Our Team
Mary Keever, LCSW, CHC
I started Intention Path Counseling and Intention Path Services after 8 years at Cornerstone Health Care/Wake Forest Baptist Health. In 2021, I realized I wanted to take action to find a clearer path for professional growth. I was ready to use my experience and energy to create my own business and expand my client base. I also sought to apply the skills and knowledge I had acquired during that time.
One pivotal moment in my journey came in March 2020, when the global shift due to the pandemic led me to reevaluate my approach to trauma recovery. Having faced and worked through trauma in my own life, I was already deeply committed to helping others heal. But during that time of collective uncertainty, I realized I needed a deeper understanding of how to help people heal in a way that worked better for them. I had heard of The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, MD and finally took the time to dive into it, which transformed my understanding of healing.
With in-person sessions on hold, I not only finished the book, I listened to Dr. van der Kolk talk about it for 12 hours, and I found myself unable to return to the previous way I helped people heal. I have learned from my own trauma to use crisis as an opportunity when I can and when it helps to do so. So, I pivoted and have since become dedicated to studying and integrating science-based, effective information and methods to help people heal on a deeper level, enabling them to find more meaning in their lives and enjoy the present.
As a lifelong learner, I continuously strive to enhance my skills and knowledge. My office is often filled with books, and I love bringing the latest research or strategies into sessions to better support my clients. I aim to maintain this passion for growth.
Currently, I recognize the importance of expanding my practice to meet the growing need for trauma-informed care, and there is only one of me! I’m excited to grow Intention Path Counseling by adding compassionate therapists who share my dedication and passion for helping clients thrive. Together, we can continue creating meaningful change for more people on their healing journey.
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Alicia Davis, MSW, LCSW, LCAS
Hi there! I am Alicia, and I love to help people find their way back to their truest selves through exploring who they are at their deepest level. I have worked with people without homes, those with mental health issues and those addicted to substances seeking recovery. I received both my undergraduate and graduate degrees from Western Carolina University (Go Cats!) in Social Work with an emphasis on addiction issues.
My direct, yet empathetic approach to therapy might end up being best for clients who don't take offense easily, but I will build us a space to hold this. I believe that each of us has the answers we are seeking if we can only stop, listen, and process our problems in relationship, as we are not meant to walk this path alone. I use various methods including CBT, DBT, Motivational Interviewing, Gestalt, Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and my favorite: Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) to support those who feel stuck in time due to significant trauma. ART is similar to EMDR as we will use bilateral stimulation. However, you may find that you have more agency and thus, feel empowered in session.
I practice virtually, so you may encounter the occasional blur of my two energetic goldendoodle puppies or what sounds like a musical echoing through the wall. My expectation is that I will match your effort and that you put in the work that you are worthy of. When that work is unclear, activating or both, I hope to guide you with experience and compassion. I also hope that my passion for helping people find their way back to themselves will help us on your healing path.
Audrie Keen, LCMHCA
Do you find yourself second guessing your thoughts, overexplaining or wondering how things became so confusing? Have you been in relationships where your needs were minimized, your reality was questioned or you slowly lost your own voice? Do you notice yourself feeling on edge, easily overwhelmed or stuck in patterns that don’t feel like you? Maybe something in you feels wounded-like you’re carrying the impact of what you’ve been through, even though you can’t fully name it. You may be longing to feel clear, grounded, and like yourself again-able to trust your own instincts, honor your needs and move through life with a sense of steadiness and self-connection.
Rather than tell you who you should be, I help you reconnect with your own inner wisdom. I work with individuals who experience the effects of feeling helpless, hopeless, terrified and alone. I am passionate in my pursuit to help you understand and heal relational trauma, including being impacted by narcissistic dynamics. You may carry emotional wounds that you may not yet fully understand. Sometimes it shows up as self-doubt, disconnection or a persistent sense that something isn’t quite right. Together, we will gently explore patterns and begin to make sense of your experience in a way that feels grounding and empowering. In our work together, we will slow things down and help you become an observer of your inner world-your thoughts, emotions, and patterns-while also gently noticing how experiences live in your body. From there, we begin to understand what has shaped you and explore what may no longer serve you.
Together, we create space for clarity, self-trust and a deeper sense of grounding, allowing new ways of being to emerge that feel more aligned and authentic to you. If you’re unsure where to start, that’s okay. We will take this at your pace. If this resonates with you, I welcome you to reach out. We can begin wherever you are.
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Sarah Oaks, MS, LCMHC
You have a powerful, innate capacity to heal past hurts and make the deep, lasting changes that you desire. Over the past 20 years, I have been dedicated to offering emotional skills with the warmth and acceptance that nurtures that change, helping individuals and couples heal from hurtful life circumstances to create new and satisfying life patterns. I believe that every person is strong, capable and has the ability to grow, have loving relationships, and feel free and alive.
I have strong experience working with people who are struggling with the aftermath of childhood abuse or other types of complex trauma, such as sexual assault and interpersonal violence. I love helping you connect to your own always-available source of wisdom and healing, the part that can never be harmed by life's pains.
With couples, I have special focus and training in Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT-C), which helps move couples from isolation, defensiveness, and hurt to connection, closeness, understanding, and trust.
Whether with couples or individuals, I cultivate an emotion-focused, client-centered, compassion-rooted, gentle, active, and respectful therapeutic style. Whatever you've been through, I strive to help you gently face your challenges and secret fears so that you can come through life’s transitions invigorated in a new direction. Please reach out! I'm here to help.