David is the founding member of Wells Counseling Services. He began counseling clients in Houston in 1999. Wells Counseling Services was established in May of 2010 after David had ministered at churches while focusing on counseling individuals, families, and married couples. From January of 2013 until May 2016, David served as the Local and Global Outreach Minister at First Baptist Church Burleson before relocating to College Station, Texas to reopen Wells Counseling Services. In Burleson, he held the position of clinical director of their counseling center, job corps, benevolence ministries and oversaw strategy and direction for local and global missions.

For about ten years, David worked at the Associate Minister of Counseling Services at the Julianna Poor Memorial Counseling Center of Houston’s First Baptist. JPMCC is one of the leading church-based counseling centers in the United States. During his time there, the center grew to provide nearly 8000 hours of counseling service a year. While David worked there, he developed a passion for counseling and missions while several doors opened up for him to follow the Great Commission and pursue opportunities that consisted of improving cross-cultural workers relationship with God, themselves, and their families and the rest of creation. He also developed their practicum and internship programs.

David began his studies at Denver Seminary. Later on, he moved to Dallas where he attended Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and graduated in 1997. David is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Supervisor with a Masters in Marriage and Family Counseling. He desires to see God’s restoration in relationships and has a heart for premarital and marital counseling, father-son relationships, spiritual formation and missionary care. He was ordained at Lake Pointe Church in Rockwall, Texas.

God has given David a love for the outdoors, especially the mountains which have become a place for learning and growing spiritually. He has a passion for backpacking, coaching and watching his sons’ sports, swimming and hunting. Unfortunately, he’s getting too old to play much basketball. The Lord has since placed a desire to explore God’s creativity through hiking, spiritual formation, and missions with plans to do more as God opens new doors. He is a graduate of Texas A&M University, class of 1992.

Qualifications

David is an ordained minister that is called by God into church service and counseling. He is licensed by the state of Texas as a Licensed Professional Counselor and Supervisor. David has a Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Counseling and a Master of Arts in Religious Education from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1997. David also has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a Minor in Speech Communication from Texas A&M University. David education has prepared him to provide therapy for individuals, adolescents, marriages, families, and groups in a Biblically and theologically manner as director of Wells Counseling Services.

Experience

David received his counseling license in June of 1999. Prior to this, David had finished an internship at multiple sites including Lake Point Baptist Church in Rockwall, Texas. David has also counseled at mental health facilities, a therapeutic school, in a private practice setting. From 1999 until 2009, David had served on the counseling staff at Houston’s First Baptist Church where he was the Associate Minister of Counseling Services. From July 2000, he directed practicum and internships programs and supervising others whom God was bringing into the field of counseling ministry. In 2009 David took a position as Associate Pastor of Community Groups and Counseling with Grace Bible Church in Houston Heights. Following that David then began the Wells Counseling Services in May of 2010 with the conviction that more churches need access to effective, low-cost, Biblical counseling. In January 2013, David joined First Baptist Church Burleson as the Minister of Local and Global Outreach, which he directed the counseling ministry for First Baptist Burleson in their Promises Counseling Ministry until pursuing a current journey in College Station.

Nature of Counseling

God has provided David with the desire to see families and relationships grow and strengthen. David works with the approach of a biblical perspective from Spiritual Direction, Family Systems, and Cognitive-Behavioral techniques. These techniques can vary from, active listening, assessments, homework, educational discussions, reading assignments, prayer, and therapeutic confrontation. throughout these techniques, it is important to focus on thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors. Here we believe that emotions can be seen as the result of the consequences of our thoughts. The purpose of the counseling relationship is to reach specific goals for individual and relational growth, which are mutually agreed upon by both the client and counselor. David has a passion to help families, couples, students, and other individuals through a biblically based, cognitive-behavioral and solution-focused approach emphasizing spiritual direction. Davids desire is to see God’s restoration in relationships and see the hearts of many change.

Haley has a passion for the Internal Family System approach, and through this theory emphasizes spiritual direction. The principle behind this type of therapy is that we all have “parts” within ourselves, sub personalities, which have different perspectives, motivations, goals, memories, and pain. IFS is a non-pathologizing approach which holds the belief that every part has a positive intention, even if it comes across as counterproductive or seems to cause dysfunction in the person’s life. Each person’s system is working to respond to its experience in the best way it knows. It is the therapist’s role to guide the client in an exploration of their parts and assist the client in understanding how to unburden and rebalance the different parts so that the core self-qualities can become clearer.

Haley excels in working with individuals who have experienced trauma, anxiety, depression, and ADHD/ADD. She also has a special interest in couples preparing for marriage, marital issues, infidelity, and restoration. She has a heart for helping married couples who are struggling to thrive and find healing even through the most devastating of times or simply when they have grown apart.

She has a passion for helping couples and individuals through a biblically-based, cognitive-behavioral, emotionally focused, and solution-focused approach emphasizing spiritual direction. 

Qualifications

In addition to Haley’s counseling experience, which includes couples, individual therapy, and group therapy, Haley has led and participated in different Bible studies in her college and adult life. Haley and her husband Matt have been married over 12 years and have 2 children.

Haley enjoys being involved in her current home church, and loves serving others. Haley’s hope is to be the hands and feet of Jesus. Haley not only has experienced life’s heartbreaking trials and challenges but has also witnessed personal and marital restoration through the Lord’s goodness. The Lord offers fullness of life, which Haley believes can be experienced as people put their trust and faith in Him. 

Haley Sechelski received her Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy from Liberty University and her undergraduate degree in Health Education from Texas A&M University. Haley is licensed in the State of Texas as a Marriage and Family Therapist. 

Experience

In addition to Haley’s counseling experience, which includes couples, individual therapy, and group therapy, Haley has led and participated in different Bible studies in her college and adult life. As a practicum student, Haley completed her graduate work at A&M Christian Counseling Center, Associates in Counseling, and Rock Prairie Behavioral Health Hospital. After graduating, Haley worked for Rock Prairie Behavioral Health as an admissions and intake clinician, CHI St. Joseph as a Senior Renewal program therapist. Haley now works at Wells Counseling Services providing therapy services to individuals and couples.

Haley and her husband Matt have been married 15 years and have 2 children.

Haley enjoys being involved in her current home church, and loves serving others. Haley’s hope is to be the hands and feet of Jesus. Haley not only has experienced life’s heartbreaking trials and challenges but has also witnessed personal and marital restoration through the Lord’s goodness. The Lord offers fullness of life, which Haley believes can be experienced as people put their trust and faith in Him.

The counseling relationship between a professional counselor and a client is one in which the professional counselor guides the client in the process of problem-solving to resolve difficult issues. Sandra uses a collaborative approach in counseling, assisting each individual to develop goals and a plan to accomplish those goals. Her primary counseling theories are based on cognitive behavioral theory and person-centered counseling theory. She strives to tailor her Bible-based approaches to each individual. Counseling techniques are also adjusted throughout the process, as the needs of each individual changes.

Background

Before pursuing a degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Sandra taught mathematics at the high school and university level for a total of 48 years. She has worked with secondary students in formal and informal settings, primarily in Texas, with some experience in Qatar. At Texas A&M University, she has mentored undergraduate and graduate students in their research.

Over the past 30+ years, she has worked with hundreds of STEM teachers across Texas, providing professional development for preservice and teachers in the field. She enjoys working with individuals of all ages and backgrounds.

Qualifications and Experience

Sandra completed her Practicum experience at Wells Counseling Services and is now an intern under David Wells's supervision. She is trained in Cognitive Processing Therapy for trauma/PTSD and in the SYMBIS premarital counseling method. As a long-time educator in high schools and colleges, she has counseled students in an informal way as they came to her for career, relationship, and personal difficulties. She was drawn to counseling through experiences in teaching and working in high school and college environments.

In addition to her counseling experience under Mr. Wells's mentoring, Sandra has taught Bible classes for 50 years. She has taught children 3 months of age through 6 th grade as well as ladies’ classes for college students and adults. Sandra and her husband Michael have been married for 50 years and have one daughter, who is a teacher.