Christian Counselors in Lawrence, Kansas By using this website to find a professional Christian counselor, you are indicating your understanding and acceptance of full personal responsibility for your own care. Interested persons should read the information provided on the respective websites and/or contact the individual listed for more information. To verify licensure status, please visit the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board. Barrie Arachtingi, PhD Licensed Psychologist #993 3510 Clinton Place, Suite 320 Lawrence, KS 66049 Phone: (785) 843-2429 Website: Christian Psychological Services Dr. Barrie Arachtingi is a licensed psychologist and currently the Executive Director of CPS. She received her PhD in Counseling Psychology from the University of Kansas, her MS in Counseling from the University of Wisconsin, and a BSW from the University of Minnesota. She works with adults, adolescents, families, and couples. Primary areas for psychotherapy interest include anxiety, depression, eating disorders, relationship difficulties, pre-marital, ADHD, chronic illness, pressures associated with balancing work and motherhood, and finding more comfort and freedom in spiritual life. Dr. Arachtingi also has significant training and interest in psychological evaluations for diagnostic and court related purposes. She is initiating a program at CPS that involves utilizing evaluation in a manner that assists families that are going through the painful process of divorce. Dr. Arachtingi has been with CPS since 1991 and has enjoyed the years assisting the agency through changes and growth. She has been married for twenty years and has three children. Paul Cox, MSW LSCSW #2212 3510 Clinton Place, Suite 320 Lawrence, KS 66049 Phone: (785) 843-2429 Website: Christian Psychological Services Paul Cox is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has been a clinical therapist since 1980. He has been fortunate to have gained expertise with all age groups. He enjoys working with children and adolescents, having a great deal of experience with ADHD and oppositional behavior. Paul is also knowledgeable and experienced with adults, couples and family therapy, focusing on healing and resolution of life issues. Paul follows the belief that the Holy Spirit can direct our souls on the path to healing and emotional well-being. Kristine Johnson, PhD Licensed Psychologist #1118 3510 Clinton Place, Suite 320 Lawrence, KS 66049 Phone: (785) 843-2429 Website: Christian Psychological Services Dr. Kristine Johnson completed her PhD in Counseling Psychology at the University of Kansas in 2001. She joined the CPS staff in 2000 and feels blessed to be part of an agency where she can facilitate God’s grace and meet people where they are spiritually. Kris enjoys working with adults, couples and families across a variety of clinical issues. Areas of concentration include Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Attention Deficit Disorder in adults, depression, anxiety, grief, premarital counseling, and interpersonal relationship difficulties. Kris also provides psychological evaluations for individuals contemplating bariatric surgery as well as pre-and post-surgical psychotherapy. She is available in both the Lawrence and Topeka offices. Kris and her husband are parents of a teenage daughter and teenage son. Stephanie LaRue, PhD Licensed Psychologist #1229 3510 Clinton Place, Suite 320 Lawrence, KS 66049 Phone: (785) 843-2429 Website: Christian Psychological Services Dr. Stephanie LaRue received her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Kansas in 2002 and received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Iowa in 1996. A licensed psychologist, she has been with CPS since 2003. Dr. LaRue works primarily with individual clients ranging in age from childhood through older adulthood. She has a background in treating individuals with a variety of disorders, including depression, anxiety, adjustment disorders, Bipolar Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and substance abuse problems. She approaches her work from a perspective of acceptance, emphasizing the precious gift of God’s grace and His power to heal. Debra McQueeney, PhD Licensed Psychologist #843 3510 Clinton Place, Suite 320 Lawrence, KS 66049 Phone: (785) 843-2429 Website: Christian Psychological Services Dr. Debra McQueeney has a PhD in Clinical Psychology and a bachelor’s degree in business, both from the University of Kansas. She has over fifteen years experience practicing cognitive therapy and over eight years of experience working in inpatient settings and performing psychological assessment. She has specialized skill in cognitive therapy for depression and anxiety, marital therapy, and psychotherapy with business executives in transition. She appreciates her association with CPS because her clients often demonstrate the power of spirituality to move their lives in the direction they desire. Steven Unruh, MSW LSCSW #1638 3510 Clinton Place, Suite 320 Lawrence, KS 66049 Phone: (785) 843-2429 Website: Christian Psychological Services Steven Unruh has been a Licensed Clinical Social worker since 1995. He has worked in the helping fields since the early 1970s in both inpatient and outpatient settings. He has expertise in Bowen Family Systems and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and considers his Christian mission to assist persons with troubled marriages. Steve has been married for 35 years and has two adult children and a grandson who is the apple of his eye. Laura VanSickle, MA LPC #321 3510 Clinton Place, Suite 320 Lawrence, KS 66049 Phone: (785) 843-2429 Website: Christian Psychological Services Laura VanSickle received her MA in clinical psychology from Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, in 1992. She served her internship at a facility specializing in the treatment of sexual abuse survivors. In 1998, she completed an eating disorder certificate program at National Louis University in Wheeling, IL. She has worked as a psychotherapist with children and adolescents in residential and day treatment school settings. She has also worked as the director of a university counseling center. She has volunteered as the facilitator of an eating disorder support group and a grief support group. Laura has special interests in working with eating disorders and trauma, in leading group therapy, and in working with Christian clients who desire to integrate their faith in therapy. She is married and has two children. Please click here to return to Kansas page. If you are a Christian mental health professional, please click here to add your free listing.

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;

but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law
he meditates
day and night.

He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.

~Psalm 1:1-3

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.

My frame was not hidden from you,when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.

Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them.

How precious to me are your thoughts,
O God!
How vast is
the sum of them!

~Psalm 139:14-17

But you, O LORD, are a shield
about me,
my glory, and the lifter of my head.

I cried aloud to the LORD, and he answered me from his holy hill.

I lay down and slept; I woke again, for the LORD sustained me.

~Psalm 3:3-5