotional, spiritual, relational, and physical well-being work together to create a balanced life.
Her professional experience includes 15 years in inpatient treatment and 10 years of direct therapy, equipping her to support individuals through a wide range of life challenges. Barbara integrates her Christian faith into every aspect of her work, creating a compassionate, understanding, and safe environment where people can begin their healing journey.
Barbara and her husband, Brent, are the proud parents of four children and one grandson.
Areas of Focus
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Children, adolescents, and adults
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Individuals, couples, and families
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Addiction, recovery, and relapse prevention
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Healthy relationships and communication
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Emotional management
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Life transitions and life coaching
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Women's issues and empowerment
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Health improvement
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Parenting and parent-child relationships
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Workforce development and career exploration
Katherine Jeffries
Eden's Integrative Health Coaching