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Mental Health Coach | Mentor
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Kingdom man of God. Husband. Father. Leader and Disciple.
At Awakening, Derick Forbes is a mental health coach, offering coaching services individually to men, and also to couples. He currently is completing his Master's degree in Marriage & Family Therapy at Mid-America University. He earned his undergraduate degree in Transformational Church Ministry from Warner University in Lake Wales, Florida, and later completed a Master of Science in Strategic Leadership from the University of Charleston in West Virginia.
Derick currently serves as the Discipleship Pastor at a local church in the Piedmont region. He is a member of both the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) , and the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC). In addition, he holds multiple certifications through the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF) and the International Board of Christian Care (IBCC).
Derick comes to the mental health space with over two decades of vocational experience working with students, adults, with an emphasis on men and the family unit. His approach centers on walking alongside clients as they navigate life's challenges, helping them discover who they are, and equipping them with practical tools and insight to take the next right step toward becoming all that God created them to be.
Outside of his professional work, Derick is an outdoorsman who enjoys time in a trout stream or in a deer stand. He also loves spending time with his family and playing guitar. Derick and Katie have been married over fifteen years and are the proud parents of two children-and a basset hound.
Derick Forbes
Mental Health Coach:
Mental Health Counselor
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Katie Forbes is an over-forty-something wife, mother, and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor for the state of North Carolina. Katie is an active member of the Focus on the Family's Christian Counselors Network (CCN) and the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC). She is passionate -and considers it one of the greatest honors of her life- about walking alongside individuals, couples, and families as they pursue healing, growth, and restoration.
Katie is a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) and integrates trauma-informed care with faith-based practices and disciplines in an authentic, compassionate way, creating a safe, nurturing space where individuals feel seen, heard, and loved.
Katie is also an experienced Saving-Your-Marriage-Before-It-Starts (SYMBIS) facilitator for premarital couples, and has extensive experience facilitating Financial Peace University (FPU) and GriefShare in both church and community settings.
Katie is an avid reader, a creator at heart, a lover of great food, and someone who finds her greatest joy at home.
Katie Forbes
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When journeying alongside others, we have found that therapy is effective when our therapeutic relationship is infused with an eclectic approach. Each clinician has a Christian Counseling orientation that is relational and interactive. Secondly, the approach is a beautiful blend of holistic therapy, integrating how the mind, body, and spirit complement one another, along with cognitive-behavioral and solution-focused techniques
Therapy Style
DISCOVER: we will first begin at the starting block, tilling and unearthing those presenting challenges, including unmet needs and desires, that brought you to Awakening
VISION-CASTING: together, we will design unique goals that complement and speak life into the barren, being curious about the elements of what ignites and breathes life into you, as well as expose distractions, lies, and wounding.
CATALYST: Future time together thereafter will focus on how to walk in and become the person God created and called you to be.
What to anticipate with Awakening
LIFE EDIT
Coaching & Mentorship
Mental Health counseling
The services we offer are designed to help you develop coping skills, enhance your self-awareness, and improve your overall quality of life.
Our Expertise
At Awakening, we provide
to individuals, couples, and families
from a Christian perspective,
so that growth, healing, and passion is ignited within.
mental health counseling | coaching | educational services
Ignite the passion within
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ignite the passion within
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LIFE EDIT
Coaching & Mentorship
Mental Health counseling
The services we offer are designed to help you develop coping skills, enhance your self-awareness, and improve your overall quality of life.
Our Expertise
mental health counseling | coaching | and educational services
to individuals, couples, and families from a Christian perspective.
Our aim is to ignite growth, healing, and passion from within.
at Awakening, we provide
DISCOVER: we will first begin at the starting block, tilling and unearthing those presenting challenges, including unmet needs and desires, that brought you to Awakening
VISION-CASTING: together, we will design unique goals that complement and speak life into the barren, being curious about the elements of what ignites and breathes life into you, as well as expose distractions, lies, and wounding.
CATALYST: Future time together thereafter will focus on how to walk in and become the person God created and called you to be.
What to anticipate with Awakening
When journeying alongside others, I have found that therapy is effective when our therapeutic relationship is infused with an eclectic approach. My Christian Counseling therapy style is first and foremost, relational and interactive. Secondly, my approach is a beautiful blend of holistic therapy, integrating how the mind, body, and spirit complement one another, along with cognitive-behavioral and solution-focused techniques
Therapy Style
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Kingdom man of God. Husband. Father. Leader and Disciple.
At Awakening, Derick Forbes is a mental health coach, offering coaching services individually to men, and also to couples. He currently is completing his Master's degree in Marriage & Family Therapy at Mid-America University. He earned his undergraduate degree in Transformational Church Ministry from Warner University in Lake Wales, Florida, and later completed a Master of Science in Strategic Leadership from the University of Charleston in West Virginia.
Derick currently serves as the Discipleship Pastor at a local church in the Piedmont region. He is a member of both the American Association of Marriage & Family Therapy (AAMFT), and the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC). In addition, he holds multiple certifications through the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF) and the International Board of Christian Care (IBCC).
Derick comes to the mental health space with over two decades of vocational experience working with students and adults, with an emphasis on men and the family unit. His approach centers on walking alongside clients as they navigate life's challenges, helping them discover who they are, and equipping them with practical tools and insight to take the next right step toward becoming all that God created them to be.
Outside of his professional work, Derick is an outdoorsman who enjoys time in a trout stream or in a deer stand. He also loves spending time with his family and playing guitar. Derick and Katie have been married over fifteen years and are the proud parents of two children--and a basset hound.
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Mentor
DERICK Forbes
Mental Health Coach:
Mental health counselor
Katie Forbes is an over-forty-something wife, mother, and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor for the state of North Carolina. Katie is an active member of the Focus on the Family's Christian Counselors Network (CCN) and the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC). She is passionate -and considers it one of the greatest honors of her life- about walking alongside individuals, couples, and families as they pursue healing, growth, and restoration.
Katie is a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) and integrates trauma-informed care with faith-based practices and disciplines in an authentic, compassionate way, creating a safe, nurturing space where individuals feel seen, heard, and loved.
Katie is also an experienced Saving-Your-Marriage-Before-It-Starts (SYMBIS) facilitator for premarital couples, and has extensive experience facilitating Financial Peace University (FPU) and GriefShare in both church and community settings.
Katie is an avid reader, a creator at heart, a lover of great food, and someone who finds her greatest joy at home.
