J. Carol Mercer Reiss

Dr. J. Carol Mercer Reiss is a licensed professional counselor with a PhD, dedicated to guiding individuals who have encountered challenges that make them question their capabilities, worth, and security. Dr. Reiss understands that individuals facing discouragement in pursuing change often resonate with the concepts of rebuilding, restoring, and renewing. Her goal during therapy sessions is to establish a genuine connection, fully engaging with clients to uncover their aspirations and goals for transformation. She empowers them to rebuild perspective, restore purpose, and renew hope, facilitating their journey toward emotional, mental, social, physical, and spiritual wholeness. While her practice is diverse, Dr. Reiss brings specialized experience in women's issues, particularly supporting survivors of childhood sexual abuse, sexual assault, anxiety, and depression. Through strengths-based approaches, positive psychology, cognitive behavior therapy, and trauma-informed therapies, she fosters resilience in her clients. For those navigating seasons of uncertainty, discouragement, and hopelessness, Dr. Reiss embodies the courage to take that next crucial step toward meaningful change and healing.