Therapists

Carroll Blackledge is a Licensed Professional Counselor at Cornerstone Counseling in Jackson, Mississippi. His path to counseling has been shaped by three distinct careers—as a business professional, staff pastor, and now as a counselor—each uniquely preparing him to help others navigate life’s challenges. A native of Jackson, Carroll developed his counseling skills while serving on staff at Pinelake Church in Madison and earned his master’s degree in Professional Counseling from Liberty University. He works with individuals and families facing marriage and family conflict, grief, depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and career transitions, as well as those managing everyday stress. Carroll believes his faith, life experience, and professional training equip him to offer compassionate and practical guidance to those in pain. Outside the counseling office, he enjoys spending time with his wife of more than forty years, Sharon, their children and grandchildren, and flying as a licensed general aviation pilot.

Kelsey is a Registered Play Therapist. She offers individual therapy, child-centered play therapy, and child/parent relationship therapy. Her primary focus isworking with children, adolescents, and their families. Kelsey is experienced in working with marital/family discords, behavioral issues, strengthening the parent/child relationship, anxiety, depression, and individuals who have experienced abuse, neglect, and other forms of trauma.

Lida Caraway is a compassionate and experienced therapist specializing in individual, couples, and family therapy. She works with adolescents and adults to address challenges related to abuse and trauma, communication issues, family-of-origin healing, self-esteem, grief, depression, and anxiety. In her couples therapy practice, Lida helps partners strengthen communication, navigate life stage transitions, re-energize intimacy, and work through issues of sexuality, affairs, and divorce with empathy and understanding. Her family therapy work focuses on parenting challenges, adjustment to life changes, and pre- and post-divorce transitions. Lida creates a safe and supportive environment for personal growth, healing, and relational restoration. With a deep commitment to helping clients build healthier connections and rediscover purpose, she integrates proven therapeutic approaches with genuine care, empowering individuals and families to move forward with confidence and hope.

As a man who has wrestled with purpose, sought meaning, and navigated multiple careers, Tim understands the challenges many men face in today’s postmodern world. Aware of the confusion surrounding modern masculinity, he recognizes that many men walk a difficult path without a clear map. Tim’s own journey has led him through varied landscapes—both external and internal—shaping a deep empathy for others on similar roads. He offers to walk alongside those ready to explore their path, using a strengths-based approach that emphasizes potential over pathology. Rooted in the belief that we are made in the image of a Creator God, Tim encourages others to find their authentic selves, drop the mask, and embrace who they truly are.

Dea works collaboratively with clients to identify and remove obstacles to communication, connection, and clarity. She provides a safe, supportive space where individuals can feel known, accepted, and challenged to grow. Dea frequently helps couples and families address communication breakdowns, unhealthy dynamics, parenting struggles, blending families, and emotional boundaries. She also supports men and women navigating identity issues, codependency, anxiety, depression, shame, and grief. With a focus on healing and empowerment, Dea helps clients strengthen their own tools for lasting change in both personal and relational areas of life.

Kelsey's focus in therapy is walking with families and individuals through problems in relationships, disappointments, or life changes that have become overwhelming or paralyzing. She seeks to meet clients where they are in their journey and help them identify unhealthy patterns or unhelpful thinking that have kept them stuck and unable to find true peace. Goals will be set together to help you find a place of healing and restoration.

Katie sees the rich value in relationships, in which she looks to know and understand each one of her clients uniquely and engages with her clients in a manner that respects their very uniqueness of gifts, abilities, beliefs, and challenges. Katie is a dual licensed counselor, Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, serving individuals, couples, and families. She is a graduate of Mississippi State University and received her Master’s Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy and Counseling from Reformed Theological Seminary. She has counseling experience in several clinical settings.

Sally is a licensed professional counselor offering compassionate, down-to-earth support for individuals navigating life’s challenges. As a young female therapist, she brings a fresh, relatable perspective to therapy, while also grounding her work in evidence-based approaches and deep clinical training. She provides a space that is warm, non-judgemental, and collaborative- where you can be fully seen and heard. Whether you are facing anxiety, relationship struggles, navigating or recovering from a divorce, dealing with burn out or self-esteem issues, Sally will work together with you to understand what’s going on beneath the surface and help you move towards lasting change. Her therapeutic approach is not about “fixing” her clients, it is about helping them to reconnect with their strengths, clarify their values, and find more ease and authenticity in their lives.

Bethany began her counseling career with The Net Counseling and Mentoring, spending two years at Crossroads Ministries, a transitional home for women coming out of prison. This experience provided her with a strong foundation in treating addiction, complex trauma, personality disorders, anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, and family issues. As a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Bethany is passionate about walking alongside clients in their journey toward healing and restoration. She offers a safe, authentic space for clients to process life experiences. Bethany integrates various approaches, including CBT, DBT, and talk therapy, to address past trauma and build healthier coping skills.

Anna is a trauma-informed LPC who specializes in working with individuals navigating the complex aftermath of domestic violence, abuse, and sexual assault. Her approach integrates empathy, safety, and evidence-based strategies within a person-centered framework, ensuring that each client feels seen and supported. She believes in the transformative power of curiosity and compassion, helping clients move beyond survival and toward genuine healing. Her goal is to empower each person to see their own worth, rebuild trust, and invest in their well-being as they move toward self-discovery and resilience.

Mark Hagwood has been both personally and professionally involved in the field of addiction for 37 years. Currently, he is devoting all of his time to his private practice. Mark specializes in individual, couples and family therapy. Mark helps individuals, couples and families who are dealing with a variety of issues. Some of the more common areas that he helps with are depression, anxiety, family of origin issues, codependency, substance addiction, sex and porn addiction, Trauma resolution, substance abuse, and general life concerns.

As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Board-Certified Telemental Health Counselor, Jennifer strives to empower clients by creating a safe, supportive environment that integrates biblical principles with psychological truths. Her approach is strength-based, solution-focused, and collaborative, designed to help clients gain insight, heal, and experience lasting, positive change. Certified in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (C-DBT), Jennifer specializes in guiding individuals toward more joyful and fulfilling lives. She works with clients ages three and up, across all life stages. Jennifer holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Southern Mississippi and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Mississippi State University, with extensive training in both clinical and telehealth counseling.