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Real people who will walk with you.
An ethnically and spiritually diverse team of licensed counselors, psychiatric providers, board-certified coaches, biblical counselors, chaplains, and equine facilitators — across the Kansas City metro, on both sides of the state line. One approach doesn’t fit everyone, so we offer many.
Board of Directors
Sherrie Pucket
A Licensed Professional Counselor with a private practice in individual, couples, and family therapy; her vision gathers organizations to discuss community needs and work toward lasting change together.
Don Lewis
Community pastor of New Life CityChurch in downtown Kansas City; former senior pastor of Cross Points Church and senior chaplain at Washington Dulles — a national voice on fatherhood in urban communities.
Kim Perkins
A licensed CPA who joined Building Bridges as a life coach in 2020; she also serves as treasurer for Wells for Life and Ichthus University Ministries.
Dr. Shawn Derritt
Dean of Student Services at Kansas City Kansas Community College and adjunct faculty in the social and behavioral sciences; a board-certified life coach with a master’s in counseling psychology.
Dereje Zegeye
A business and nonprofit leader fluent in Amharic, Afan Oromo, and English; past president-elect of the Rotary Club of Addis Ababa and board chairman of Eagle Charity Organization in Ethiopia.
Lucy Bloom
28+ years developing programs for vulnerable populations — she has coordinated over 1,500 volunteers and led workshops for more than 11,000 people across four countries.
Executive Directors
Dr. Mike Reeves
Certified Clinical Marriage & Family Therapist and Scriptural Psychology Therapist, offering scripture-based grief and healing for families, marriage, children, youth, and men.
Ceslie Reeves
Leads the Building Bridges Mental Health Program, offering scripture-based grief and healing for families, marriage, and women.
State-Licensed Professional Counselors
Licensed in KS & MOTony Pucket
Professional counseling for marriage, relationships, and family therapy.
Michael Roberson
Fifteen-plus years in Christian ministry before earning his master’s in marriage, couples & family counseling; his heart is to see people healed and changed for a full, joyful life.
Alainna Johnson
Experiential, attachment-based care (AEDP, EFT). A former missionary with a heart for immigrants, missionaries, and those navigating transition, grief, and belonging. Ages 16+, couples, and families.
Michael Priddy
Couples therapy, depression, anxiety, and support for those working through identity and self-esteem.
Gloria Derritt
Gentle, empathetic care for women through Beauty Within Counseling — depression, anxiety, marriage, divorce, grief, and self-worth.
Dr. Tracey Thibodeau
Meets people where they are — trauma, domestic violence, substance use, homelessness, incarceration — with Christ-centered, Bible-based care.
Dan Trout
Twenty-five-plus years of best-practice mental-health and addictions care, from a biblically integrated, trauma-informed approach.
Katrena Armstrong
Blends somatic movement, faith, and talk therapy; certified in solution-focused, advanced grief, and clinical trauma counseling. Licensed in KS, IA, and MO.
Mental Health Life Coaches & Biblical Counselors
Dr. Shawn Derritt
Helps individuals who feel stuck find the guidance, support, and accountability to move toward emotional, spiritual, and relational well-being.
Kassie Castaneda
A heart for the hurting — she moves with compassion to guide people through healing, deliverance, and freedom in Father God’s love.
Judy Kyle
Christian counsel and inner healing of heart wounds through the healing power of Jesus — helping people know who God is and who they are in Him.
Stephne Hockenhull
Author, speaker, educator, and anti-bullying advocate; founder and president of the Love Misunderstood Institute.
Natalie Moultrie
Christian life coaching for whole-person wellness — faith and identity, emotional, physical, and mental growth. Telehealth and in person.
Stephanie Hankins
Educator and author who partners with adults and with adolescent girls (13–17) toward stronger mental, spiritual, and physical health.
Berenice Merlos
Helps others find freedom, comfort, and God-given purpose in His Word — overcoming fear, pain, confusion, anger, and depression.
Chris Nicolosi
Pastoral care from adolescents to adults; certified life coach, biblical counselor, and chaplain specializing in trauma, TBRI, family, marriage, and individual care.
Eric Holmes
Twenty-plus years in ministry; evangelist, Bible teacher, and author, offering PREPARE/ENRICH-certified premarital coaching and care for pastors and lay leaders.
Timika Oridota
A women’s group leader of 15+ years specializing in marriage and family; she serves in prayer and inner-healing ministry while completing a doctorate in education.
Camille McMickle
Singer, songwriter, psalmist, and music therapist who brings hope and healing through music therapy and writing.
Trisha Kilbourn
Helps women and children find their voice and their identity in Christ — one first step at a time.
Debbie Custodio
From a Latino pastoral family, she understands the struggles of young women of faith and walks with them toward wholeness.
Diter Aguilar
Lead pastor of a Spanish-speaking congregation; 25+ years helping teens, young adults, and marriages move from brokenness to wholeness.
Specialized Services
Ashley Bean
Thoughtful, responsible, and compassionate psychiatric care across a range of mental illnesses and conditions.
Cynthia Heck
Thirty-plus years of patient-centered, trauma-informed care integrating biblical truth with evidence-based practice — mood, anxiety, trauma, autism, and OCD.
Melissa Cowan
Certified Equine Applied Learning and Trauma Recovery & Healing Prayer facilitator, and a business/leadership and life coach.
Jayne Hamilton
Certified equine, trauma-informed, and Christian life coach, trained in the Equine Engaged Parts-Work model.
Dr. Jo Givhan
A therapeutic group experience of foot-washing and heart-sharing — an encounter that leaves you encouraged and refreshed.
You Are Not Alone
Find the person who fits where you are.
Reach out and we’ll help match you with the right counselor or coach for your journey.