focused on you
Our LiveWell counselors in Amarillo, Texas care about people. We believe in serving our local community through creative innovative mental health services. Our goal is to help people in all dimensions of life by providing life-changing therapy, along with spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical supportive services. We also highly value our professional relationship in our community with fellow mental health groups, churches, businesses, and schools. It is important for connection in order to have greater impact on those seeking change and growth. Consistency for our clients is a focal point for our day-to-day operations. Let’s LiveWell together.
A Safe Place
LiveWell is focused on providing a safe, comfortable atmosphere that fosters growth and insight to promote transformation in our client’s lives. For a person to have a safe place to go, on a consistent basis, can help with issues such as:
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Stress
- Marital conflict
- Suicidal thoughts
- Searching for one’s purpose & values
- Teen development
- Parenting
- Addiction
- Life Transition
- Trauma
space to grow
We believe that goals and growth are possible. It’s our desire to help our clients meet their defined objectives. When a person attends counseling, it gives them the space to grow in the areas they desire, with a person alongside their process offering support and reflection in the best interest of their success.
Someone to talk to
Something happens when an individual has an objective voice with which to talk through concerns. Giving an individual a voice to life events, feelings, or thoughts is one of the healing parts of the therapeutic process. We look forward to listening to you.
Our Model
Restoration Therapy is an effective model which allows an individual or couple to identify their core feelings, connect where they most likely learned the false messages connected to these feelings, and then empower the individual or couple to regulate their own emotions with the truth about who they are to be. The emotional regulation process not only changes one’s emotions, but also the behaviors the emotion produces. This model is so universal; it can be used with any issue and demographic.
Counselors in Amarillo, Texas
Meet the Team
A graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington, Amy Spears earned her Bachelors in Social Work in 2002, continuing on to complete her Masters in Clinical Mental Health at Regent University in Virginia in 2016. Amy is a National Certified Counselor and a Level II Restoration Therapist, a highly effective treatment modality for couples, individuals in crisis, or chronic need. Her clientele includes adolescents, young adults, individuals, marriages, and families.
With a passion for seeing individuals, families, and marriages reach their highest potential, Amy has developed a reputation as a therapist who is dedicated to her clients' well being. Amy has a positive outlook on life and brings a fun, energetic tone to her therapeutic practice.
Amy’s passions outside of therapy, include cooking, long distance running, being outdoors, and hanging out with people she loves. Next to her faith, Amy’s number one passion is her family. Married to husband Matt since 2002, the couple has three fabulous children, and Mondo, the dog, who can be found working hard at LiveWell.
Bonnie Skelton earned a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology with a minor in Christian Studies and a Masters in Counseling from Dallas Baptist University in Dallas, Texas. She holds a licensure as a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Texas.
Bonnie sees children, adolescents, adults, and families. She has experience working with survivors of suicide and those dealing with suicidal thoughts. She specializes in anxiety, depression, identity, and parent-child relationships. Her passion is to empower people to know the truth that will set them free from the root of the issue.
Bonnie is married with 2 young children. She enjoys relaxing at coffee shops, playing with her two young children, attending church, running, road trips, movie nights, and baking.
You may contact Bonnie at 806-316-5595 or bonnie@livewellcounselors.com for additional information or to schedule an appointment.
Brady Prescott was born and raised in Amarillo, Texas. She graduated from West Texas A&M University with a Bachelor’s degree in Health Sciences and a Master’s in Counseling. Brady holds licensure in the state of Texas as a Licensed Professional Counselor Intern. She is supervised by Wib Newton, who obtained a Texas state licensure in Professional Counseling as well as Family and Marriage Therapy.
Brady has a passion for working with children and adolescents. Her desire is to create safe relationships where clients can express issues, feelings, and emotional responses to life experiences. She individualizes these responses to then help the client discover healthy ways of releasing, healing, and choosing a healthier, happier approach to life. Aspects of her counseling utilize art, music, creativity, and nature. She has training in trauma-informed care, crisis and intervention prevention, choice theory, reality therapy, suicide, opioid, behavioral learning, abuse, adventure, arts, and techniques in play therapy.
Outside of helping others, Brady loves being active in her church, being active outdoors, playing with her two “fur babies” (Milo and Nala), having game nights, traveling, and working out. Her positive energy and fun-loving personality is contagious and pours into her therapeutic techniques.
Kendall Hay is a graduate of Texas A&M University and holds a degree in Recreation, Parks and Tourism Sciences. Her love of travel has taken her to live in many different places, but she is thrilled to call Amarillo home since moving back to Texas in 2013. She has worked as an office manager in Denver, Colorado and with the University of St Andrews’ Chaplaincy office in Scotland, UK prior to her work at LiveWell Counseling. She is HIPPA certified and enjoys keeping the office organized and efficient.
Kendall is an active member of her church and enjoys cooking, traveling and reading. She is married to her husband, Andrew and has 3 children.
