About Heal.Grow.Evolve.Thrive
Finding Inspiration in Every Experience and Healing Through it ALL.
Here at Heal.Grow.Evolve.Thrive, LLC we believe in holistic and total wellness, integrating practices that help heal the mind, the body, and the soul.
Heal.Grow.Evolve.Thrive, LLC was founded in 2024 by Tee Elder a licensed professional counselor, a certified fitness trainer, and a Reiki Therapist . Here at Heal.Grow.Evolve.Thrive, LLC, our passions lie in social justice, advocacy, community service, and the healing of racialized and other specific traumas experienced in black and brown communities, while promoting the wellbeing of all clients no matter the "color" or creed.
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We integrate various theories such as CBT, solutions focused, motivational interviewing, DBT, ACT, play therapy, and EMDR with psychodynamic and psychoanalytical underpinnings. These underpinnings underscores our belief that our past experiences shape us and opposed to abandoning or running from our pasts, that we can utilize them to gain valuable insights to safeguard and shape our futures adaptively. Learning from the past can lay a strong foundation to the construction of a strong future. We also work to illuminate the uniqueness of heritage, honoring said heritage and preserving what is ours while actively encouraging positive change in the present that is essential to our evolution.
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At Heal.Grow.Evolve.Thrive, we love all things mental health, all things trauma and believe when you heal one person, you can heal a family, and eventually a community. It is never too late to heal, grow, and evolve to embark on a thriving new path.
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Here we invite you to your space, held for you to be your most authentic self.
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​We hold the belief that people are the captain of their own life's ship, and we are here to collaborate with, support, and empower those individuals as they navigate through it to create a brighter and informed future! Healing is a continuum, yet a beautiful place, and everyone deserves to experience peace, and be aligned with the highest, best version of themselves!
HERStory is Our Story
Meet Tee, the unconventional, visionary force behind Heal.Grow.Evolve.Thrive, LLC who never had plans to open her own practice, but at the encouragement of many that know her, decided it was time! Tee is passionate about mental health as this is the only thing she has ever wanted to do. As a child, growing up in a community where mental health was not discussed, Tee knew she wanted to help people evolve into their best selves, being the only child in elementary that desired to be a mental health professional and began to read college level Psychology books by the sixth grade that were around the house from her relatives who had attended some college. Tee knew as a young girl that her purpose in life was to be a servant to people. Tee is also passionate about dismantling oppression in therapeutic spaces and bridging the gap between Black and brown communities and mental health. Tee believes in integrative approaches, combining evidence-based and holistic modalities to create a healing experience.
Tee uses her work to confront the complex intersections of adverse childhood experiences, community violence, socioeconomic barriers, racial, and other forms of trauma.
Tee is an exceptional advocate for well-being and breaking generational curses, with a deep rooted love for people, endeavoring to empower and uplift, guiding individuals towards a future brimming with prosperity while honoring the interconnectedness between the mind, body, and soul.
A Columbus native and distinguished graduate of Walden University, Tee holds a Master's of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. This degree is complimented by a Bachelor's degree in Psychology, an Associates Degree in Christian Ministries and Exercise Science and Kinesiology. Tee is also in post graduate school, studying to obtain her doctorate in Clinical Psychology with special focuses in Neuro and Bio-Pscyh. Tee also holds several certifications that further compliment her work.
Tee is a community servant and believes in grassroots missions. She has served on several boards that have allowed her to serve underserved communities and populations. She was the logistics coordinator for Columbus 4 Flint during all four years of their operation, she was the logistics coordinator for Freedomland Inc., during their two years of operation when the nation was unrest, Tee also served in Dayton after the Tornado, and has been the logistics and directing coordinator of the Midnight Sandwich Run for the past eleven years. There is more to Tee's extensive resume that illuminates her work in the community. Tee is also involved with the Brain health Initiative based out of the University of Dayton focusing on Traumatic Brain Injuries.
Tee has experience in community mental health as well as private practice. Tee has worked with clients as young as four with an amalgamation of diagnoses including PTSD, depression, Bipolar disorders, Borderline Personality Disorders, Schizophrenia, Conduct disorders, ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorders and more.
Tee is also available to extend her work in the community by offering trainings, workshops, speaking at events and on panels, and collaborating with another practice to offer CEU courses for other professionals in the field (stay tuned ;-) ) and encourages you to inquire within.
Unconventional but never unprofessional, Tee is truly authentic, always showing up in all spaces as her authentic, genuine self and is passionate about helping people learn to operate in all of their authenticity by setting boundaries and abandoning thought processes and beliefs that have proven to be maladaptive to the individual. Tee has never desired to be anyone else not one day in her life and has lived her life in a way that reflects that.
Tee creates safe and empowering spaces laced with compassion and empathy to help individuals navigate life with all of it's unique challenges. Spaces that cultivate profound healing, personal growth, and all things SELF. Self-preservation is NOT selfishness.
Tee is a true trailblazer and would love to opportunity to connect with and work with you!
