Dudley Bienvenu, LCSW, BCPCC
Founder and Director of Bienvenu Counseling Services, Dudley is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Board Certified Professional Christian Counselor with 40 years and over 40,000 hours of counseling experience. Having received both a BS in Psychology and a Masters in Social Work from Louisiana State University, his specialty areas include individual psychotherapy, marriage counseling, and substance abuse. In addition to providing standard individual and couple counseling, Dudley offers specialized 3-day intensives for couples and individuals who want or need rapid resolution to problems and issues, as well as individual psychoanalytic psychotherapy multiple times per week when requested. Dudley has authored four books and created numerous audio and video educational recourses that can be accessed free of charge on YouTube under “Bienvenu Counseling” or on this website, under “media”. He also conducts conferences and seminars on relationships, emotional intelligence, and trauma awareness on a regular basis (See Seminars and Resources). A native of Southwest Louisiana, he and his wife have been married for 40 years with two daughters and four grandchildren.
Jere Miles, LCSW, BCPCC
A Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Board Certified Professional Christian Counselor and a skilled family therapist of over 30 years, Jere specializes in working with young children, adolescents & their families. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Nebraska and her Masters in Social Work from LSU. Jere’s vast amount of training includes Inner Healing through Ashland Theological Seminary; Eye Movement and Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR); Recall Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Family Systems Theory, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), and Family and Marital Therapy. Her Chaplain training in Critical Incident Stress Management, PTSD, Trauma, Grief & Loss, Human Trafficking, Divorce, Depression, Suicide, Disaster Relief, Death Notification and Counseling, Confidentiality, Ethics & Law have helped her assist a variety of clients during her over 12 years with BCS.
When Jere isn’t working, she enjoys providing chaplain/counseling services at a high school after-school program, leading women’s bible studies, and teaching discipleship and kids’ ministry classes. One of Jere’s other hobbies includes editing her husband’s books. She has been married over 35 years and is a proud mother and grandmother.