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.
Carol Peirce, LPC, BCPCC
Carol Peirce, MA, LPC
As a Licensed Professional Counselor with 20+ years of experience, Carol has a heart for helping people overcome the obstacles, traumas, and patterns that continue to hold them back from living their life to the fullest. She received her undergraduate degree in Sociology from LSU and her MA in Professional Counseling from Liberty University in Virginia. Her specialty areas include trauma recovery, marriage/couples counseling, anxiety, and codependency/boundary issues. She is Certified in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), an approach that helps couples form a more secure emotional bond, which results in stronger relationships and improved communication. Carol has also facilitated many professional EFT trainings for counselors in Louisiana and is a Founding Member of the Louisiana EFT Community (www.iceeft.com). At their local church Carol and her husband of 40+ years have led Marriage Communication classes, retreats, seminars, and are the Lead Mentor Couple in the Marriage Mentoring program.
For trauma recovery Carol has extensive training in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), a structured therapy that accesses and resolves traumatic memories and experiences at their source (www.EMDR.com). She is also trained in Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), a rapid recovery therapy that focuses on decreasing negative images, emotions and sensations, and replacing them with positive ones www.acceleratedresolutiontherapy.com). In addition, she has training in Trauma Resolution Therapy (TRT), and Inner Healing (Healing Care groups) from Ashland Theological Seminary.
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