Staff

Therapist/Owner: Sandra Kellerstrass

Sandra is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) with seventeen years of therapeutic experience. She holds a BA in Leadership and Management and an MA in Counseling from Lincoln Christian University. Sandi has prior field experience in community-based counseling, foster care and adoption preservation. She has worked with adults and children with a variety of issues and diagnoses including parent/child and couples relational problems, grief, trauma, attachment, depression, anxiety and behavioral problems.

Therapist: Sarah Hawkins

Sarah Hawkins, LCPC, is a therapist at Syndeo Counseling and has been working with couples, families, and individuals throughout the last 18 years. Sarah has an attachment framework in all her work because human beings are innately relational, social, and wired for intimate bonding with others. Sarah is trained in EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy) which prioritizes emotion and emotional regulation as the key organizing agents in individual experience and key relationship interactions.

 Sarah has specialized training in working with couples who are seeking to improve their relationships. Sarah has also specialized in working with children and teens who are in foster care and adoption as well as their caregivers. Sarah also works individually with adults and teens who are struggling with Depression, Anxiety, Trauma/Abuse, Grief and Loss, ADHD, Relationship Stress, Parenting Issues.

Office Manager: Jill Tkaczyk

Jill has her BA from Moody Bible Institute in Elementary Education, and an MA from Lincoln Christian Seminary, in Worship Studies. She  enjoys spending time with her family, running, hiking, and serving in her local church.