STARKVILLE | COLUMBUS COUNSELING SERVICES
Is it time
for a change?
Change starts with a conversation. Let’s take the next step together. Our therapists provide compassionate, evidence-based care for individuals, couples, and families in Starkville and Columbus, Mississippi.
OUR APPROACH TO CARE
Whole person care, centered on you.
We believe meaningful change happens when every part of you — mind, body, and spirit — is supported with care and intention.
Our team provides clinical and wellness services that nurture the
whole person and serve our community with care.
Individual Therapy
Individual therapy offers a supportive space to explore personal challenges, life transitions, and emotional concerns. It can be helpful when navigating relationship decisions, grief or loss, stress, anxiety, depression, or change, with a focus on building coping skills, self-awareness, and emotional resilience.
Children & Adolescents
Ages 5 to 17. Including a wide range of emotional and behavioral issues, identifying strengths and weaknesses in a child’s development, cognitive strategies to build essential coping skills, process emotional issues, and helpful insight to equip your child to be successful.
Therapy for Couples
Couples counseling helps partners navigate challenges such as conflict, communication breakdowns, and concerns related to infidelity, finances, or parenting. It provides a supportive space for couples to strengthen understanding, improve communication, and build a healthier partnership.
Therapy for Trauma
EMDR therapy is an extensively researched, effective psychotherapy method proven to help people recover from trauma and other distressing life experiences, including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), anxiety, depression and panic disorders.
Therapy for Families
Family therapy supports families through change, conflict, and relational challenges within the family system. This may include nuclear or blended families, families of divorce, single-parent households, or extended caregivers, with sessions focused on communication, connection, and healthier family dynamics.
Substance Abuse
For those suspecting or experiencing substance abuse themselves or with a loved one, in active or past addiction, codependency and/or other issues around addiction. May also support individual or family recovery, after-care and supportive recovery services.
Meet the Team
Our therapists are dedicated to helping you navigate life’s challenges with compassion and evidence-based care.
Together, we provide personalized support for individuals, couples, and families across Starkville and Columbus.
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Cori Cater, LPC-S
STARKVILLE
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Lindy Oswalt, LPC-S
STARKVILLE
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Mary Beth Ketchum, LPC-S
STARKVILLE
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Caroline Phillips, LPC
STARKVILLE
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Emily Loupe, LPC
STARKVILLE
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Lindsey Speights, P-LPC
STARKVILLE
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Kaitlyn Smith, P-LPC
STARKVILLE
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Charity Gordon, LPC
STARKVILLE
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Alissa Woodward, Intern
STARKVILLE
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Ally Austin, LCSW
STARKVILLE
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Jennifer Marlow Cook, P-LPC
STARKVILLE | COLUMBUS
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Destany Berry, LPC
STARKVILLE | COLUMBUS
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Melanie Tubbs, LCSW
COLUMBUS
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Cynthia McCrary, LPC
STARKVILLE | COLUMBUS
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Claire Griese, LPC
STARKVILLE | COLUMBUS
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Madison McElroy, P-LPC
STARKVILLE | COLUMBUS
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Janice Baxter, LMFT
STARKVILLE | COLUMBUS
(beginning January 2026)
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Luke Hembree, Intern
STARKVILLE
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Emily Johnson, P-LPC
STARKVILLE
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Miraculas Clemons, LPC
STARKVILLE | COLUMBUS
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Jamie Methvin, P-LPC
STARKVILLE
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Corey Miletello, LCSW-S
STARKVILLE
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Jasmine Wynn, LCSW
STARKVILLE | COLUMBUS
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“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.”
— JOSEPH CAMPBELL —
Get started with
Starkville Wellness Group today.
OUR LOCATIONS
Serving Starkville & Columbus
With offices in Starkville and Columbus, we’re here to make compassionate, evidence-based care accessible to individuals, couples, and families across our community.
Starkville
100 Starr Avenue, Suite K
Starkville, MS 39759
(662) 340-5947
From Hwy 12, Starkville:
Head south on Louisville St
Drive 0.9 miles
Turn left onto Academy Rd
Drive 0.1 mile
Turn right onto Starr Ave.
Turn right into the 2nd parking lot entrance
Starkville Wellness Group is located in suites K & L
Columbus
28 Glenwood Drive, Suite 1
Columbus, MS 39705
(662) 340-5947
From US 82, Columbus:
Take the Military Road exit.
Turn North on Military Road.
Turn left onto Glenwood Dr.
Take a right into the parking lot.
Starkville Wellness Group is located in the middle building, office door on the left

