News

Please visit our CE Opportunities page to learn more about this event on February 18th presented by Dr. James Dalton. 

We are happy to welcome our December newly hired therapists to the family!

Tina Samuels, LMSW is a therapist who graduated from Arkansas State University where she received her Masters in Social Work. Kassidy Youngblood, LAC is a therapist who graduated from John Brown University where she received her Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy. 

We are glad to have them on board. Tina will be working out of our Walnut Ridge clinic. Kassidy will be working out of our Searcy clinic.

Amber Gonzales, LPC, was named Jonesboro’s Outpatient Clinical Supervisor in October 2021. Amber has served as the Quality Assurance Officer of Families, Inc. since 2014. She received both her Specialist in Education and her Bachelor of Social Work from Arkansas State University.

Before joining the Quality Assurance team, Amber spent five years providing direct therapeutic services to children, adolescents, adults, and geriatrics. Prior to that, she spent seven years providing case management services in the home, school, and office.

We are happy to welcome our November newly hired therapists to the family!

Haley Thomas, LPC and current Clinical Supervisor for Jonesboro Outpatient has been selected to serve as Director of Clinical Operations for Families, Inc. Counseling Services.  

We are happy to welcome our September newly hired therapist to the family!

Rebecca Graham, LAC, LAMFT is a therapist who graduated from Harding University where she received her Masters in Family Therapy. 

Rebecca will be working out of our Jacksonville clinic. 

Families, Inc. is happy to announce Jessica Shelton, LPC, as the new Crisis Response Team Coordinator. She will lead the Crisis Response Team and be responsible for the coordination and delivery of all after-hours calls coming through the answering service. In her role she will also be available for consultation for crisis services during regular business hours.

In addition to her role of CRTC, Jessica continues to serve as Families, Inc. therapist in the Harrisburg School District.

We are happy to welcome our August newly hired therapists to the family!

We are happy to welcome our July newly hired therapists to the family!

Haley Thomas is a Licensed Professional Counselor that joined Families, Inc. in August, 2021 as the Jonesboro-Outpatient Clinical Supervisor. She received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Arkansas and her Master of Rehabilitation Counseling from Texas Tech University. 

Prior to joining Families Inc., Haley served in a leadership capacity as well as a school-based therapist in community mental health for Mid South Health Systems in Paragould and Jonesboro, AR.   She has done extensive work with trauma in children and adolescents.