Kolby Nance,
M.A., Licensed Mental Health Counselor
# 17118,
Founder/
Co-Owner
Everyone experiences seasons of difficulty and struggle. Kolby works with clients from many different walks of life and dealing with a variety issues and struggles. He works to create a safe relationship where clients can experience recovery, healing, and the life they were made to live. Abundant Life is possible and Kolby co-labors with his clients to discover that life. Kolby’s areas of interest include Identity Development, Obsessive Thinking, Sexual Integrity, Marriage, Childhood Sexual Abuse, and Professional Performance. Kolby has the most experience working with Couples, Men, and Men-In-The-Making (Adolescent Males, 12 - 18).
I counsel from a biblical worldview and will integrate aspects of various theories and interventions to meet my client's needs. I am interpersonally focused and deeply value my client's story. I incorporate interventions from Cognitive Behavioral, Emotionally-Focused, Dialectical Behavioral, Narrative, and ACT Therapies.
I hope that you will reach out to begin receiving the care and attention that is needed during this season. I look forward to meeting you and creating a safe environment where you can be heard and recovery can begin.
Jenica Timmes M.A., Licensed Mental Health Counselor #22046, Co-Owner
Jenica is the co-owner and head of local operations at Porter’s Sound Counseling. Jenica joined the Porter’s Sound team in 2020 and moved into the role of co-owner in 2022. She received her undergraduate degree in Psychology from Florida Southern College in 2003, and her Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling from the Florida School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University in 2006.
She specializes in Women's Mental Health issues such as anxiety, depression, issues of self-worth, grief and loss, marriage/relationship challenges, parenting struggles, post-partum/pregnancy issues, co-dependency, trauma, emotional abuse, and issues stemming from childhood.
Jenica views her role of counselor as both an honor and a privilege to enter into the sacred space of holding pain, providing support and compassion, while also sifting through the darkness to find light and hope. She wants her clients to feel that they are in a safe space to be themselves without judgment, and to experience the wholeness and healing that God desires in our lives and in our relationships.
In her spare time, she enjoys being near the water, taking bike rides, writing and painting, and spending time with her husband, 3 dogs, and the two little humans that she likes to call “Goose” and “Sweet Pea”.
Lauren Spencer M.A.,
Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern #19878
To know and be known. This is a core longing of all of ours. We deeply desire to understand our own brokenness and woundedness, and we yearn to be known and to have others walk with us in our sorrows and struggles. Counseling is a safe and empowering place to come as you are, to process your unique story, and to be deeply known in order to experience healing, growth, hope, and celebration. Lauren works mostly with adolescent girls (14+) and young women. She has a passion for issues such as childhood sexual abuse, trauma, relational struggles, stress, infertility, post-partum depression, and grief.
Lauren was born and raised in St. Louis, MO. She received her undergraduate degree in Psychology from Covenant College and her Master of Arts in Counseling from Covenant Theological Seminary. She and her husband, Jon Jon, have three beautiful and busy children: Canaan, Judah, and Zoe. Lauren loves to do anything active and outside. She also loves living in Florida because her life-long dreams of living right next to the beach have finally come true!
Corinne Tucker, M.A., Licensed Mental Health Counselor #23466
Corinne holds a Master’s of Arts in Counseling from Reformed Theological Seminary. She entered the counseling field after several years of cross-cultural church planting and nonprofit work. Living and working in an urban context developed Corinne’s eye for the impacts of systemic injustice and chronic poverty on individuals and communities, and she entered the counseling profession fascinated by questions about the tools that could allow individuals and communities to respond to suffering in ways that make healing, freedom and restored relationships more broadly accessible.
As a counselor, Corinne works with individuals, couples, and teenagers. Corinne is passionate about helping women rediscover their sense of self, voice, and freedom as they recover from harmful relationships. She is familiar with the grief process (and the many forms grief comes in) and also works with relational struggles, trauma recovery, family of origin issues, depression, codependency, and emotional dysregulation.
In all these spheres, Corinne leads the counseling process using two interconnected pathways: first, helping clients develop skills and make practical choices to increase their present level of stability; and second, gently exploring places of darkness and loss with the belief that our greatest sorrows often become the places of our greatest transformation.
Jeff Duncan,
M.A., Licensed Mental Health Counselor #19359
In 1984, Jeff received a BS in Political Science from Wheaton College, and in 1990 he completed his Master’s of Public Administration in Policy Analysis and Quantitative Sciences from Andrew Young School of Public Policy, and is also a graduate of Coverdale Leadership Institute. In 2019, he completed graduate studies at Reformed Theological Seminary, receiving a Master’s in Counseling.
Jeff’s professional background includes over 25 years of experience/service in various non-profit management and ministry positions. He has served in numerous civic leadership roles, culminating with his candidacy for State House of Representatives. Jeff has an extensive background, working in sales and sales management for almost 30 years for some of the world’s largest technology companies and was responsible for select strategic accounts throughout the US and parts of Europe.
Prior to working in business, Jeff served as Director of the Atlanta Care, a ministry to families in crisis. From 2018-2019, he served on the staff at the Oviedo Counseling Clinic in Oviedo, Florida. He is passionate about working with individuals, couples, and community organizations in an effort to promote improved mental health and well-being, while fostering personal growth and freedom, through the application of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the lives of individuals.
Jeff has been married to his wife, Holly, for 33 years. They have 5 adult children and 2 grandchildren. Jeff has served in church leadership for 20+ years and currently resides in Bradenton, Florida.
Anthony Barrett M.A., Licensed Mental Health Counselor #22876
Anthony counsels with the understanding that relationships are where we are formed, harmed, and ultimately healed. When we experience harm, life can become fraught with pain, heartache, and despair. We experience hopelessness and confusion and may even question whether goodness is real. Anthony’s hope is for counseling to be a place where hope and goodness are rediscovered and re-cultivated together through a sense of shared humanity. Counseling can be the journey we embark on together towards healing and regaining our sense of wholeness.
Anthony was born into a biracial household and grew up all over the world in a military family. He is fascinated by culture and has discovered that the things that seemingly make us different are somehow the very things that can also serve to connect us. Before becoming a counselor, Anthony spent 14 years working in the architecture industry. He was also a soldier in the Florida Army National Guard for 6 years. After participating in a recovery ministry in 2012, Anthony became intrigued with the idea of going back to school to become a counselor. Although working in architecture and serving in the Army provided unique and challenging experiences that he will always cherish, he wondered if his calling could be elsewhere. After attending an Allender Story Workshop in 2018, he decided to shift his career path and become a mental health counselor. Anthony graduated from Reformed Theological Seminary in 2021 with his master’s degree in mental health counseling.
Anthony is interested in working with individuals, couples, and families from various backgrounds and experiences. He is passionate about caring for people and engaging the particular ways they struggle, including areas like addiction, sexuality, and trauma, in both individual and group counseling settings. As a trained Prepare/Enrich facilitator, he hopes to work with couples in their efforts to grow and thrive together. In 2021 he participated in a Bethesda Workshop as a therapist observer in order to better help those struggling with unwanted sexual behavior and/or sexual addiction.
When he is not counseling, Anthony enjoys exploring new places and searching for new culinary experiences with his wife, Tatianna. He is passionate about design and anything that involves a process of making, like cooking, construction, or poetry. Anthony also enjoys physical fitness and trying to play guitar.
Sara Nixon,
M.A., Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern #21785
To be human is to hold deep dignity and frightening frailty. We play, we create, we love, we hope, we search, we risk. We fear, we despair, we hurt, we bleed. Sometimes, the hovering darkness overwhelms us and we find ourselves in the midst of depression, grief, burnout, anxiety, despair, addiction, marital distress, and panic. With best intentions, we tirelessly cope and fight to survive.
My hope is that I would provide a safe and sacred space that invites you to return to play, to hope, and to belonging through relationship. This return will require walking through - not around - the pain and sadness. That’s why we don’t do this work alone.
I would love to come alongside you and bear witness to your return.
After spending a year in cross-cultural ministry in Central Asia, I received my BA in Liberal Arts from a small Classical college in Franklin, TN. I then moved to Orlando, FL where I completed my Master of Arts in Counseling from Reformed Theological Seminary.
I hold an eclectic approach to counseling, drawing from a variety of therapeutic approaches to meet the needs of each individual client. With a trauma-informed and story-focused posture, I seek to walk with clients through containment, attunement, reprocessing, and restoration. I utilize Internal Family Systems, Emotionally-Focused Theory, and Psychodynamic Therapy as well as draw from Dan Allender, Bessel Van der Kolk, and Diane Langberg.
I love joining with adults and adolescents as they process anxiety and depression, grief, complex childhood trauma, ministry stress and burnout, and complex post-traumatic stress disorder.
When not in counseling spaces, I enjoy making music, creating beautiful spaces (where I live and work), going for runs around Orlando lakes, dancing, and sipping coffee while rummaging for words through writing and journaling.
Andrew Bostrom, M.A., Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern #24265
My goal is to create a safe space for my clients to openly share past and present struggles, and to begin to experience recovery and freedom. I believe it is in relationships where we are harmed, but also where we find healing. I counsel from a Christian worldview and integrate elements of various theories into my counseling to fit each of my client’s unique needs. I recently received my Master’s in Counseling from Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando and spent a year working on my practicum at the Oviedo Counseling Clinic in Oviedo, FL. I utilize interventions from Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and Object Relations Therapy, all from a Person-Centered approach. I have worked with a variety of issues, but most commonly: Anxiety, Depression, Identity Development, Trauma, Relational Issues, and Sexual Integrity. I enjoy working with people of all ages, but I have the most experience working with young men, adolescent males (ages 12-18), and couples. When I am not counseling others, I enjoy listening to and making music, enjoying foods from different cultures, and spending time with my wife, Shelby, and our soon-to-be newborn baby boy.
Sydney Kurtz, M.A., Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern #22859
Sydney is a Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern with a master’s degree in Professional Counseling from Southeastern University. Sydney believes everyone has a story worth telling and is worthy of a safe space to share. She is passionate about working with children and teenagers and seeing them grow. In addition to counseling, Sydney invests in the next generation by working with students in various settings including mentoring through a local ministry and coaching middle school track and cross country. Due in part to her own personal experience with counseling, Sydney believes healing comes with meeting an individual right where they are. She believes freedom happens when wholeness is embraced and we begin to let go of shame. Sydney loves central Florida and in her spare time enjoys walking the many lakes in the area, spending time with friends and family, and grabbing an iced lavender latte from her favorite coffee shop.
Sydney pulls from multiple counseling theories including attachment-based, person-centered, internal family systems, play therapy, and emotion-focused therapy. She utilizes an integrative approach to connect deeply with her clients. She loves to see her clients discover the courage that is already inside of them and embrace the hope that leads them to whatever their next steps may be.