Our Staff
M.A., LPC-S and Owner at Restore
Keely Burks is a Licensed Professional Counselor that completed her graduate work at the University of Texas at Tyler in 2010. She is passionate about helping marriages and families heal from wounds, whether traumatic, relational, or emotional in nature. She is a TBRI Practitioner and EMDR Certified, giving her the tools to come alongside foster and adoptive families in a unique way. Her greatest joys professionally come from seeing restoration replace deep hurts in relationships and seeing truth revealed, understood, and believed. Keely believes that every person has a story worth telling, and considers it a great honor to be included in her clients’ journeys toward wholeness. She is married to her wonderful husband, Ben, and they have three busy and beautiful children.
Areas of interest: marriage issues, parenting issues, adoption related family problems, trauma, and family of origin struggles.
Taylor Jefcoat Ferriss
M.A., LPC-Associate
Taylor is a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate under the supervision of Amber Quaranta-Leech, LPC-S. Taylor graduated with an M.A. in Addictions Counseling at Liberty University.
Taylor has a heart for anyone desiring freedom from addictions and traumas. Taylor’s passion is assisting clients in finding release from a range of mental health difficulties including trauma, addiction, anxiety, and depression. Taylor utilizes an eclectic therapeutic approach that includes, but is not limited to, person-centered, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, trauma informed, and attachment focused.
As a therapist, Taylor’s desire is to develop genuine connections with each individual client, striving to guide clients in discovering the immense relief that can result from mending stressors and difficulties that life has provided. Taylor strives to help clients see their strength, value, and worth.
Areas of focus: addiction, trauma, depression, anxiety, emotion regulation self-image and self-esteem, mood disorders, stress management
Blair Warren
M.A., LPC-Associate
Blair is a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate under the supervision of Marisha Roberts, LPC-S. He graduated with his M.A. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of Texas at Tyler. As an East Texas native, he’s committed to serving and coming alongside couples, adults, and teens in the area who are experiencing a variety of issues. Blair strives to empower clients, knowing each person is unique and able to create positive change in their own life.
Areas of Interest: men's issues, life transitions, emotion regulation, anxiety, stress management, couples, trauma, self-care
Jade Burks
M.A., LPC-Associate
Jade is a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate under the supervision of Kim Camp, LPC-S. She graduated with her M. A. in Clinical and Mental Health Counseling from the University of Texas at Tyler. Jade specializes in working with adolescents, adults, and families and has worked across diverse treatment settings ranging from providing mental health services in schools to working in a crisis center. Jade has a heart for women and families struggling with perinatal mental health issues including fertility and miscarriage. Jade believes a strong, therapeutic relationship is the foundation from which healing and change are built. She takes an experiential approach to counseling and combines Person-Centered and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Mindfulness to help her clients gain insight and find healing. Jade is passionate about seeing her clients walk in the freedom that comes from knowing their inherent worth and living life authentically.
Areas of Interest: anxiety, depression, emotion regulation, grief, identity development, life transitions, miscarriage and infertility, and postpartum anxiety and depression
Madison Lasse
M.A., LPC-Associate
Madison is a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate supervised by Keely Burks, LPC-S. Madison has been working within the mental health field for most of the past decade as a Social Worker and is now thrilled to be moving into private practice counseling. Madison graduated with her Bachelors Degree in Social Work from Baylor University in 2014 and her Masters in Professional Counseling from Amberton University in 2022. Madison believes that life is unpredictable and that we all suffer through painful events, behaviors and circumstances. She counts it a joy to walk alongside her clients wherever they find themselves on the path of healing and freedom. Madison has experience working with individuals 16 and up who struggle with anxiety, OCD, infertility, depression, postpartum depression, trauma, and more. Madison also enjoys working with couples as they navigate pitfalls in their relationships. Madison works hard to provide a safe, non-judgemental and comforting environment for her clients to heal and grow.
Areas of Interest: couples, anxiety, depression, women's issues, perinatal and postnatal issues, infertility, and life transitions
Monica Terpening
LCSW
Monica is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who completed her graduate work online at Louisiana State University in 2019. She is bilingual (Spanish-English) and has experience working with a variety of ages and areas including residential and foster homes, a crisis response team, and domestic violence counseling.
She is EMDR trained and uses some TBRI concepts in order to assist clients in working through wounds and trauma. Monica uses an integrative and relational approach to create a safe environment for clients to be heard and valued in whatever uncertainty that life may present.
Areas of interest:life transitions, crisis counseling, emotional regulation, grief, trauma, and family of origin struggles.
Kacy Combest
M.S., LPC
Kacy is a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate under the supervision of Keely Burks, LPC-S. She received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Texas A&M University and went on to receive her Master of Science in Clinical Psychology from the University of Texas at Tyler in 2019. She feels blessed to be able to walk alongside children, teens, young adults, and families in their journey through life and to help them overcome their current struggles. She is a trauma informed therapist, trained in EMDR and uses an eclectic approach with techniques from Internal Family Systems, Emotion Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Trust-Based Relational Intervention techniques. She strives for a safe and comfortable environment where each client is able to express themself without holding back. She makes sure that her clients feel heard and empowered to embrace their own unique journey and strives to work together to help put those broken and lost pieces back together again.
Areas of interest: emotion regulation, anxiety, stress management, depression, self image/self-esteem, family problems, time management, trauma
Dominique Jackquet
M.A., LPC- Associate
Dominique is a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate under the supervision of Keely Burks, LPC-S.
She received her M.A in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at the University of Texas at Tyler. She is passionate about the family unit and believes that everyone has a story that deserves to be heard. She has worked with a variety of ages including kids, teens, and adults. Dominique has experience working in school settings, foster care, and adoption, as well as kids on the Autism Spectrum. She focuses on attachment and is trauma-based relational intervention informed. She is intentional in utilizing different therapeutic modalities, such as play therapy and body somatic techniques and internal family systems to help bring healing and restoration to families and individuals. Dominique desires for her clients to be empowered and considers it an honor to hear clients' stories and is excited to walk alongside them in their healing journeys.
Areas of Interest: foster care/adoption, play therapy, anxiety, depression, family related issues, trauma, life adjustment, self-care, identity
Maggi Moore
M.A., LPC
Maggi is a Licensed Professional Counselor who enjoys working with children, teens, and adults. She first began working with adolescents and families while teaching middle school and coaching various sports. During her five years in the education field, she developed a passion for walking alongside her students and their families. She graduated with her M. A. in Clinical and Mental Health Counseling from the University of Texas at Tyler. She believes all people are created with worth and purpose and she desires to create a safe place for her clients that promotes healing, strength, and hope. Maggi focuses on identifying her client’s strengths and goals and works with children as young as four, adolescents, families, and young adults. She is EMDR trained and utilizes play, art, music, and other creative modalities in therapy. One of her greatest joys is seeing her client’s grow and recognize their worth.
Maggi’s specialties include: Play Therapy, emotion regulation, anxiety, stress, depression, parenting issues, identity development, relationship issues, and body image
M.A., LPC
Kayla Attaway is a Licensed Professional Counselor that completed her graduate work at the University of Texas at Tyler in 2011. She has worked with a variety of ages in different settings including a crisis office, school setting and a residential treatment center working with behavioral issues. She is EMDR trained and is trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Cognitive Processing Therapy allowing her to help clients identify, challenge, and modify unhelpful beliefs. Kayla supports her clients to help them tell their story by allowing them to feel empowered, and by creating a safe place for healing.
Areas of interest: emotional regulation, anxiety, depression, addiction, stress management, grief, obsessive compulsive disorder and trauma
Sahian Sanabria
Office Manager
Sahian received a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology Pre-Professional at Southwestern Assemblies of God University in 2022 and is working towards Graduate School in order to obtain a Master's Degree in Social Work. She is grateful to be a part of the team and manages the Restore office. She is responsible for overseeing its operations as well as caring for all its administrative duties. Sahian is bilingual in Spanish and English to better serve a broad range of clients in their native language. She has a heart for people and strives to make everyone who walks through Restore's doors feel comfortable and welcome.