The Elbow Tree Group is a family of allied businesses that all work very closely together. Our humble beginnings go back to the summer of 2006, with one counselor, a couch, and a rented office at the Southern Saddlery Building in Chattanooga, TN. At that time I was compelled to create a counseling experience that was more user friendly, more nimble, more accessible, more relationship-based, with better customer service. The freedom to wear flip flops and bring Aspen (the golden retriever) to the office also had to be part of the deal! So, Elbow Tree Christian Counseling was born.
Due to the demand of a growing number of close counseling colleagues and friends who wanted to join the in the mission, in 2014, we started the Christian Counselor Cooperative, which shares the same ethos as Elbow Tree Christian Counseling and employs a diverse range of part-time and full-time counselors. Around that same time, we also sensed the need to be able to address things with clients that went beyond what talk therapy could break through, so Elbow Tree Neurofeedback became part of the line up.
In 2017, part of our Elbow Tree backbone, Hayne Steen, joined his family on a new adventure to St.Augustine, FL where his wife became the area director for Young Life. He started Elbow Tree Christian Counseling there and it continues to rapidly expand along the Northeast Florida Coast.
Although it has been operating silently in the background for 5 years, Foxhole Strategic Life Coaching stepped out into the open with the rest of us in 2022. Foxhole adds a few unique offerings that go beyond the counseling room - to the executive board room - to the wilderness and beyond.
The Elbow Tree Group finds its deepest roots and meaning within the beautiful mysteries of the Christian faith and all of our staff are nicely equipped to meet you in that place. That being said, ALL folks are welcome and you can show up as you are. You get to choose the level of Christian integration into your counseling experience. Alongside our deep focus on heart and soul, we try to remain on the leading edge of what the fields of psychology, traumatology and mental health have to offer. We work with a very wide variety of people, and we can match you with a staff person that is right for you. If you are human, we can help!
Due to the demand of a growing number of close counseling colleagues and friends who wanted to join the in the mission, in 2014, we started the Christian Counselor Cooperative, which shares the same ethos as Elbow Tree Christian Counseling and employs a diverse range of part-time and full-time counselors. Around that same time, we also sensed the need to be able to address things with clients that went beyond what talk therapy could break through, so Elbow Tree Neurofeedback became part of the line up.
In 2017, part of our Elbow Tree backbone, Hayne Steen, joined his family on a new adventure to St.Augustine, FL where his wife became the area director for Young Life. He started Elbow Tree Christian Counseling there and it continues to rapidly expand along the Northeast Florida Coast.
Although it has been operating silently in the background for 5 years, Foxhole Strategic Life Coaching stepped out into the open with the rest of us in 2022. Foxhole adds a few unique offerings that go beyond the counseling room - to the executive board room - to the wilderness and beyond.
The Elbow Tree Group finds its deepest roots and meaning within the beautiful mysteries of the Christian faith and all of our staff are nicely equipped to meet you in that place. That being said, ALL folks are welcome and you can show up as you are. You get to choose the level of Christian integration into your counseling experience. Alongside our deep focus on heart and soul, we try to remain on the leading edge of what the fields of psychology, traumatology and mental health have to offer. We work with a very wide variety of people, and we can match you with a staff person that is right for you. If you are human, we can help!
