About Kyna
I am a native Southerner born in Asheville, NC and raised in the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia. After grad school I spent 25 years living in the greater Nashville, TN area. Like everyone, my life has had its peaks and valleys. My story includes valleys like a partially abusive childhood, divorced parents, losing both biological parents to cancer, infertility, and a lengthy elder care season.
My peaks include earning a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Richmond (1987) and an M.A. in Counseling from Regent University in Virginia Beach (1992), and later opening my own private practice in Middle TN in 1997. I also met my husband, Rodney, in graduate school and we married in 1993.
I worked as an in-home advocate for a private hospital group and in two local Christian counseling agencies in the Tidewater, Virginia area. I gained my Virginia license (LPC ‘95) and National Certification (NCC ‘96) before moving to Nashville, and my Virginia LMFT in ‘98. I worked in a private treatment center for seven years with my parting position being the first Director of a ground-breaking treatment foster care program. I received my LPC license in Tennessee in 1997, and obtained a license to practice in North Carolina in 2010.
After moving to Nashville, I worked in a non-profit group home for women in crisis, followed by two community mental health centers. I led groups with at-risk kids in Metro schools and with chronically mentally ill adults and opened my own private practice in 1997. In 2000, I decided to focus solely on building my private practice.
I had numerous articles published on abuse, relationships, and parenting teenagers in several LifeWay publications. I was also an adjunct faculty member at Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville. I twice served on the board of the local Nashville Area Association of Christian Counselors. I developed and taught a court-approved parenting through divorce course for six years during my membership at a local Franklin, TN church. That course still runs to this date.
I have an artist's soul. With a background in church music and leading worship, my love of music led to six years of writing and performing country music in Music City. I formed an ASCAP publishing company and was blessed to write with and befriend some great local singer/songwriters. More recently, I served in a leadership role with The Arts Collective, which has its roots in a local Church in Brentwood. Creativity has become a lifestyle and impacts my counseling style combining clinical, spiritual and coaching elements with every client.
In 2008, I launched "Coach Kyna® " after completing a Certified Life Coach program. I write and speak in my role as Coach Kyna and am currently writing a book for artists that I will launch with an accompanying podcast.
After 25 years in MiddleTN, Rodney and I now make our home in my family’s legacy home in Asheville, North Carolina, where we often fish, ride our motorcycles and explore God's awesome creation!
My peaks include earning a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Richmond (1987) and an M.A. in Counseling from Regent University in Virginia Beach (1992), and later opening my own private practice in Middle TN in 1997. I also met my husband, Rodney, in graduate school and we married in 1993.
I worked as an in-home advocate for a private hospital group and in two local Christian counseling agencies in the Tidewater, Virginia area. I gained my Virginia license (LPC ‘95) and National Certification (NCC ‘96) before moving to Nashville, and my Virginia LMFT in ‘98. I worked in a private treatment center for seven years with my parting position being the first Director of a ground-breaking treatment foster care program. I received my LPC license in Tennessee in 1997, and obtained a license to practice in North Carolina in 2010.
After moving to Nashville, I worked in a non-profit group home for women in crisis, followed by two community mental health centers. I led groups with at-risk kids in Metro schools and with chronically mentally ill adults and opened my own private practice in 1997. In 2000, I decided to focus solely on building my private practice.
I had numerous articles published on abuse, relationships, and parenting teenagers in several LifeWay publications. I was also an adjunct faculty member at Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville. I twice served on the board of the local Nashville Area Association of Christian Counselors. I developed and taught a court-approved parenting through divorce course for six years during my membership at a local Franklin, TN church. That course still runs to this date.
I have an artist's soul. With a background in church music and leading worship, my love of music led to six years of writing and performing country music in Music City. I formed an ASCAP publishing company and was blessed to write with and befriend some great local singer/songwriters. More recently, I served in a leadership role with The Arts Collective, which has its roots in a local Church in Brentwood. Creativity has become a lifestyle and impacts my counseling style combining clinical, spiritual and coaching elements with every client.
In 2008, I launched "Coach Kyna® " after completing a Certified Life Coach program. I write and speak in my role as Coach Kyna and am currently writing a book for artists that I will launch with an accompanying podcast.
After 25 years in MiddleTN, Rodney and I now make our home in my family’s legacy home in Asheville, North Carolina, where we often fish, ride our motorcycles and explore God's awesome creation!