Meet Our Staff

Courtney holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Texas Tech University and a Master’s degree in Psychology from Houston Baptist University. She has been working with children, teens, adults and families for over 12 years. Courtney has experience in working with children who have special needs, and their families as well as helping parents navigate the school system in the best interest of their children and teens. Her focus is to guide individuals and families to change patterns and routines, discover positive and productive communication techniques, and strengthen relationships therefore increasing success at home, at school, and in their community. Her work with parents is purposed to empower their family by learning effective communication techniques, creating appropriate boundaries within the framework of their family, as well as gaining tools to help them in parenting their children. My ultimate goal in counseling is to give children and families hope and tools to work towards healing what has been negatively affected by the circumstances of life.

Kristin O'Connor is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing with Cy-Hope Counseling. In addition to her counseling services, Kristin serves as the Marriage & Family Therapy Program Coordinator and Supervisor for Cy-Hope Counseling, overseeing the work of practicum student interns.

Kristin graduated from Texas A&M University receiving a Bachelor's degree in Psychology. During her time at Texas A&M, Kristin volunteered at Giddings State School for incarcerated youth where she created and ran a Youth Mentor Program for adolescents. Upon graduating from Texas A&M, Kristin completed her Master's Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Oklahoma State University where she worked as a clinical intern at The Center for Family Services seeing clients for marriage counseling, family counseling, and individual counseling. During her time at OSU, Kristin served as a clinical student intern at Payne County Youth Services, counseling teens and their families in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Kristin also served as the clinical student intern at Ripley High School, and Ripley Middle School counseling students and running counseling groups for teens. 

Upon graduating from Oklahoma State University, Kristin joined the Cy-Hope Counseling staff as a founding member and helped build and establish the counseling center. 

Kristin specializes in working with couples, families, adolescents, and individual adults. Kristin is a certified Prepare-Enrich pre-marital counseling provider and is also trained in play therapy, Filial Therapy, and Parent-Child Interactional Therapy. Visit Kristin's website, http://www.kristinoconnortherapy.com/, to learn more about Kristin's counseling approach. 

Nancy is a Licensed Professional Counselor Intern who will strive to provide a safe environment to discover new perspectives on the same situations and the same destructive relationship cycles. She believes in working together in counseling to foster a positive sense of self with a goal-oriented focus. Nancy seeks to offer a safe, compassionate and empathetic connection through listening and encouragement. Life is overwhelming at times; therapy is a first step in making positive life changes. Nancy has a particular interest in working through relationship conflict. This includes marital issues, parent/child and blended families. Nancy will work to resolve painful conflicts and move toward resolution and peace of mind.

Angie graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and Christianity from Houston Baptist University.  She then earned her Master of Arts in Professional Counseling from Liberty University. Angie enjoys working with children, adolescents, adults, and couples. In particular, Angie enjoys helping people through difficult seasons of life including loss, divorce, mid-life changes, and other life-altering situations. Angie's goal is to come alongside her clients and assist them in navigating the path that is laid before them. In order to achieve treatment goals, Angie uses a variety of approaches depending on clients needs including person centered, cognitive behavioral therapy, play therapy (children), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). 

Kristina Zufall is an LPC-intern supervised by Amy Rollo, LPC-S. Kristina received her master's of education in counseling at the University of Houston and her bachelor's of science in psychology from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. She has extensive experience in working with serious mental illness, including anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression and schizophrenia. Kristina has training in mental health first aid and suicide intervention strategies. Additionally, she has completed Gottman Method Level 1 couples counseling training. She enjoys working with children, teens, and adults and employs a person-centered approach. She also utilizes techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy as appropriate for the individual.

Katherine Mitchell holds a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Hendrix College in Arkansas.  She is currently completing her master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Sam Houston State University.  Katherine has previous experience working with serious mental illness, including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia.  She also has experience working with clients in a community counseling center and working with children in a day treatment facility.  Katherine is also a Certified Sex Therapist-Candidate through the Texas Sex Therapy Institute. She enjoys working with a variety of clientele, such as individuals, couples, and families. Katherine utilizes a solution focused approach with clients.  She understands that many times clients seek counseling because they are out of solutions and think they are unequipped to solve their own problems, but she disagrees. Katherine aims to empower clients so that they can discover more effective solutions to their problems; helping clients to move from a problem-focused to a solution-focused way of thinking.  She also incorporates cognitive-behavioral approaches with clients when appropriate. 

Lannie Cox is completing his master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at West Texas A&M University.  His passion is helping you find a new way to approach the challenges and questions you bring to counseling by being real, warm, and listening until the real problem is found.  He wants to build on the strengths you have now and help you to get where you want to go as a person, in relationships, and in life. 

Lannie has experience in various theories and techniques shown to help individuals, couples, and families.  He believes opening a large toolbox to find the best tool that fits your challenge is key.  He wants to focus on solutions, thinking about old problems in new ways.  He wants to help you change the current behaviors you believe will help you get fresh results.  He may consider approaches such as solution-focused brief therapy, CBT, family systems, Gottman, Adlerian, and others that fit your needs.

In addition to his therapeutic experience, Lannie had a 15-year career in the corporate world in communications and public relations.  He has also worked for several years in Christian ministry, helping people find ways to get unstuck in life situations that get us all entangled.  He is a husband and father and understands from the inside what individuals, couples and families are seeking.

Lannie looks forward to hearing you out completely and helping you find the change you want to have.

Halle earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from The University of Texas at Austin. During her time at The University of Texas, she was a member of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association as well as a member of the Alpha Lambda Delta and Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society. 

While at The University of Texas at Austin, she gained key research and clinical experience working with a variety of populations from children to adults. Following gradation, Halle was employed at a learning center in Austin helping improve language comprehension and phonemic awareness in students. 

Speech therapy, and aiding people of all ages to gain confidence in their communication and social abilities is truly Halle’s passion: the excitement and unique opportunities in getting to know an individual and seeing them overcome challenges by reaching their full potential is the ultimate reward.Additionally, Halle’s outside interests include reading, finding new ways to stay active, and volunteering in the Cypress community.