Willow Tree Counseling Group
A team of healers and dreamers
Therapeutic Team
Kyle Anderson
MHP, LPC
Brainspotting-I, Independent Contractor
Batesville, Arkansas Clinic
Kyle is a Licensed Professional Counselor and has a passion to help people find inner peace. He has been working and serving the Batesville and surrounding area for thirteen years. He currently works with adolescents, adults, and couples. Throughout his career, he has served in a variety of clinical settings, with experience in outpatient counseling, acute treatment, day treatment, school-based counseling, and juvenile detention.
Kyle has been trained in treating trauma, and has additional training in brainspotting.
He has a calling and in life to help people heal, regain inner strength, and discover their sense of self. He believes therapy can heal deep wounds, provides rest for the weary and hope for the hopeless. He looks forward to walking along side your therapeutic journey at Willow Tree Counseling because he believes healing is possible.
Dana Beard
Ed.S, LPC
EMDR-II, Brainspotting-II, TF-CBT, Seed Digging
Independent Contractor
Batesville, Arkansas Clinic
Dana is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a passion for helping people heal and is committed to assisting individuals build on their existing strengths. As she walks alongside her clients, her person-centered approach offers a safe, nonjudgmental space to share and work through life’s difficulties.
She has a Master’s Degree and an Educational Specialist Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with additional training in working with trauma, EMDR (eye movement desensitization reprocessing), Brainspotting, TF-CBT (trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy), Seed Digging and has five years of experience in the field. Dana is also a Licensed Professional School Counselor. She has clinical experience across a variety of settings, including outpatient programs, crisis intervention, and school-based mental health.
Dana works with clients with various mental health concerns, including depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, life transitions, and relational issues. She currently works with children, adolescents, adults, and couples.
She is hopeful for your future so you may live your life to the fullest. She looks forward to meeting you and encourages you to find hope, healing, and peace at Willow Tree Counseling.
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” –Maya Angelou
Ian Bradshaw
Ed.S, LPC-S
CSAT-S, CMAT, CTT, EMDR-III, TF-CBT, EFT, Adventure Therapy, Brainspotting-I, LAC-Supervisor
Founder of Willow Tree Counseling and Consultation
Batesville and Searcy, Arkansas Clinic
Therapeutic Intensive Therapist- limited outpatient caseload.
Ian is a Licensed Professional Counselor with experience in trauma healing, outpatient addiction treatment and attachment healing. He uses an encouraging and empowering therapeutic approach and promotes client accountability through individual, couple, family and group formats.
During his nineteen years in the mental health field, he has worked with both residential and outpatient clients; in acute crisis, community, and school-based mental health; in the juvenile justice system. He also has experience in clinical administration, where he oversaw and grew multiple mental health clinics in North Idaho. He has participated in behavior health education through an NPR radio series and has been interviewed for several newspaper articles over the years. Ian gives back to the mental health field through adjunct teaching at a local university, speaking at seminars and training events as well as supervision for both CSAT and LAC. He also offers trauma training workshops in both secular and church settings. Currently, he is the clinical director at Willow Tree Counseling and focuses his client work through multi-day trauma healing intensives.
Ian believes healing is possible for anyone, no matter how significant the trauma, if clients are willing to take a step in a different direction. He walks alongside his clients through their journeys of self-discovery, awareness and growing ownership in their lives. He has worked with a variety of clients from young to old with a vast array of issues. One of the many tools Ian uses is adventure therapy, which allows clients the option of adding an experiential component to therapy. Trained by Project Adventure, he was a high/low ropes course facilitator at a residential treatment facility, where he used a variety of experiential activities to promote growth, healing and change. He is also trained in EMDR -III, CSAT/CMAT, CTT, and TF-CB, EFT and Brainspotting-I.
Ian brings a powerful multi-component approach to therapy and looks forward seeing you live the abundant life.
Angela DiPonio
MHP, MSW, LCSW
Brainspotting II, IFS, TF-CBT, DBT, CBT, EFT,
Independent Contractor
Batesville, Arkansas Clinic
Angela is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with training in Brainspotting, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavior Therapy (TF-CBT) Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT, Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) and addiction.
Angela specializes in trauma, depression, anxiety, stress, and relational issues. She has worked with veterans at the VA, children, teenagers, families, and adults in day treatment, outpatient, school-based, and residential settings providing individual, family, and group therapies using different treatment modalities with a strengths-based approach for healing.
Angela believes everyone has the capacity to grow and heal. She works to empower individuals in a nonjudgmental and open atmosphere so that positive change, growth, and healing can occur. She values instilling hope through empowerment, support, and accountability. She is passionate change is possible, no matter how difficult and is eager to walk alongside your healing journey, as you build your strengths and resilience to live a happy and fulfilling life.
Jacob Farr
Ed.S, LAC
Telehealth Only
Private Pay Only-offers evening and weekend availability.
Independent Contractor
EMDR-III, CSAT Candidate, TF-CBT, EFT, Career Counseling,
Jacob has a passion for working with people seeking to find peace, healing, and growth in their lives. He provides a calm and supportive space for processing and moving forward in life.
Jacob is a Licensed Associate Counselor with an Ed.S in Professional Mental Health Counseling. He has experience with group, family, couples, and individual therapy formats as he walks alongside his clients dealing with family and/or marital conflict, anxiety, depression, trauma, OCD, grief. He is a person-centered therapist, trained in trauma-focused CBT and EMDR, which helps his clients tap into natural ways their body processes trauma.
Jacob’s focus is to equip you with the tools to step forward in life and find healing for wounds, both past and present. He is kind and patient, and easily builds rapport with others. He works to improve his client’s strengths and overcome the conflicts they are facing. Jacob believes everyone is doing the best they can where they are, while there is always room for growth on your journey. Everyone is resilient and capable of creating change. Everyone needs to be heard, and everyone can find hope hidden in the darkness. He is here to walk alongside you, guiding you on your path to healing.
Kayla Riley
Ed.S, LAC
Private Pay Only
Independent Contractor
Batesville and Searcy Arkansas Clinics
Kayla has a passion for working with people seeking to find healing, growth, and a sense of identity in their lives. She provides a calm, safe, and supportive space for all people.
Kayla has worked in the Mental Health & Wellness field for six years. She has an Educational Specialist degree and Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. She has experience with career counseling, assessment, family, couples, and individual therapy formats dealing with a variety of issues, including family and/or marital conflict, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, etc.
Kayla believes that all people have unique experiences and narratives that have helped shape their belief and value systems. She understands that people have different perspectives and views of reality and believes they also have the power within them to re-define their own truths and discover new ones as well. She believes all people are capable of healing, growth, and change. She works alongside her clients to help empower and support them on their individual journeys.
Kayla serves our self-pay clients who are living on a tight budget. If you are uninsured or cannot afford your insurance’s deductible then Kayla is a good option for you.
James Skinner
MSW, LCSW
Brainspotting-I, DBT-1, CBT, Motivational Interviewing
Independent Contractor
Batesville, Arkansas Clinic
James believes in the art of simple conversation. He enjoys talking to people, in turn they enjoy talking with him. He is convinced talking with someone who holds you in positive regard is helpful and encouraging.
He began his work in the mental health field in 2007 as an old school case manager, earned his Masters in Social work in 2014 and LCSW in 2016. He is a trauma and compassion focused. His time as a caseworker with elementary aged students gave him heart for working with children and their families. His training and experience working in family systems helps him identify communication problems, power imbalances and dysfunctional patterns affecting the family unit. He has experience ranging from children to adults in outpatient treatment, along with assisting those with severe mental illness in a day-treatment setting.
James pursues his study in human behavior, continuing to learn new therapeutic techniques and skills. He is excited about discovering effective ways to promote positive change and improve quality of life. James will meet you where you are and provides a safe and supportive place for you to work through stresses and challenges in life. He will patiently walk alongside you, as you and grow hope and build resilience to rise up to life's challenges.
Beverly Presley
Ed.S, LPC
EFT (Emotion-Focused Therapy)
Independent Contractor
Batesville, Arkansas Clinic
Beverly is dedicated to helping people transform hardships into a more peaceful life. Her compassionate demeanor eases clients allow them to share distressing difficulties as she guides them through self-discovery, making connections with current feelings and past experiences.
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor. She began her career as a classroom teacher, with a Bachelor of Science in Education from Williams Baptist College before moving into the mental health field with her Education Specialist Degree in Psychology and Counseling from Arkansas State University. She has earned her endorsements in both Mental Health Counseling and School Psychology. She has experience working with children, teens, adults, couples and families in both school-based and outpatient settings. Beverly has collaborated with multiple social work organizations and has experience working with adoptive and foster families.
Beverly genuinely desires to connect with her clients in a safe space, free of judgment. She values her client’s perspective and believes treatment is based on each individual's goals and needs. She understands many clients are intimidated by counseling. This feeling is normal, but is certain you will not regret taking a step towards help. She encourages you to not delay, rather reach out. It’s never too late to make positive change.
Madonna Wallace
MS, LPC
EMDR-II, Brainspotting-II, EFT, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional
Independent Contractor
Searcy, Arkansas Clinic
Madonna believes human beings are born with unique gifts, that when discovered and applied, help them overcome the challenges life brings. She desires to empower her clients to transform where they currently find themselves in life, to where they can be in the future. Through a healing, supportive and trusted relationship, clients may learn to enjoy living with hope and a possibility of who they were created to become.
Her experience with clients is from a variety of backgrounds and ages who are interested in creating better relationships, desire to overcome trauma, depression, in need of stress management or deal with issues related to grief or addiction recovery.
Madonna is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a Master’s of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy from Harding University and has practiced psychotherapy in the Searcy area for over 6 years. She uses a client centered systems theory approach to healing and helping to create change. She is trained in Brainspotting-II, EMDR-II (eye movement desensitization reprocessing) and EFT (emotion-focused therapy). She is also a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional.
Madonna invites you to find healing, hope, freedom, resilience and the joy of living your unique life.
Amy Williams
MSW, LCSW
CBT, DBT, ACT, SFBT, IPT EMDR, Flash Technique, and Slaying the Dragon: PC & the Fairy Tale Model of Trauma Treatment.
Independent Contractor
Searcy, Arkansas Clinic
Amy understands that life can be challenging and chaotic. Her passion is helping people find peace and healing, in a safe and comforting therapeutic environment.
Amy graduated from University of Arkansas at Little Rock with a master’s degree in social work. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, she has devoted her career to mental health care, with experience in hospice care, mental health crisis interventions, and both outpatient and inpatient treatment. She has experience with a variety of mental health concerns, ranging from trauma, depression, anxiety, grief, poor impulse control, and interpersonal communication issues. Her treatment focus is adolescent and adults, specifically females with trauma.
She continues to pursue additional trainings with a special interest in trauma and has completed basic trainings in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Flash Technique, and Slaying the Dragon: PC & the Fairy Tale Model of Trauma Treatment. She has additional education in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT).
Amy meets clients where they are. Then encourages growth, healing, and empowerment to move forward towards hope and positivity for their future.
“The future depends on what we do in the present.” – Mahatma Ghandi
Psychiatric Care Team
Dr. Tillemans
MD, Psychiatrist, Independent Contractor
Services both clinic locations, Batesville and Searcy Arkansas.
Dr. Tillemans has over 20 years of experience in working with children, adolescents, adults, and families. As an experienced psychiatrist and therapist, he brings an approach of working closely with therapists and their clients, evaluating medication options which might facilitate better outcomes in symptom control and enhance the therapy process. He has experience in both outpatient and inpatient practice, residential care, therapeutic group homes, working with children with disabilities, Assertive Community Treatment, and a former board member of the Disability Rights Coalition.
Dr. Tillemans has an extensive history of experience in the field of pharmaceutical research, has provided consulting and served on advisory boards for numerous pharmaceutical companies in the areas of psychiatric medications. He has been a sought after lecturer and trainer to doctors across the country for the past 20 years in the areas of ADHD, Major Depressive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, and Schizophrenia. In these roles, Dr. Tillemans has advanced his experience and knowledge of modern psychopharmacology while incorporating it within his values for providing an atmosphere of education and collaboration with clients and therapists to provide an environment of empowerment for the individual in making informed decisions regarding the potential role of medication management.
Critical to this mission is spending the time to listen and understand the needs of clients, answer their questions, and provide options which meet the unique needs of each individual and family. To meet those goals, Dr. Tillemans provides extra time conducting psychiatric evaluations and medication management sessions to avoid the all too typical rush of doctor appointments and the common refrain of “the doctor only spent 5-10 minutes with me, how do they even know me or what I need!” Dr. Tillemans has worked closely with our clinic to create a model in which these common limitations can be avoided and a comfortable experience to meet the needs of the client can be achieved. We are proud to have Dr. Tillemans join our team in collaborating with our therapists to provide the highest level of care possible for our clients.
Practicum and Internship Program
Anna Miller
Intern Student
Services both clinic locations, Batesville and Searcy Arkansas.
Anna has a bachelor in psychology from Harding University. She is currently working on her M.S. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Harding University, and has partnered with Willow Tree Counseling for her internship. Anna has two year experience in the mental health field working as a client care coordinator. She has assisted with intensive services, observed therapists in session and Dr. Tillemans psychiatric care.
Anna has completed most masters level education and has been determined by Harding University to be ready to apply his or her clinical skills to working with clients. She is receiving ongoing guidance, evaluation, and education in providing services to you and your family members.
Anna serves our self-pay clients who are living on a tight budget. If you are uninsured or cannot afford your insurance’s deductible then Anna ia a good option for you.
Administration Team
Jamie Bradshaw
Co-Founder and Practice Administrator
Services both clinic locations, Batesville and Searcy Arkansas.
Jamie is passionate about the vision of Willow Tree Counseling. Her focus is business and administration. While she occasionally works in the office on the phones, she primarily works behind the scenes to keep both clinic locations running smoothly. She verifies insurance, handles billing, ensures Hippa compliance, insurance compliance, coordinates medical records requests, manages accounting, marketing and is available to help both clients and therapists with any need they have.
One of the joys of her job is designing our office spaces. She enjoys providing our clients with a safe, comfortable and relaxing place to heal and grow and loves knowing our therapists have a great work environment. Jamie has a bubbly spirit and easy to talk with. Give her a call today, she can’t wait to welcome you to Willow Tree Counseling.
Anna Miller
Client Care Coordinator
Anna is the friendly voice on the phone when clients call. Her goal is to guide clients through a pleasant admissions process, before they meet with our therapist staff. She also helps clients to verify their insurance and any billing question they might have.
She assists Dr. Tillemans and with Willow Tree Counseling’s psychiatric medication service, serving as the liaison between the medication management team, the clients, therapists and area pharmacies for streamlined communication, continuity of care and strives for excellent client care. She works with local primary care medical clinics, processing referrals to ensure the Central Arkansas community has access to quality mental health care.
Anna is currently working towards her Masters in Counseling, so her compassion shines through! Give her a call today, she can’t wait to welcome you to Willow Tree Counseling.
Services both clinic locations, Batesville and Searcy Arkansas.
