Catholic Charities provides counselors to seven PreK-8 schools in the Diocese, including St. Edward, St. Joseph, St. Ann, St. Patrick, St. Pius, Holy Rosary, St. John Vianney, and Immaculate Conception.

We serve students through:

• Individual counseling
• Group Therapy or Workshops: examples include grief and loss, divorce, military families, making friends, anxiety.
• Crisis counseling and intervention
• Classroom workshops for social-emotional development: examples include emotional regulation, mindfulness, kindness, anti-bullying, empathy, conflict resolution, etc.

We serve families through:

• Consultations and referral
• Family sessions for students who are clients
• Parenting resources and workshops

We serve teachers through:

• Consultations for teachers and principals on addressing social, emotional, or behavioral concerns in the classroom
• Training or education on issues like trauma, identifying and reporting abuse, suicide prevention, bullying, etc.

The School Counseling Team:

• Melissa Peterson Smith, LMSW, School Counseling Program Coordinator
• Tandy Jackson, M.S.  (Holy Rosary)
• Amanda Marshall, LMSW (St. Joseph School and St. John Vianney)
• Laura Ross, MFT (St. Edward and St. Patrick)
• Hannah Thomas, MSSW (Immaculate Conception and St. Pius X)
• Jennifer Washburn, LMSW (St. Ann)

Check out our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CCTNCounselingKids