Meet the Empowerment Advocate Behind the Practice

Larneka Lavalais, LPC-S

Clinical Director

Larneka Lavalais is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor and Clinical Director passionate about helping people find balance between growth and peace. She’s known for her supportive, down-to-earth style rooted in both clinical expertise and genuine care for your healing journey.

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Meet Our Team

Ajoke Ayinde

Graduate Intern

Ajoke Ayinde is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Houston Christian University. She also hold a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Lagos Nigeria . Before transitioning into the counseling field, she worked in healthcare as a Certified Nursing Assistant, where she gained valuable experience supporting individuals through various physical and emotional challenges.

Throughout her academic and professional journey, she has developed a deep appreciation for the role of therapy in promoting emotional healing, personal growth, and mental wellness. She believes that therapy creates a sacred space where individuals can be heard, understood, and empowered to navigate life’s complexities with greater resilience. She's particularly drawn to the integration of faith and clinical practice, and she values the opportunity to walk alongside clients as they work toward hope, clarity, and inner peace.

She is committed to creating a supportive, nonjudgmental environment where clients can explore their concerns and work toward meaningful change. 


Jenna Binford 

LPC Associate

Jenna Binford, LPC-Associate supervised by Fabiola Williams, LPC-S.

Jenna Binford, current school counselor and LPC-A. she's counseled for two and a half years at a middle and elementary school level. She's excited to utilize her skills in private practice to continue supporting people in all areas of life.

Her approach is collaborative and tailored to your unique needs, blending evidence-based techniques with empathy and genuine care. Whether you're navigating anxiety, life transitions, relationship issues, or seeking deeper self-awareness, she's here to support and empower you. Her goal is to help you build resilience, discover new perspectives, and foster meaningful change. 


Crystal English

Houston Christian College Graduate Intern 

Crystal English is a Graduate  Intern completing the Clinical Mental Health program at Houston Christian University. She's dedicated to providing compassionate support and guidance to individuals seeking to improve their mental and emotional well-being.

As a counselor intern, she focuses on creating a safe and trusting environment where clients can openly explore their thoughts, feelings, and experiences. Her approach is grounded in evidence-based practices, and she's committed to tailoring my methods to meet each client’s unique needs. She believes in the power of the therapeutic relationship and is passionate about helping clients navigate life’s challenges, develop coping strategies, and achieve their personal goals. 


Tiffany Jones

LPC Associate

Tiffany Jones is an LPC-Associate. She has obtained a bachelor’s degree in health education from the University of Houston with a minor in Psychology. Tiffany also has a master’s degree in education from Walden University. She is currently pursuing a dual master’s degree in school counseling and clinical mental health with a concentration on family and couples counseling at Walden University. After completion of her master’s program, her goal is to become an LPC who specializes in couples and family counseling. Tiffany desires to utilize Solution-Focused Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to assist individuals within the community intrinsically. She intends to help people discover their inner strength by addressing the roots of their internal struggles in hopes of healing holistically through identifying external behaviors and reframing their cognitive thoughts.

Tiffany’s passion for helping people brought her to this profession. Through personal relationships and friendships, she has obtained skills that allow her to listen with empathy and compassion. After reflecting on the content, feeling and the meaning, she can guide them to discover solutions that work best for each client.

Tiffany strives to incorporate her strong faith and use her fourteen years’ experience as an inclusion teacher from grades pre-kindergarten through fifth grade to personalize and tailor individual analysis and treatment plans. Tiffany will focus on clients of all ages with depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, crisis intervention and provide everyone with coping skills to navigate through this journey we call life.


TyNeshia Waston

LPC-Associate

TyNeshia Watson, a native of Port Arthur, Tx, is a graduate of Lamar University holding a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and a Master’s Degree in Counseling and Development. TyNeshia currently works as a Service Coordinator at Spindletop Center by assisting clients with IDD & Autism with receiving services within the community. TyNeshia obtained her LPC-Associate status in 2025 and is passionate about helping individuals navigate life’s challenges to discover their inner strength.

TyNeshia has a deep commitment to creating a safe, nonjudgmental space, working collaboratively with clients to address various concerns; she believes in the power of the therapeutic relationship and strives to meet each client with empathy, authenticity, and respect.


Tonia Leblanc Garrett

LPC Associate

Tonia LeBlanc Garrett MA., LPC-associate, LCDC-Intern. Is a graduate of Liberty University with a master’s in Licensed Professional Counseling and a bachelor’s in psychology with a Christian Counseling Specialization. I am an ordained Pastor that have worked in ministry with my husband for nearly 30 years. I have a passion and desire for helping others find direction and purpose in life, and absolutely love witnessing individuals thrive in life. For the past 11 years I have worked as an educator and have dedicated most of my life to public service. I have been employed with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice as a Substance Abuse Counselor Intern in which I have worked with incarcerated individuals and their families, as they go through the process of regaining their sobriety and being reintegrated into society.  I am the proud mother of two children Karli and Jaden, grandmother to Shia, Kior, and Shaion, and wife of 40 years to Bishop Ronald Garrett. As I embark upon this new journey of becoming an LPC, I look forward to seeing lives being changed, marriages being restored, and hope being instilled in those that has given up and have lost their way.


Leah George, M.ED.

LPC Associate

Leah George, M.ED., LPC-Associate. Leah is a graduate from University of Houston Clear Lake with Bachelors in Education. Leah graduated from Lamar University with Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling in 2020. Leah has a passion for serving the community and helping people work through healing in their life journey. Leah enjoys counseling everyone. Leah has experience in counseling individual, couple/marriage, family, group, grief/loss, career, and academic counseling. Leah’s counseling approach is Person-centered, Reality/Choice therapy, Solution-focused therapy. Sometimes she will ask clients to complete homework assignments, as she believe that the work we do in sessions will be most effective if implemented in your life outside of therapy.Write something about this member of your team to introduce them to your visitors.