Dr. Reshaunda Strickland

I work under the motto, "The sun will rise and set regardless. What we choose to do with the light while its here is up to us..." I fully believe in journeying with my clients through treatment. I truly enjoy working with my clients on the variety of life's ups and downs.

So, let’s start with the technical stuff. I completed graduate school in 2011 earning my doctorate in Clinical Psychology. Over the years, I’ve done a variety of things in the mental health field. Mostly, I’ve done psychological testing, psychotherapy, and working with special needs adults. I love helping clients learn so rather than preferred diagnoses, my specialty is working on relationships. This includes the relationship with the self and relationships with others. After the ups and downs of working in facilities, my friend and I decided to branch out and open an office focused on good client care. And, from there Balance Beacon was born.

Dr. LaFonya Jones-Hines

I believe in internal power and strength. It may feel like internal power and strength is non-existent because there are times when situations and circumstances seem to get the best of life. If you need help in this area, therapy can be scary but courageous and a necessary step for you.

Memphis is where my love for dancing developed and expanded. Dancing is my first love and I have continued to dance throughout my life, as I have found it to be therapeutic. I also enjoy family life, I enjoy sitting around with family, watching tv shows or having conversations. I also enjoy traveling. I enjoy experiencing different scenes. I have traveled many places just for school starting with North Carolina where my family resides. 

My desire to become a therapist developed later in my life, specifically my senior year in undergraduate school. While I majored in psychology my intentions were to enroll in law school. However, my plans changed after God stirred me in a different direction. I knew I enjoyed my psychology classes in undergraduate school but I did not realize that therapy was going to be my destiny. While enrolled in my Master’s program I had a job working with children allowing me to utilize my skills in therapy. By this point I was enjoying therapy more and attending law school was continuing to fade away. By the time I completed my Master’s degree I was working with children, and families. It felt like I found what I was meant to do. In addition to therapy, I also became a psychometrist where I was doing assessments. This additional skill seemed to seal my career of becoming a therapist. I believed the field of psychology was rewarding in many capacities. I was not only able to help people on a journey of changing their lives, learning more about themselves and guiding them to the best version of themselves. I was also able to help them understand the symptoms they were experiencing by explaining it through diagnostic assessments.