Emily Bradford is passionate about helping others and seeks to provide a safe place for exploration and empowerment in her relational and mental healthcare work. This month marks one year since Emily joined our clinical staff at NCCC, and we asked her a few questions to get to know her better.

Laura Draughn is a native Nashvillian whose Social Work degree and Sociology background allow her to use a person-in-environment approach to healing. She works with you to explore your specific systems and the roles these systems play in each of your lives. This month marks one year since Laura joined our clinical staff at NCCC, and we asked her a few questions to get to know her better.

What if we returned to Mother’s Day as a peace movement? What if, instead of individualizing and stereotyping, we united through letter writing and marching, painting and singing to create systemic change that supports all caregivers? What kind of world would this be? What kind of community could we create?

Cayla Farmer believes that every person could benefit from therapy as a way of addressing issues in their lives, no matter how big or small. She is particularly passionate about working with clients with disabilities, whether the disability is what brought them to therapy or not. This month marks two years since Cayla joined our clinical staff at NCCC, and we asked her a few questions to get to know her better.

Kelsey Fields is passionate about providing client-centered care to boost awareness, inspire creativity, and foster connections. This month marks one year since Kelsey joined our clinical staff at NCCC, and we asked her a few questions to get to know her better in our new series, Therapist Spotlight.

We are excited to announce that Nashville Collaborative Counseling Center was selected as a finalist for the Nashville Business Journal’s 2023 Best in Business Awards! This award is given to companies who excel in service, growth, innovation, and strategy.

This Women’s History Month, I want to speak honestly and openly about my experience with postpartum mental health. Women’s open, honest stories help carry me through motherhood and life, so I hope that in sharing my story, I can help carry others through motherhood and life, as well.

Valentine’s Day tends to stir many kinds of feelings within us–yearning, excitement, disappointment, skepticism, ambivalence, thrill. Most of the time, though, we exclusively associate Valentine’s Day with a romantic notion of love when in reality, there are multiple types of love that are equally as important to making our lives feel grounded and fulfilled.

Through the process of setting goals for the New Year, I have learned that my goals need to be connected to my values in order to feel meaningful. Sometimes, the most challenging part of goal setting is not identifying the goal but following through on the necessary action steps to meet the goal.