Counseling Center
The purpose of the Counseling Center is to be an extension of The Well Community Church pastoral staff. Although our staff is able to assist in many areas, we recognize that a person's need may require the service of a licensed counselor.
It is our desire to provide affordable and professional counseling to people with a variety of emotional and spiritual needs. The Counseling Center will provide this service from a Christian worldview.
There are no guarantees that therapy at the Center will help the client's problems or that the client will be happier at the end of therapy, but it has been shown to have benefits for many people who undertake it. Therapy often leads to a significant reduction in feelings of distress, better relationships and resolutions of specific problems.
Get to know our counselors below, or if you have more questions, take a look at our Frequently Asked Questions.
Our Counselors
Christine Field, LMFT
Christine, the Clinical Supervisor of The Well Counseling Center and a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, received her education in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her approach to therapy is non-judgmental and holistic in nature, addressing mind, body and spirit, and includes an understanding of how one’s past influences current behaviors. This approach provides self-awareness and empowers an individual to become all that God has intended. She enjoys working with young adults, adults and couples with communication and relationship problems, as well as those experiencing depression, anxiety, or symptoms from recent or past trauma. Christine has been married for 38 years and has one grown daughter, a wonderful son-in-law and three grandchildren. She has been a Christian for 35 years and her faith in Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit are central to her life, both personally and professionally.
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Tracy Hearnsberger MDiv
Tracy is an ordained minister with a Master of Divinity degree. He is the senior pastor of The Little Church in the Pines in Bass Lake, CA where he has been the pastor since 1999. He has been in pastoral ministry since 1978. He and his wife, Rhonda, were married in 1976, have 2 daughters, 1 awesome son-in-law and love being involved in The Well Community Church. Brad Bell, Directional Leader of The Well, has entrusted Tracy to do pre-marital counseling with the couples that Brad marries. Tracy has a deep heart for providing pastoral counsel for individuals, couples and families who are walking through various life issues. He believes in helping people learn how to let the Lord help them with matters of marriage, family, communication, forgiveness, conflict resolution, etc. He loves to watch as God brings the wisdom of His Word into the heart of a situation to transform lives and bring about wholeness in spirit and soul and body (1 Thessalonians 5:23).
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Beverly Herndon, LMFT
Beverly Herndon is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She enjoys working with families, couples and individuals who are experiencing difficulties in relationships, trauma, grief, and transitions that are hindering a person from thriving in life. Often these result in a person feeling depression, anxiety, and stress, which affect the whole person: spiritually, mentally, physically, emotionally, and sexually. These emotions can affect your ability to connect with others when you need to connect with others the most. Beverly enjoys joining people on their journey of healing and wholeness.
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Gina Ornelas, LMFT
Gina Ornelas is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and has a Master of Science degree in Marital and Family Therapy from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA. She is also a Certified Domestic Violence Advocate and a Certified Family Wellness Instructor. She specializes in helping individuals and families recover from domestic violence, emotional abuse, and childhood trauma. Gina also has experience in working with those struggling with anxiety, depression, addiction, anger/stress management, parenting issues, grief and loss, divorce, and adolescence. Her goal is to empower people while they are on a journey toward healing and wholeness. Gina’s therapeutic approach assists families in creating healthy boundaries, encourages awareness of how our thoughts affect our feelings, and helps people see how past experiences impact the present.
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Jodi Mitchell, MFT Intern
Jodi is a registered Marriage and Family Therapist Intern who enjoys working with individuals and families. She also enjoys facilitating group therapy and psycho-educational groups. Jodi has experience in helping people with depression, anxiety, grief issues, and relationship problems.
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Sherri Eason, MFT Intern
Sherri is a registered Marriage and Family Therapist Intern who received her Masters degree from Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary in Marriage, Family and Child Counseling. Sherri has worked in education, special education, and Christian Camping over the past 8 years and has experience working with people of all ages. Her budding specialties are in the areas of adults and children with ADHD as well as working with children with Autism and their families. Sherri's clinical approach is Adlerian, which is a positive psychology that focuses on growth, encouragement, and education in all areas of life.
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Jennifer Brazil, MFT Intern
Jennifer Brazil is a registered Marriage and Family Therapist Intern. She received her Master’s degree in Marriage, Family and Child Counseling at the Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary in Fresno. Jennifer’s own journey of parental grief and loss was aided by the therapeutic process and her personal experience enhances her ability to connect with individuals, parents, children, families and couples. Jennifer works from a client-directed family system and attachment perspective. Additionally, Jennifer is a member of the Horticultural Therapy Association, and a Master Gardener. She finds working in nature to be a healing process, not only physically, but spiritually as well. She brings this holistic understanding of the body, mind and spirit to the therapeutic process. Jennifer has lived in Fresno for the past 9 nine years with her children.
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Stephanie Zimmerman, MFT Intern
Stephanie is a registered Marriage and Family Therapist Intern. She received her Master of Arts in Marriage, Family and Child Counseling at the Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary in Fresno. Stephanie has worked with adolescents in a variety of settings for the past 9 years. The adolescent time of life can bring unique struggles and difficulties; Stephanie believes there is hope and healing in all situations that adolescents go through. She truly enjoys working with adolescents and their families through these transitional times. She also enjoys working with individuals, couples, parents, and families through a variety of other issues that include difficulties such as anxiety, depression, relationships, trauma, grief, loss, anger and stress. Every individual and family comes with their own counseling needs, which is why Stephanie works from a client-centered approach to empower her clients towards wholeness and healing of the body, mind and spirit.
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