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.
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, women, couples, and students.
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.
Brenda is the wife of an entrepreneur, a mom of three, and a Gummy to the cutest little pumpkin ever!
Certified in Prepare/Enrich: Marriage & Pre-Marriage Assessments
Certified in SYMBIS: (Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts) Pre-Marital & 2nd Marriage Assessments
Professional Activities and Memberships: American Association of Christian Counselors; American Psychological Association; Jenks Chamber of Commerce
Jarrod
Peterson
,LPC
Jarrod hails from West Texas and is a graduate of Texas Tech University with an undergraduate degree in Human Development and Family Studies. He spent the next season of life as a mentor, coach, and teacher in faith-based work and was involved in various business ventures as well as a pastor of a small church in New Mexico. He has a Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. He resides with his family in Eufaula, Oklahoma, and enjoys playing with his five children on the lake. Jarrod utilizes Solution-Focused therapy from a Strengths-Based perspective with foundations in CBT as well as Motivational Interviewing. He is a trained Marriage Coach in the PREP curriculum and is an Oklahoma Attorney General-certified Batterers Intervention Program Facilitator. Having therapy experience with all ages, Jarrod led a Batterers Intervention Program for over two years and was the Bereavement Coordinator for a Hospice in Southeast Oklahoma. He is currently partnering with OK DHS as a facilitator with the Family Expectations program and a trainer for the Family-Centered Coaching initiative. Jarrod offers the SYMBIS assessment for couples looking to enrich their relationship. He enjoys coming alongside people with a compassionate and open heart.
Patty
Poston
, LCSW, CGP
Patty Poston is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Grief Professional. She is a graduate of the University of Southern MS in Hattiesburg, MS, with a Master's in Social Work, specializing in Family Systems.
Patty’s counseling experience has been all-inclusive in 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 having a heart calling for grievers, she has integrated skill and 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.
Patty continues to specialize in individual grief counseling, focusing on supporting her clients through whatever loss they find themselves in. 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 to six, the sixth being born December 2022. She loves to laugh and truly believes that laughter brings light and healing.
Christy
Waters
, LPC-C
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.
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
, Manager
Sarah is a graduate of Oral Roberts University with a Master of Arts in Counseling. She is a gifted counselor and will soon be joining our team as an LPC-S.
In the meantime, she will use her gifts to serve those who come through the front door of Hope Forward.
She believes that every person deserves unconditional warmth and acceptance. You will feel loved from the moment you meet her, and her hope is to make your experience at Hope Forward the best it could possibly be.
Sarah is a wife and mother to two amazing boys and has one precious dog.
