Meet The Team

Juliet West, LCSW-S, ACHP-SW

When I was a young girl growing up in Jamaica, one of my favorite pastimes was sitting in my little brown chair, listening to my friends share about their lives and concerns. I was deeply intrigued and always enjoyed helping them resolve their issues (although I didn't have it all together myself!). Fast forward a few decades later...I discovered my passion for counseling as I continued to notice that I loved spending time with people, listening to their stories, facilitating their self-awareness, and being a catalyst for change and healing in their lives.

I became a follower of Jesus Christ at the age of eleven, and for a large part of my adult life, I struggled with negative feelings and behaviors that kept tripping me up. I wasn't able to "make my Christian life work." It wasn't until I was able to understand God's grace, learn who I was in Him, get to the root of my hurts, and experience His healing, that I was able to live in vibrant, yet intimate closeness with Him.

As a result of my own personal journey, I am committed, as a Christian therapist to helping you find your freedom, healing and wholeness in Christ and showing you that it is possible to experience the full, rich life that He died to give you.
 

 Education

• Bachelor of Arts in Language, Literature & Social Sciences - The University of the West Indies, Jamaica 
• Master of Science in Social Sciences  - The University of the West Indies, Jamaica
• Master of Science in Social Work - The University of Texas at Austin 

 Licensing, Certifications and Trainings

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker
• Advanced Certified Hospice and Palliative Care Social Worker
• Critical Incident Stress Management
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing EMDR Therapy Trained
• Gottman Therapy Trained

 Professional Affiliations

• Phi Alpha Honor Society
• National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
• American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC)
• Christian Counselors of Texas (CCT)
• Austin Disaster Relief Network (ADRN)
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing International Association (EMDRIA)

 Awards

• Awarded the Child Welfare Education Scholarship
• Dean's Ambassador for the University of Texas School of Social Work

Terri Carriker, LPC, LMFT

Terri Carriker is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and had been in practice for 35 years. 

Terri’s heartbeat is to walk alongside others as they navigate difficult circumstances, seeking to identify and find healing from deep hurts and habitual, unproductive responses to themselves and those around them.

Working from a foundational belief in God’s transformative power, Terri works within a systems framework, integrating numerous therapy modalities and trauma informed care to best support and respond to the individual needs of her clients. She is also trained in Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) which has been transformative in helping clients find the freedom to grow and heal, especially through traumatic experiences.

Ellie Bates, LCSW

Ellie Bates is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), practicing individual and group therapy. She started her career working in addiction and recovery, which still shapes the way she practices therapy to this day. Her goal is to create a space where clients can show up as they are and feel understood.

Ellie’s approach is person-centered and strengths-based. She is collaborative and builds on clients’ existing strengths, finding ways to move forward that feel realistic and sustainable. She draws from Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing  (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing and other therapies. 

In her work with clients, Ellie focuses on building coping skills, increasing self-awareness, improving relationships, and of course, making space for some lightheartedness and humor along the way. If it is meaningful to the client, Ellie also incorporates a faith based perspective into her work. As a believer in Jesus, she is happy to support integrating faith into her sessions in a way that feels supportive and aligned with her clients’ values. 

Ellie is a native Austinite who graduated from UT (hook ’em) and is a proud Longhorn fan. Outside of therapy, you’ll usually find her practicing yoga, running, or hanging out with her pet bunny Mr. Pickles!

"Comparison is the thief of joy." 

-- Unknown

"...you will always harvest what you plant."

-- Galations 6:7

"What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise." 

-- Oscar Wilde

"Let all that you do be done in LOVE." 

-- 1 Corinthians 13:14
 

"A diamond is a piece of carbon that handled stress exceptionally well."

-- Unknown