MEET OUR TEAM
Brenda
Black
MAMFT, LPC-S, CCTP
Brenda Coomer Black is a Life Coach and Licensed Professional Counselor specializing in individual, couples, and family therapy, and maintains a private practice in Jenks, Oklahoma. She is the founder of Hope Forward Counseling & Hope Forward Foundation.
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With over 15 years of experience as a therapist and as a graduate of Oral Roberts University and Southern Nazarene University specializing in Family Systems and Marriage/Family Therapy, she is currently serving as a private practitioner working with a broad spectrum of clients. Among her areas of expertise are leaders, Pastors and women.
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Brenda is an interactive, solution-focused therapist. Her therapeutic approach is to provide support and practical feedback to help clients effectively address personal life challenges. She integrates complementary methodologies and techniques to offer a highly personalized approach tailored to each client. With compassion and understanding, she works with each individual to help them build on their strengths and attain the personal growth they are committed to accomplishing. Brenda loves to help others rewrite their life's story.
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Brenda is the mom of three adult children and a Gummy to the cutest little pumpkin ever!
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Certified in Prepare/Enrich: Marriage & Pre-Marriage Assessments
Certified in SYMBIS: (Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts) Pre-Marital & 2nd Marriage Assessments
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EMDR Trained
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Professional Activities and Memberships: American Association of Christian Counselors; American Psychological Association; Jenks Chamber of Commerce
Patty
Poston
, LCSW, CGP
Patty Poston is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Grief Professional. She graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, MS, with a Master's in Social Work, specializing in Family Systems.
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Patty’s counseling experience has been all-inclusive in the areas of mental health, death and dying, and grief/bereavement. As a grief counselor, she enjoyed four and a half years at the Tristesse Grief Center in Tulsa, OK, where she counseled grieving individuals/ couples/families and facilitated a grief-specific spouse loss group.
With nine-plus years of hospice experience and a heart calling for grievers, she has integrated skills and a desire to help others navigate through the pain of loss/change. Patty offers insights with a deep sense of empathy, wisdom, and compassion. Her joy is providing a space where wounded hearts can be heard and healed, and individuals leave encouraged and empowered.
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Patty continues to specialize in individual grief counseling, focusing on supporting her clients through whatever loss they face. She is currently a practicing hospice Social Worker and a contract therapist with Hope Forward Counseling.
Patty is the spouse of an OEF/OIF US Army Veteran, mother of three, and grandmother of six, the sixth of whom was born in December 2022. She loves to laugh and truly believes that laughter brings light and healing.
Christy
Waters
, LPC
Christy has been an educator for 30 years after graduating from the University of Georgia with her master’s in education in 1991. In 2020, Christy decided to go back to school and fulfill a longtime dream of becoming a therapist by obtaining a Master of Science degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Northeastern State University. Having decades of experience working with children and teens, and their parents, in an educational setting, she has a broad understanding of the current issues families deal with today and is well-equipped to assist families in processing them. She has also been a part of a women’s ministry for over 13 years, where she encourages and prays with women of all ages. It is her heart that drives her to assist and care for all the people that come across her path.
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As a therapist, Christy strives to provide a safe, non-judgmental, and collaborative environment to help clients develop a strong sense of self and improve the quality of their relationships. She enjoys helping individuals find peace in an ever-changing world. Her counseling utilizes Solution-Based and Client-Centered Therapy. Born and raised in Georgia, she moved to Tulsa many years ago and put down roots. She has raised both of her adult children in Tulsa and now considers it home. Both of her children are a huge part of her life, along with their mini golden doodle.
Sarah
Long
, LPC-C
Sarah graduated from Oral Roberts University with a Master of Arts in Counseling.
She is a gifted counselor who believes everyone deserves unconditional warmth and acceptance. She is exceptional with kids as well as their parents. Sarah has an understanding of childhood development stages and how to help children with their emotional development based on their age.
You will feel loved from the moment you meet her, and she hopes to make your experience at Hope Forward the best it could be.
Sarah is a wife, and a mother to two amazing boys as well as her doggie Chloe.
Delise
Tomlinson
, LPC-C
After several decades in another career and raising two (now adult) daughters with her husband of 39 years, Delise understands the joy, challenge and pain life can bring.
She credits God and His loving acceptance with giving her the passion for helping others in their journey toward healing.
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Delise’s therapeutic work with individuals and couples is grounded in attachment theory with an emphasis on Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Internal Family Systems (IFS). With understanding, compassion and a nonjudgmental approach, Delise helps clients create meaningful change as together they address symptoms of depression, anxiety, grief, and marital and relational conflict.
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Robyn
Gertner
, LPC-C
Robyn is an educator and has her master's degree in Marriage and Family therapy. She has spent the past 17 years teaching elementary students in Texas and Oklahoma. As an LPC-Candidate, Robyn is committed to helping individuals become themselves - unpack, and reclaim their voice. Her work focuses on empowering people to build strong lives by turning their setbacks into superpowers. ​
Aimee
Farquhar
, LPC-Intern
Aimee is a lifelong resident of the Broken Arrow/Tulsa area and has been married for 28 years. She and her husband have four children who continue to inspire her passion for supporting families. For over two decades, she has served in children’s ministry, walking alongside kids and parents in seasons of growth and challenge. Aimee earned her Master’s in Education from Oklahoma Wesleyan University and is currently pursuing her Master's in Professional Counseling at Oral Roberts University.
Aimee’s counseling approach is client-centered, offering a safe, supportive, and collaborative space for healing. She is passionate about helping children, teens, and adults build healthy rhythms, strengthen relationships, and discover hope for the future.
