Healing Hearts Counseling, LLC

Healing Hearts Counseling, LLC is a mental health counseling practice in Denham Springs, Louisiana. The practice is owned and operated by Christine Varnado, LPC-S, a licensed professional counselor supervisor who holds a master's in marriage and family counseling and a master of theology from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, along with a bachelor's degree in mass communication and psychology from Southeastern Louisiana University. Services include individual counseling sessions, community outreach programs, webinars, and trainings, with therapy approaches drawing on neuroscience, psychology, and theology. Christine's clinical work incorporates EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing), TBRI (trust-based relational intervention), polyvagal theory, and CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy). The practice also offers professional parenting courses and anxiety counseling, and Christine and a colleague have authored a book called The Proverbs Project.

The team includes Gabi Dufrene, PLPC, NCC; Alex Evans, PLPC; and Sarah Camp, PMHNP-BC, a board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. The office is located on Juban Road, about a quarter mile from the Juban Road corridor, roughly half a mile from the Carter Hills neighborhood, and approximately 1.2 miles from Interstate 12 (West Florida Republic Parkway). Ochsner Urgent Care and Juban Point Urgent Care are both nearby clinics within about a mile of the practice.

The office can be reached by phone at (225) 283-4595 or by email, and the practice serves clients in Denham Springs and the surrounding area.