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I’m Debra Wren, a Licensed Professional Counselor with over a decade of experience helping adults navigate life’s challenges. I earned my Master’s degree in Counseling from Webster University, my Bachelor's in Interdisciplinary Studies from Arkansas State University and I am licensed in Missouri and Georgia.

I believe some of our greatest growth comes through the experiences we never expected. As a wife, mother, and woman who has navigated my own seasons of change, I understand what it means to keep showing up for others while sometimes losing sight of yourself. That perspective allows me to bring compassion, authenticity, and real-life understanding into my work.

I help adults with anxiety, depression, relationship and family stress, life transitions, self-worth, and unhealthy patterns. I also help couples (private pay only) with communication, conflict, emotional disconnection, betrayal, attachment concerns, and blended-family challenges.

I provide in-person and virtual counseling in Missouri and virtual counseling throughout Georgia.

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in GEORGIA | Author With over 29 years of global nursing experience and deep roots in psychiatric care, Josephine Driz, PMHNP-BC, offers compassionate, culturally informed mental health services for individuals across the lifespan — from children and adolescents to adults and older adults. Josephine’s practice is grounded in evidence-based care, clinical excellence, and heartfelt empathy. Whether you're struggling with ADHD, depression, anxiety, PTSD, OCD, grief, or suicidal thoughts, she creates a safe and collaborative space where your voice matters and your healing is honored. Her professional journey includes work in hospitals, communities, and internationally — including several years in the Middle East, providing medical and mental health care across diverse cultural backgrounds. As a proud Filipino immigrant, Josephine brings a deep understanding of how identity, migration, and lived experience shape emotional wellbeing. She is the author of two transformative books: 1. The Ache You Never Named, a collection of real grief stories, mantras, reflections, and journal prompts for those grieving in silence. 2. Holding on to Hope, a suicide prevention, safety, and crisis planner, is designed as a practical lifeline for individuals and families in emotional crisis. Josephine is now accepting new clients at SYNAPTIC COVE MENTAL HEALTH. If you’re ready to begin your healing journey with a provider who truly listens and walks with you — you’re not alone, and help is here.

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I bring both clinical expertise and real-world experience into our work together. I understand that many people come to therapy feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, or unsure where to start and I meet clients with patience, respect, and honesty.

I believe therapy should feel collaborative, culturally responsive, and grounded in safety. I don’t rush the process or expect clients to have everything figured out. We move at a pace that feels sustainable, while still working toward meaningful change.

Clients should also know that I value direct communication and transparency. I will offer reflections and tools when helpful, but I will always honor your autonomy and lived experience. I do not believe in pathologizing survival responses, especially when they are shaped by trauma, systemic stress, or long-term caregiving roles.

Above all, my goal is to create a space where you feel seen, supported, and empowered, a space where you can breathe, reflect, and begin to shift from surviving to living with greater clarity and intention.

Brave One:

Coming to therapy is a courageous effort! My initial task is to create a therapeutic alliance that affirms you reached out at the right time and hope is possible! This journey we take together won't always be easy but with 15 years experience, working in many areas of behavioral health including forensics, inpatient medical and psychiatry, outpatient, consulting, substance abuse and private practice, you're in good hands. I bring a wealth of life experience that goes a long way too!

As a relational, healing-centered psychotherapist, I work to help my clients discover their own guiding voice, to listen with intent, and to cultivate love and acceptance of their truest nature. In my work with adults, issues like sexuality, spirituality, existentialism, unconscious belief systems, family and partnership, and many more of life's great challenges guide the work of self-exploration.