Holding Hope Counseling

Holding Hope Counseling is a mental health counseling practice in Batesville, AR. The practice offers in-person and teletherapy sessions covering individual, couple and relational, and family or group therapy, with a relational and systems-oriented approach that focuses on the role relationships play in a person's health and well-being. Owner and therapist Jacklyn Byers, a Licensed Professional Counselor, holds the credentials LAC and LAMFT and works with adolescents and adults, with specialties in marriage and family counseling, trauma recovery for adults and children, and anxiety and depression.

Byers uses an integrative and systemic approach, tailoring methods to each client's needs and goals. She is trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and TF-CBT (Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), both evidence-based treatments used for trauma, anxiety, and emotional healing. She also serves as a contract mental health therapist at the Children's Advocacy Center of Independence County, working with children and families affected by trauma. The practice welcomes clients of all socioeconomic backgrounds, races, ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, and gender identities, and operates on a private-pay basis with a sliding scale to make therapy accessible.

The office is located on Harrison Street, about a mile from Lyon College and Holloway Theatre, with Eagle Mountain Elementary School, Batesville Junior High School, and Daffin Field all within roughly a mile.

The practice holds a rating of 2.3 from 3 reviews.