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About
Us
Tim
Bray - Ph.D. Director
Dr. Bray received
his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology (1998), an M.A.
in Theological Studies (1996) and an M.A.in Clinical
Psychology (1994) from Fuller Theological Seminary
in Pasadena, CA. He is licensed in both New Hampshire
and Massachusetts as a Clinical Psychologist.
He is the original Director of the Willowdale
Counseling Center and has been with the Center
since it's inception in 1998.
The hallmark
of the Clinical Psychology program at Fuller Seminary
is the integration of solid clinical psychology
with sound Christian theology. That is the focus
around which Dr. Bray centers his work with adults
and adolescents. His specialties include working
with couples, working with men with compulsive
sexual behavior, working with individuals recovering
from trauma or abuse histories, working with individuals
suffering from depression and anxiety, working
with individuals about relationship issues and
other areas of personal growth. With respect to
adolescents, Dr. Bray works with young men with
depression or anxiety or who have concerns about
relational issues, behavioral problems or other
personal growth concerns.
Dr. Bray employs
primarily a psychodynamic approach to doing psychotherapy,
but he also adapts insights from cognitive behavioral
theories to inform his work. Dr. Bray also performs
psychological evaluations including intelligence,
achievement and personality measures.
Insurances
accepted: Medicare, Medicaid, Harvard Pilgrim/Pacificare,
Blue Cross/Blue Shield PPO Plans, United Behavioral
Health
Kristen
Johnson - RN, MA
Ms.
Johnson received her nursing degree in 1968 and
is currently licensed in New Hampshire. She had
several years of psychiatric nursing experience
before completing a Masters of Counseling Degree
from Gordon Conwell Seminary in South Hamilton,
MA (1988). She also served as a Teaching Director
for Community Bible Study for 10 years in Amherst,
NH. She has been with the Willowdale Counseling
Center since its inception in 1988. She is currently
completing supervision hours in pursuance of licensure
in NH as a Marriage and Family Therapist.
The
degree program at Gordon Conwell is formulated
in accordance with licensing standards for the
American Association for Marriage & Family
Therapy. The goal of the program is to prepare
the Christian therapist to integrate psychological
theory with Biblical truth and principle. Ms.
Johnson is committed to seeking the route of emotional
and spiritual health with her clients.
Ms.
Johnson works with adults and adolescents. Her
specialties include working with sexual abuse
recovery, marital issues, relationship problems,
depression and anxiety, post-abortion recovery,
and issues relating to practice of faith. Kristen
uses a family systems approach favoring an attachment
theory orientation.
Cynthia
Tidwell, LICSW
Cynthia Tidwell is
a licensed independent clinical social worker
in the State of NH. She received her undergraduate
degree in social work from Eastern College in
1982 and her master's degree in clinical social
work from Boston College in 1987. She has worked
in Christian counseling settings for the past
22 years  providing
quality, professional counseling services to adults
and adolescents.
Cynthia's clinical
background includes experience providing individual,
marital, and family therapy, working with a broad
range of clients and presenting issues. She has
extensive experience working with individuals
dealing with anxiety and depression, life transitions
and stress, recovering from childhood sexual abuse,
and interpersonal problems. She also has significant
experience working with couples to resolve marital
problems and improve their relationships.
Cynthia focuses
on building a positive, helping relationship with
clients attuned to their individual needs and
goals. She is committed to the core doctrines
of the Christian faith. This influences her view
of the world, her self, and others, and the values
she holds. She helps those clients who are interested
to integrate the resources of the Christian faith
and spirituality within the counseling process.
However, she is also able to work effectively
with people who hold different beliefs. Cynthia
draws from psychodynamic and family systems training,
while using cognitive-behavioral and solution-focused
tools.
Jama Rowena
Colegrove, MS, LMFT
Jama Colegrove
is a Marriage  and
Family Therapist licensed in both Connecticut
and New Hampshire. She has worked with children
and teenagers and their families for thirty years;
the first twenty of those years were spent co-directing
a youth music ministry in Connecticut.
Jama's areas
of specialty are grief and loss issues, child
and adult trauma and attachment, family systems
issues, adolescent issues, and issues related
to co-parenting and divorce. Jama has extensive
experience in the use of play therapy and other
expressive modalities with children.
Jama works from
an experiential philosophy of treatment, but utilizes
a wide variety of structural, experiential, and
strategic interventions with both families and
individuals. Jama also utilizes Jungian sandtray
and art therapy interventions extensively in her
work, especially with young clients.
As a young person,
Jama was a seeker, and was found by Christ at
age sixteen. She remains a seeker of God’s
Truth, and is equally comfortable working with
people who have a professed faith in Christ and
with those who are uncertain about issues of faith.
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