Thrive Learning

Chris is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist specializing in trauma treatment as well as individual, couples, and family therapy. He has over 29 years' experience as a pastoral counselor, military chaplain, and marriage & family therapist. His areas of expertise are treating post-traumatic stress, acute stress, sexual abuse, and physical abuse. As an interactive EMDR trainer, his approach is to provide energetic and enthusiastic training designed to help you be brilliant with the basics of the Standard 8-Phase EMDR modality. Chris has trained over 5,000 clinicians in the use of EMDR since 2015. He has been married to Holly since 1986 and together they raised 5 children during a 29-year military career that spanned the globe. Now living in Florence, SC, they continue to be deeply involved in the life of their family, their 9 grandchildren, their local church, and anti-human trafficking efforts in Nepal. Chris is the founder and owner of Thrive Counseling & Consulting, PLLC and of Thrive Training & Publications, LLC.

Tony is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Virginia and Certified EMDR Therapist with more than 20 years of experience providing a variety of services to individuals and families including crisis services in the clinic and hospital setting, mental health and substance use outpatient services, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing treatment. Tony has worked with people who are experiencing depression, anxiety, panic attacks, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. He has extensive experience providing clinical supervision to licensed residents in counseling.