Local Resources
Local/Regional Resources for LGBTQ+ Students
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Counseling in Johnson City, TN
Kim Bushore-Maki, LPC (http://kimbushoremaki.com/counseling (private pay only))
Lydia Blackwell, MA, NCC (Jaded Phoenix Counseling Services, located in Shakti in the Mountains, 423-946-6532)
Donna Cherry, PhD (cherryd@etsu.edu; private pay only, sliding scale)
Donita Denton, LCSW (403 Princeton Rd., Suite 2, 423-283-9182)
Steph Hinkle (Health Connect America, 423-631-0210)
Natalie Honeycut, LPC (600 E. Unaka Ave, 423-416-3225)
Khia Hudgins-Smith (Journey Center for Healing Arts, 2700 South Roan, Suite 410, 423-408-8041, (khia@journeycentercounseling.com)
Amber Maham, LMSW (Health Connect America; 2700 S. Roan St., #105; 423-631-0210)
Mary O’Keefe, LMFT (Thriveworks, 268 Christian Church Rd., Suite 2, 423-491-4202)
Jennifer Parris, LCSW (403 Princeton Rd., Suite 2, 423-282-0626)
Catherine Poole, LCSW (600 E. Unaka Ave, 423-761-0973)
Connie Simpson (Journey Center for Healing Arts, 2700 South Roan, Suite 410, 423-408-8041)
Ray White, LPC (Whitewood Counseling; 423-380-1228)
Brittany Wilkins, Ph.D., LCSW (600 E. Unaka Ave; website: drbrittanywilkins.com, email: Dr.brittany.wilkins.LCSW@gmail.com, not currently taking clients)
ETSU Psychology Department / Behavioral Health and Wellness Clinic (423-439-7777) (http://www.etsu.edu/cas/psychology/bhwc)
ETSU Counseling Department
Community Counseling Clinic (http://www.etsu.edu/coe/chs/counseling/clinic.php, email: CCC@etsu.edu)
Bethany Novotny, Ph.D. (Community Counseling Clinic, 423-439-7679)
Rebekah Byrd, Ph.D. (ETSU Counseling Department, 828-275-1402)
ETSU Counseling Center ((ETSU students only) http://www.etsu.edu/students/counseling, 423-439-3333, email:counselingcenter@etsu.edu)
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Counseling in Kingsport, TN
Martha Rubenstein, Ph.D. (404 E. Market St., 423-392-6898)
Tom Burns, Ph.D. (404 E. Market St., 423-392-6898)
Harold Leonard, LPC (2758 E Center St., 423-245-5608)
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Counseling in Bristol, TN & VA
Eileen Weberling, M.Ed., (1701 Euclid Ave, Suite K, Bristol, VA, 276-591-5700 (limited availability))
Susan Shipley, LCSW (523 Holston Ave, Bristol, TN, 423-968-5050)
Amanda Chapman, LPC (Thriveworks, 100 5th St., Bristol, TN, 423-815-2441, ext. 1004)
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Counseling in Abingdon, VA
Patrick Farley, LPC (380 E. Main St., 276-628-7550)
Lori Long (380 E. Main St., 276-393-5728, www.wingsofwarriors.com)
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Counseling in Asheville, NC
Heather Branham, LCSW (263 Haywood St., Suite 206, 678-313-8747, https://www.heatherbranhamlcsw.com/); Specialties: Queer and trans people of all ages and their loved ones; somatic, relationship-based trauma treatment; LGBTQ couples/relationship counseling -
PFLAG Tricities
PFLAG Tri-Cities offers support to family and friends of DSG individuals. We are here to listen and assist you as you learn what it means to be DSG. PFLAG is not a religious or political organization. We’re a national non-profit organization focused on helping family and friends accept their DSG loved ones.
PFLAG Tri-Cities meets the third Thursday of each month at the Campus Presbyterian House behind ETSU.
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Pride Comminity Center
P.O. Box 5277, Johnson City, TN 37602
Pride Community Center has a page of LGBT owned or friendly businesses as well as other resources for the Local Tricities area.
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Churches
First Presbyterian Church of Elizabethton, TN, is a community and congregation with 250 members that celebrates diversity, pursues and supports social and ecological justice for all peoples and Earth, and worships God's grace through ritual, sacrament, and creative services.
Holston Valley Unitarian Universalist Church
East Tennessee Faith for Equality http://etnfaith4equality.weebly.com/
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Other Resources
New Beginnings http://newb.com/forward.html
TN Equality Project https://www.tnep.org/
Tennessee Equality Project is a statewide organization dedicated to promote and sustainthe equality of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons in the State of Tennesseethrough the establishment of fair and equitable laws protecting these rights and theelimination of laws that would seek to counter this effort.
National Center for Transgender Support for TN
The Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition is an organization designed to educateand advocate on behalf of transgender related legislation at the Federal, State, andlocal levels. https://www.facebook.com/tntpc
National Center for Transgender Support for TN https://transequality.org/documents/state/tennessee
TN Transgender Support
TTS is a resource support group providing information, education, and connectionsto folks in Tennessee. https://www.facebook.com/Tennessee-Transgender-Support-107524875933089/
T-Vals
The Tennessee Vals is a non-political, educational, social, and support organizationfounded and designed to educate and support persons regarding transgender issues,without prejudice, regarding sexual orientation, sexual identity, or gender identity. http://www.tvals.org/
Links to resources and websites are provided as a service to our students, and do not constitute an endorsement of their organizations or programs. ETSU is not responsible for the content of the individual web pages found at these links.
NOTE: If you discover a problem with one of the links on this page, please contact the Pride Center at 423 439 8408.