Living Well Counseling and Consulting LLC

Gretchen Williams is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor that has provided mental health therapy and substance abuse intervention in a variety of settings. She is a compassionate and empathic therapist that motivates, encourages and challenges her clients to focus on improvements that lead to positive change. Gretchen completed graduate school at the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary where she obtained a Master of Divinity Degree in Psychology and Counseling after obtaining her BS in psychology from Xavier University of Louisiana. She is excited about her chosen profession and is humbled by the people that allow her to hear the most intimate details of their lives. Gretchen’s 18 years of professional experience include inpatient therapy to adults with mental illness and substance abuse concerns, grief counseling, school-based mental health and substance abuse intervention, trauma treatment of incarcerated females, and counseling to children and adolescents in the foster care system in addition to providing outpatient services to individuals, couples and families. Gretchen employs a variety of techniques to guide her clients to wholeness, mental health and sobriety. She is client-centered and also utilizes motivational interviewing in her approach with them. Clients know that the treatment setting is a safe place to reveal brokenness and seek healing.