ADHD therapists and psychiatrists in Lufkin, TX

I’m Destiny Parker, a counselor, educator, and wellness advocate who believes healing happens when people feel seen, safe, and supported as their full selves.

In my clinical work, I support individuals who are managing stress, burnout, anxiety, depression, life transitions, and the lingering effects of trauma. I have a particular passion for working with educators, caregivers, and helping professionals who often prioritize everyone else while quietly carrying their own emotional load. I also work with adolescents and young adults as they navigate self-esteem, peer relationships, identity exploration, and emotional resilience.

As your therapist, my goal is to create a space where you feel safe, heard, and supported. I bring a warm, collaborative approach to our work together, and I truly believe in the power of therapy to create meaningful change. I use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help you understand the connection between your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, and to give you practical tools that you can apply in your daily life. You don’t have to have it all figured out. We’ll navigate things at your pace, and I’ll be here to support you every step of the way.

Stress, burnout, relationship challenges, emotional overwhelm, or the pressure of constantly holding it all together - sound familiar? My clients are ambitious, capable people who are quietly struggling, and seek not only to feel better but also to understand themselves better in the process.

My approach is warm, inquisitive, and solution-oriented.

If your goal is to strengthen relationships, navigate life transitions, and create a life that feels more connected, meaningful, and sustainable, then I'm your huckleberry. Whether you're navigating a challenging season, feeling stuck, or simply looking to live more intentionally, our work together will be a space to slow down, reconnect with yourself, and move forward with greater clarity and confidence.

With nearly 30 years in education and over a decade of experience as a Certified Professional School Counselor (CSC), I bring a strong foundation in supporting children, adolescents, teens and families through a wide range of challenges. In addition to school counseling experience, I hold a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with a Master's Degree in Clinical Mental Health.

A trauma-informed approach is at the heart of each session. Creating a space where clients feel safe, heard and genuinely supported is a top priority. Whether navigating stress, loss, grief, anxiety, life transitions, or school related concerns, sessions are tailored to need each person's unique needs.

Licensed Private Counselor, MS, MEd., LPC, EMDR Trained

I am a Licensed Private Counselor serving clients in Texas. I believe all experiences in our lives whether good or bad can help a person grow by equipping themselves with knowledge and skills to better understand who they are as a person. All information about a person is important and can be used as a steppingstone toward wholeness and healing. I have worked with children, teens, adults, and people with special needs.

I received my BS in Psychology and my MS in Clinical Counseling Psychology. I have a passion for helping people gain skills to endure, overcome, ant thrive. I fell in love with all things psychology at a young age and have gained a great many life experiences that have taught me a deep level of empathy and understanding.

Hello, I’m Adeyinka "Yinka" Adebayo, a dual board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. I provide comprehensive psychiatric care through telehealth, specializing in ADHD, anxiety, bipolar disorders, depression, and co-occurring conditions. My background includes experience in primary care, mental health, and outpatient clinical practice, allowing me to take a holistic, patient-centered approach to treatment. I focus on delivering personalized, evidence-based care that helps individuals achieve clarity, balance, and improved daily functioning.

I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with a Master’s in Rehabilitation Counseling and Disability Studies from Langston University. I have 6 years of clinical experience working with teens, also, teens in transition to adulthood, college students, women, men, and single mom's in addition to single dad's reconnect to their true selves. Trauma causes a disconnect from our true selves and in order to heal we must reconnect. I work with client's who have experienced unprocessed traumas, depression and anxiety to name a few, and I assist them with reconnecting to their true authentic selves. I am available to help guide and support you during your healing journey. If you are navigating peer pressures, individual struggles, parenting issues, grief and life's transitions our work can create a healing process.

I help you make sense of the patterns that keep you feeling stuck and find practical strategies that actually fit your life. My style is warm, honest, and collaborative, with a balance of reflection and action. Together, we’ll get clear on what’s getting in the way and create a path forward that feels realistic, sustainable, and meaningful for you.

After serving Combat Veterans throughout Central Texas for many years, I decided to move closer to my family and establish my current practice serving clients in a private practice setting in Texas. I graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with a Master of Science in Social Work and come to my practice with over 19 years of experience in diagnosis & treatment of mental disorders. I am certified in Prepare Enrich for pre-marital & married couples, Gottman Trained & EMDR Trained.

I believe therapy should feel less like performing and more like finally being able to exhale. My approach is warm, collaborative, insight-oriented, and rooted in genuine human connection. I specialize in psychoanalytic and narrative therapy, helping clients explore the deeper patterns, relationships, experiences, and stories that shape how they move through the world. Together, we work to uncover the “why” beneath recurring emotions, behaviors, relationship dynamics, and internal conflicts while also rewriting narratives that no longer serve you.