QuinnShauna Felder-Snipes LMFT

I believe strongly that healing happens in the context of relationship and that YOU are the expert in your own life. As a result, I work to create a safe and welcoming space for clients to bring their whole selves to sessions. My clients and I collaborate in a compassion-filled integrative process that utilizes influences from family systems therapy, the couples’ work of Drs. John & Julie Gottman, emotionally focused therapy, and mindfulness. As a counselor, I have spent more than 15 years walking alongside young adults and their families as they seek to map out their journeys forward--to and through college and beyond. Additionally, over the past six years, I have built a focus around sitting with couples as they navigate life’s twists and turns while working to live in honest, fulfilling, and connected relationship with one another. [Education: MEd, School Counseling, North Carolina State University; EdS, Marriage & Family Therapy, The College of New Jersey]

I identify as a multi-generational Afro-American woman, who is also a mother, wife, sister, daughter, friend, Christian, and working professional. Faith, educational equity and access, and social justice issues are critically important to me. Having spent much of my life in and around academic institutions, I have come to understand that systems (familial, educational, religious, etc.) play a significant role in all of our lives and that many of these systems can be at once beneficial and damaging to our development, self-perception and ability to engage with the world around us. We all experience times in our lives during which we could use an empathetic ear and the honesty of someone who is willing to both challenge and support us as we strive to achieve our goals. If you find yourself in this space, I invite you to reach out to me. I would be happy to explore how we might work together, from your areas of strength, to develop and employ tools to help you live your life well.