Kay Gayle-Deason completed her undergraduate degree in psychology and earned a master’s degree in counseling from Louisiana Tech University. She then went on to add significant post-graduate work in child development at the University of Central Arkansas.

Kay is licensed by the Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors as a Licensed Professional Counselor and supervisor, providing LPC intern supervision. She is also a Certified Brain Injury Specialist from the American Academy for the Certification of Brain Injury Specialists, which is associated with the Brain Injury Association of America.

With more than 16 years of experience in counseling children, adolescents and families, Kay has worked in a variety of settings including adolescent residential and day treatment programs, school-based counseling, and outpatient clinics. She enjoys working with children and their parents in areas such as depression, anxiety, selfinjury, grief/loss/trauma, and adjustment issues related to chronic medical illness. She also specializes in treatment for children experiencing divorce adjustment issues; social, behavioral or relational problems; and attention and classroom issues. Her expansive background enables her to offer individual counseling, life skills groups, family counseling, parenting education, and consultation with physicians and schools.

Kay is a member of the American Counseling Association and the Association for Play Therapy. She serves in the children’s ministry at her local church and enjoys reading, art, traveling and spending time with her family.

For more information, visit www.kaydeason.com.

Jackie Agers, M.Ed., LPC
James Caldwell, M.Ed., LPC
Nicole Caldwell, Ph.D.
Kay Gayle-Deason, M.A., LPC
R. Scott Gornto, M. Div., LMFT, CST-A (Senior Therapist)
Rhett Smith, MDiv, MSMFT, LMFT-A
Steve Smith, M.A.
Melinda Williams, M.S., LPC