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Dr. Erin Kincaid - BCBC, QMHP
Founder & Owner of Higher Hopes Counseling

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Erin counsels:

-Youth & Teens 12 and Adults 

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-Specializes in: Missionaries & Pastoral Staff Care, Family Violence, Victims of Narcissist Abuse, Coercive Control

 

-In-Person Appointments & Telehealth

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  • Anxiety

  • Depression

  • Teen Issues

  • Anger/Emotion Management

  • Life with a Narcissist

  • Women's mental health

  • Stress, burnout

  • Family issues

  • Grief & loss

  • Co-parenting, Divorce Care

  • Pre-marital

  • Spiritual issues. loss of faith

  • Abuse - spousal and childhood

  • The aging mind, senior care

Erin holds a PhD in Christian Clinical Counseling from CBIS, a dual Masters in Theological & Cultural Anthropology from Eastern University, Master's Certification in Biblical Counseling - Southwestern Seminary & Biblical Counseling Institute & The Riley Center for Biblical Counseling, and is a graduate of Liberty University with her undergraduate focus in Psychology & Christian Counseling. 

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She is certified in the following programs:

  • Caring for People God's Way - AACC

  • Master Certified & Facilitator Certified in:

    • Active Relationships

    • Married & Loving It

    • 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families

    • Heroes In The Home for Military, First Responders

    • Expect Respect Teen Dating Violence Prevention

    • Divorce Recovery

    • Scream Free Parenting

    • Children in the Middle

  • Crisis & Trauma Care- AACC

  • Love & Respect

  • Vicarious Trauma Training

  • "Twogether in Texas" Master Certified Pre-marital Educator

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A Message From Erin:

Many people reach a point in their lives when they feel stuck. You want to move forward, but you feel powerless and don’t know where to turn for help. Using Biblical principles, warmth, and patience, I will work with you to seek lasting, positive change that will help you reflect God’s image and bring Him glory.

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Erin and her family served on the foreign mission field of former East Germany/Germany for over seven years, and they still serve there as often as God allows with their missions and retreat home - Reformations Ministry at El Roi Haus.  She is the retired Senior Director of Education & Prevention at Brighter Tomorrows Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Agency and Hope's Door-New Beginning Center in Plano/Garland. She's served the violence prevention community in Texas for two decades and presently leads Batterer Intervention (BIPP), emotional regulation, and Anger Management programs in Hunt, Rockwall, and Kaufman County. 

Erin is the author of Rock Me Right Children's Book, Musical Chairs Pre-marital Education Program, We Expect Respect Family Violence Program, Life Lessons syndicated column, and present and past columnist in Blue Ribbon News, Lifestyle Magazine, Suburban Style, D Magazine/D Weddings, Living Magazine and host of the "Life Lessons" and coh-ost of the "He Said It First" Podcasts. 

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