Meet the Counseling Team
We have a diverse team with many years of experience.
We can help you match up with the right counselor by calling our main number and leaving a message at 540.908.3464, or feel free to contact a specific counselor directly. Find each counselor’s contact information below.
Ally Padilla, LPC
Clinical Director, Therapist
As a native to the Shenandoah Valley and an official “townie,” I cannot imagine a world without college students. College is such a unique and often overwhelming time for students, they are faced with so many questions like: Who am I? What do I want to do? And where do I belong? Read Full bio.
Mark Sensabaugh, LPC, LMFT
Therapist, Approved Clinical Supervisor
The world we live in provides ample opportunity to experience relational pain, confusing life experiences, and circumstances that expose growth areas and distortions in our perceptions. I love the picture of our lives being a journey in which we face a variety of different seasons . . . winters of loss, stillness, and quiet reflection . . . spring times of new life and discovery . . . warm summers of growth . . . and autumns of harvests and the realization that life as we know it is coming to a close. Read Full Bio.
Linda Nelson, MS, LPC
Therapist
I grew up in Hanover County, Virginia, later receiving my Bachelor’s degree in English Education from Longwood College in Farmville, VA. After marrying and living and working in Richmond for many years in various jobs including as the Bible Buyer at a Christian bookstore and at the Virginia Baptist Foundation as Assistant to the Treasurer, my husband and I moved to North Carolina. During my time in Richmond I had worked on my own dysfunctional family issues with a wonderful Christian Counselor. Read Full Bio.
Cara Huber, MSW
Therapist, Supervisee in Social Work
I understand the importance of having a voice and the need to have a compassionate guide to help you navigate through the many changes and confusions of both growing up and reconciling with your past. My hope is that I can be the therapist I needed then to those who need it now. I want to provide a safe space for your voice, or the voice of your child, to be heard. Read Full Bio.
Susan Medlin, MA
Resident in Counseling
Even though I have spent my entire life within the church and majority of my adult life in ministry, I felt like there was more that I could do to help the people around me. I have always been drawn to people who were hurting and desired to walk with them on their healing journeys. While working in the medical field and ministry, it became evident that people needed an outlet to share their feelings and work through their pain. Read Full Bio.
Brooke Thrasher, MA
Resident in Counseling
No matter what season of life you may find yourself in, God does not intend for you to walk
through your struggles alone. It’s my calling and privilege to walk alongside you, wherever you
are in your journey, toward clarity, healing, hope, and wholistic well-being. Read Full Bio.
Sarah DeBoer, MAMFT, LPC
Therapist, Approved Clinical Supervisor
*** Sarah is not taking new clients.
I grew up in Delaware and moved to Virginia at age 18. My journey to becoming a counselor began at James Madison University while I was working with and hearing the struggles of youth in the church I was attending. My wish was to not only hear about these struggles but to help do something about them- to speak truth into their wounds and give them the skills to bring about desired growth in their lives. Read full bio.
Rachel Jecklin, LPC
Therapist
***Rachel will be out of the office on an extended family leave beginning Monday, October 24, 2022, with an anticipated return in mid-August 2023.
I grew up in Philadelphia to Christian parents, and during elementary school we had numerous infant foster brothers and sisters in our home. My parents later adopted two children into our family. From the earliest moments of my memory, it was apparent how important childhood, family, and faith were in shaping our lives and our stories. Read full bio.