About Life Management Group – Augusta GA

Counseling – Therapy – Life Coaching – Workshops – Seminars

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Elizabeth Estey

Founder & CEO
  • Certified Temperament Practitioner
  • Parenting Specialist
  • Marriage Coach

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Chris Carkhum PhD

Clinical Director & Partner
  • Doctor of Counseling Education and Supervision
  • Master of Education
  • Licensed Professional Counselor
  • Nationally Certified Counselor
  • Certified Employee Assistant Professional
  • Substance Abuse Professional

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James Getts

D.Min., M.Div., BCPC, IBCC, Major USA (Ret.)
  • Pastoral Counselor
  • Board-Certified Pastoral Counselor
  • Ordained Pastor

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JiIl Ballesteros-Bowman

LPC, NCC
  • Almost finished completing her PhD in Counseling Education and Supervision
  • Licensed Professional Counselor
  • Nationally Certified Counselor
  • Relationship Counselor
  • Pre-Marital Counselor
  • Ethics Advisor
  • LGBTQ Counselor
  • Individual Counselor

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Maria Morris

MA, MBA, SHRM-CP
  • Professional in Human Resources (PHR)/ SHRM-CP
  • eCornell – ADP Foundations in Human Resources Certification
  • Certified in Crucial Conversations
  • Myers Briggs Type Indicator Qualification
  • Active member of SHRM
  • Member of Global Women in Leadership
  • Graduate of Women Unlimited LEAD Program

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Stephen Cutchins

Completing Ph.D. in Leadership Studies
  • Life Coaching
  • Spiritual Guidance
  • Marriage / Relationship Counseling
  • Executive Coaching
  • Leadership Development

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Layla Boyd

MSW
  • Master’s in Clinical Social Work.
  • Child and Adolescent Behavioral Specialist
  • Animal Assisted Therapy
  • Life Management Group Counseling Provider

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Bettina Kyler, PhD

Director, Education Division
  • Teacher and Admin Counseling/Mentoring/Coaching
  • Life Coach
  • Grief Counseling
  • Couples Counseling
  • Adolescent/Teen Counseling (ages 10-19)
  • Individual Counseling
  • Professional Speaking Engagements

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Erin Gilstrap

Licensed Master Social Worker
  • Concentration in Community Relationships
  • Emotional Regulation in Children

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Kristy Kiitchens

LCSW, CACC II, AADC
  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
  • Certified AADC – Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor
  • Masters Degree in Social Work
  • Bachelor’s degrees in Psychology
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Post-traumatic Stress Disorders
  • Substance Use Disorders
  • Marital Issues Counselor

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Jamie Whitman

NCRC I, NCRC II, NCIP
  • Nationally Certified Intervention Professional
  • Recovery Coach Level II and Level I

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Marsha Braswell- Brown

MSW, US Army Retired
  • (Veterans Service Officer)
  • B.S. and M.A. in Counseling Wayland Baptist University Plainview TX
  • (VAST) Veterans
  • Advocacy and Training
  • Advocate
  • (AAPTSD) African American PTSD Association
  • Military Sexual Trauma (MST)

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Amber Klepsch

BA in Psychology from Augusta University
  • Intern
  • Finishing master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling

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Wendi J. Robinson

MS
  • Relationship Counselor
  • Marriage Counselor
  • Pre-Marital Counseling
  • Prepare & Enrich Marriage Program Certification

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Lindsey Pierce

  • Bachelor of Arts in Intelligence Studies
  • Minor in Geo spatial Intelligence
  • Pursuing a doctoral program in Clinical Psychology
  • Marriage coach
  • Parenting
  • Life Management Group’s Cooperative Parenting & Divorce Seminar Facilitator
  • Gottman Method of Relationship Therapy Trained Marriage Coach-Level I and II
  • Director of The Life Management Group’s MUM program (Moms Utilizing Moms)

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Cristi Kearse

Office Manager

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Nationally Certified Intervention Professional - The Addictions Academy