About Ascending Health & Wellness

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Our Mission

Ascending Health and Wellness Services is determined to provide quality services to help empower those in the community through individualized care by breaking the stigma of mental health and providing equal opportunities for all. We are committed to promoting and advocating for the needs of our clients, communities, employees, and referral sources.

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About Owner Maria Crabtree

I am Maria Crabtree a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor/ Supervisor (LPCC-S). I have over 14 years of clinical counseling experience. I have worked with clients with a wide age range from age 4 to 70 with a variety of issues. I have helped individuals
cope with their depression, anxiety, relationship issues, parenting problems, career challenges, OCD, ADHD, GAD, PTSD, bipolar, personality disorder, est. I also started my career as a Trauma Recovery Therapist in a rape crisis center solely working with adult victims of rape/sexual assault and domestic violence. My counseling style is direct and empathetic.

I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion, and I do not believe in stigmatizing labels. My approach combines cognitive-behavioral, humanistic, psychodynamic, existential, and rational-emotive counseling. I will tailor our dialog and treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs. I also enjoy using the holistic approach in counseling to connect the body as one working vessel in all areas of the mind, body, and soul.
It takes courage to seek a more fulfilling and happier life and to take the first steps towards a change.

If you are ready to take that step I am here to support and empower you.

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About (Co-Owner) Dr. Aaron Meriwether

My name is Dr. Aaron Meriwether! My therapeutic approach is a dynamic transformational process to help individuals explore and improve psychological well-being. My mission is to work collaboratively with individuals seeking to overcome and ascend. I have experience providing individual counseling, couples counseling, and group therapy. My therapeutic approach is holistically based on collective;
mind, body, and soul. In treatment, I apply a wide range of evidence-based treatments, including Individual psychology, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, Creative Therapies, and interventions. Also, I apply a mindfulness-based approach to the treatment of mental health. I believe in a strength-based approach
to treatment that is tailor-made to help people reach their full potential.
I have over 14 years of experience as a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC). My educational background includes a Doctor of Philosophy emphasized in Counseling from Lindsey Wilson College (KY). My research interests include Spiritual Well-Being and Resilience.

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Maria has been an absolute joy in my life. I feel extremely heard and cared about whenever we speak. She is super sweet and very good at deciphering and targeting main ideas or critical insights even when I offload a ridiculous amount. She asks questions that provoke thought and has really helped me reach a place where I am far more content with myself than I used to be. She's helped me accept happiness and
be more present with who I am, and she's been an invaluable help despite our short association, I am so grateful to have met her!

A.B

Maria is personable and patient and offers useful resources. She is a very good listener who brings me back from my tangents yet I work at my own pace. I feel listened to and more understood through our work together. She is also honest, encouraging, and refreshingly modern in her views about women and our societal roles and struggles. I feel comfortable exploring and healing with Maria and after several sessions, I feel that I am progressing in building/reasserting my authentic sense of self and worth.

S.H

After therapy with Maria for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression,
stress, anxiety, addictions, anger management, and bipolar disorder it has been a great help! She is a great listener, I trust her, I feel she understands me,supports me and cares. I like that she always has good exercises for me and afterwards she keeps track of my assignments.

D.A

Aaron is very supportive and offers great strategies to work towards a better self. He focuses on every area to build a healthier mind body and soul. I’ve personally made great progress since working with him and my goals finally feel within reach thanks to his support and great advice.

K.A

Aaron is a fantastic counselor. He is very responsive and encouraging. Since beginning therapy with him,I have always felt supported, respected, and heard. He has been great at helping me to set goals and grow in self awareness. I highly recommend him for anyone, especially if you value a spiritual, holistic, and/or religious approach. I am so grateful for Ascending Health & Wellness and for the support of an experienced and thoughtful counselor like Aaron!

A.C

Aaron is such a kind soul, I can tell he really cares about my successes and he seems to understand me in a way that many others have not. I’m really grateful to Aaron for this.