Gayla Jacobs McNatt, LPC

Gayla is a Licensed Professional Counselor, licensed in the States of Tennessee and Texas and has twenty five years experience in working with children and adolescents and their parents on a variety of capacities. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from East Texas Baptist University, a Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Counseling, and a Master of Arts in Christian Education. She is a certified PREPARE/ENRICH therapist.

Gayla strongly believes that every individual is special, unique, and of great value. Every person has a purpose in life.

Gayla's goals are to provide therapeutic support and useful feedback to help individuals resolve current problems and longstanding patterns that may be preventing them from having a happy, well-balanced life. Whether they are dealing with uncontrolled anger, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, parenting concerns, grief, or any other psychologically taxing problems, "I am here to walk side by side, working together for emotional healing".

Gayla has been married for 32 years and has one adult son who lives in Austin, Texas. Gayla loves to spend time with her two dogs, Toby and Gabby and to listen to all types of music.

Favorite Quote: “You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attititude to fit those situations.” Zig Ziglar

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