The Riverstone Counseling Center Team
Meet Our Owner
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Taye would say that her love for people and their stories truly began in her high school Psychology and Classic Literature classes. While dreams of becoming a writer filled her head in college, she realized that helping people write their stories in real life was the best way she could contribute to humanity. So, she abandoned being a novelist and set out to become a therapist.
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Taye is a SC licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Supervisor. She received a BA in Psychology and a Masters of Marriage and Family Therapy from Converse University in Spartanburg, SC. She received her clinical training from Emerge Family Therapy Center and Teaching Clinic in Spartanburg, SC. She completed her supervisor training at Heritage Institute in Travelers Rest, SC.
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Taye provides mental health counseling to clients, clinical education and supervision to budding and blooming therapists, and collaboration with other organizations to promote mental health and wellness across marginalized communities.
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Utilizing a mixed approach of Narrative, Cognitive Behavioral, and Solution Focused Therapy, I help my clients gain insight into the origin of their distress, discover an alternative way of seeing themselves, and take intentional steps to make changes in their thoughts, and actions.
In session, I often use humor, sarcasm, and way too many client-centered metaphors. I challenge you on the couch and cheer you into the week. Sometimes I give homework, and sometimes I don't. I can also easily pivot with client feedback.
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"I believe in helping people own their stories and discover their strengths. As a systemic therapist, I am passionate about improving clients' wellness by helping them to cultivate thriving relationships with themselves, loved ones, and larger systems."
Personal
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“I am proud to be Maryland born, Pee Dee raised, and Upstate settled.
I enjoy reading, writing poetry, and creating planners. My vices are coffee and cheesecake. I’ll take the mountains over the beach, and snow over sand. Fall is my favorite season, but Christmas is my favorite holiday. I am horrible at math, currently trying to learn ASL, hopes to work in academia one day, passionate about community advancement, a Ravens fan, and a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc."
Taye David Adams, MMFT, LMFT/S
Meet Our Affiliates
​​Rough currents carve and smooth the rivers' stone. Steady waters give the navigator hope for a safer journey.
In life, we will experience the calm and the current, for we are both the stone and the captain.​​​​​
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​Kayla is a client-centered counselor with a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Lenoir-Rhyne University. The majority of her training and experience in the mental health field has been with adults of all ages. As a former teacher at the SC School for the Blind, she also has experience in working with children, adolescents, and young adults with visual impairments and their families and teachers, all navigating learning differences, physical challenges, and academic and social pressures.
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​Kayla has always enjoyed listening to what makes people who they are, with a desire to help them feel heard. She integrates Person-Centered Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness, and other evidence-based approaches when working with clients in order to meet the unique needs of each client. She aims to support clients in acknowledging their inner strength and developing coping strategies to move toward healing and growth.
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"I hope to provide a space that enables clients to feel comfortable, empowers them in recognizing their strengths, and supports them in learning more about their own emotions, thoughts, and responses."​
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Steady Waters Counseling, LLC
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Kayla Lenau, MA, LPC-A