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Our Team

Riverside Counseling is a group of individual private practice clinicians who collaboratively share space and clinical support. Each licensed counselor manages their own scheduling, and billing. Learn more about each of our clinicians below.

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Tiffany Austin, LCMHC

Currently accepting child (3+), teen, and adult clients. Tiffany specializes in Complex PTSD and the resulting anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. She is trained in Internal Family Systems (IFS), EMDR, and other attachment based and experiential modalities. She is also trained in Child-Centered Play Therapy and directive trauma play techniques for younger clients. 

980-292-1064

Dawn Demas Counseling

Dawn Demas, LCMHC

Dawn is not accepting new clients at this time. She utilizes a client centered approach along with Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) and EMDR. Dawn specializes in treating anxiety, difficult life transitions, grief and loss, and relationship issues.

Please email for more information

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Erin Stewart, LCMHC, RPT

Erin is currently accepting adults teen, and children (4+) clients.  Erin is trained in EMDR, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and Child-Centered Play Therapy and utilizes Expressive Art Techniques with clients. Erin specializes in treating trauma, grief, anxiety, and life transitions across the lifespan.

Please email for more information.

Kathee Hagler Counseling, Viva Counseling

Kathryn "Kathee" Hagler, LCMHC

Kathee is currently accepting adults, couples, and children (4+) clients. She specializes in treating trauma, anxiety, depression, accultuation, and parenting issues. She is trained in Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), EMDR, and Triple P Level 3.

803-610-1199

Andrea Boulware Counseling

Andrea Boulware, LCMHC, RPT, TraumaPlay Certified

Currently accepting child (4+), tween, teen, and adult clients.

Andrea uses Client-Centered Therapy, Play Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Experiential, and Attachment-Based Therapies. She specializes in working with children, teens, women, and foster/adoptive families.

Please email for more information

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Tamra Roberts, LMFT-S

Tamra is currently accepting clients. For a decade, Tamra has compassionately helped individuals heal from past hurts and trauma. She is EMDRIA‑Certified in EMDR therapy, an EMDR Trainer, and has completed advanced EMDR training. Tamra provides individual EMDR intensives, group EMDR intensives, and EMDR consultation toward certification. She is also a Marriage and Family Therapy Supervisor.

Through Healing Trauma Commission, Tamra offers trauma‑focused, Christ‑centered care designed to make deep healing accessible to those who need it most.

Please email for more information.

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Ashley King, LMFT

Ashley works with adults, teens, couples and families. Ashley utilizes a client centered approach along with attachment therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and EMDR. Ashley specializes in treating anxiety/phobias, couples issues, infidelity, addictions, and trauma. 

Please email for more information

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Meredith Cloninger, LCMHC-S

Meredith works with adults and specializes in traumatic grief, co-addiction and family struggle surrounding addiction, depression, anxiety and relational and intimacy issues.  She approaches counseling with a spiritual perspective, integrating internal family systems, psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral approaches. Please email to inquire about availability.

Please email for more information​

Rachel Bills Counseling

Rachel Bills, LCMHC

Rachel is currently accepting adult clients. Rachel specializes in treating trauma, dissociative issues, anxiety and depression. Rachel uses depth oriented approaches that focus on uprooting the causes of unwanted symptoms. She is it trained in Internal Family Systems (IFS), EMDR, and ACT. She also frequently integrates somatic experiencing and mindfulness based modalities into her practice. 

970-319-9982

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Payton Bencivenga, LCMHCA

Payton is currently accepting adults (18+) and specializes in anxiety, relationship issues, communication, narcissism, and narcissistic abuse. She utilizes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Schema Therapy, and attachment based modalities. 

Please email for more information

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Meredith Greer, Intern

Meredith, a counseling intern, creates a compassionate and warm environment to support individuals through their healing journeys. She has experience working with people in ministry and guiding them through challenges such as shame, grief, family dynamics, and trauma-related issues.

Meredith utilizes a trauma-informed, client-centered approach, integrating family systems and narrative therapy techniques. She offers therapy to adults, couples, and teens.

Please contact for more information.

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Taryn Leatherwood, Intern

Taryn is a third-year Clinical Mental Health Counseling student at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. She believes that healing occurs within the context of safe and meaningful relationships. She views the counseling relationship as a collaborative space where clients can explore their stories with curiosity, compassion, and courage. Her desire is to help clients better understand themselves, strengthen their relationships, and move toward greater wholeness and hope.

 

Taryn sees clients ages 12 and older and enjoys working with individuals navigating anxiety, life transitions, relationship challenges, family dynamics, grief and loss, and questions of identity and purpose.

Please contact for more information.

7300 Carmel Executive Park Dr.

Suite 115

Charlotte, NC, 28226

Office hours vary for each Riverside clinician. Please contact an individual counselor to learn more.

© 2022 by Riverside Counseling Group, PLLC

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