Evans Counseling Team
Therapists
Dr. Heather Evans, LCSW
Heather is Co-founder of VAST (Valley Against Sex Trafficking) Coalition in the Lehigh Valley, PA. She is devoted to training and equipping service providers. In 2013, Heather received the Allied Professional Award from Crime Victims Council of the Lehigh Valley for outstanding commitment to victims’ services. Heather is an Adjunct Professor of Global Trauma Recovery Institute of Missio Theological Seminary and travels and leads trips nationally and internationally, with the goal of partnering with and training trauma healing caregivers.
Heather is the author of two books on complex trauma and posttraumatic growth in sex trafficking survivors and the creator of the Voices of Survivors Project.
Paul Bauer, LPC
Paul Bauer is a Licensed Professional Counselor in both North Carolina and Pennsylvania. His areas of emphasis include adults, families, couples, marriages, relationships, anger management, grief/loss, trauma, uniformed services groups and employee assistance programs across a variety of treatment disorders with diverse populations. He remains an on-call counselor with The Counseling Team International, National Response Team for Critical Incident Stress Management for the Federal Air Marshalls Service. Previously, he has also been a Street Reach Homeless Center counselor and a Muscular Dystrophy group facilitator. Most recently he has worked in Private Practice and voluntarily served The Brunswick County, North Carolina Sheriff’s Office as a Chaplain.
Paul has a Bachelor’s Degree in Organizational Management from Nyack College in New York and a Master’s Degree in Counseling from Cairn University in Pennsylvania with an Advanced Specialization in Christian Counseling. He has co-instructed Group Labs at the Master’s level in Marriage/Family Counseling and Group Dynamics at Cairn. Furthermore, Paul is certified as an Employee Assistance Specialist Clinician.
LangMarc Publishing has released his book entitled: “40 Days in the Desert, a Devotional Guide for Uniform Services Personnel”. His experiences have uniquely qualified him to speak into the lives of those serving in roles such as the military, police, firefighters, emergency medical, and security personnel.
Angelina Moncoeur, LPC
Laura Rush, LCSW
Laura Rush is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a wide range of experiences working with adults, children, and adolescents in individual, group, and family settings. She is experienced in the areas of
addictions, adolescent issues, trauma, depression, OCD, anxiety, eating disorders, self injury, ADHD, and grief/loss.
Laura partners with her clients in their goal setting and often helps them develop healthy coping strategies as she journeys with them. Her transparent expression and empathetic personality make her an easy person to talk with. She utilizes a variety of methods including CBT, internal family systems, attachment theory, and polyvagal theory. Laura seeks to find a path that fits best with the needs and goals of each individual client.