Hope Counseling Center partners with affiliated specialty counselors to expand access to focused, Medicaid and cash-pay services in areas such as trauma, assessment, consultation, and court-connected clinical needs. These counselors provide services through Hope as independent contractors while maintaining their own professional judgment, licensure, and clinical responsibility.

Meet the affiliated specialty counseling team

Rebecca Padgett is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Missouri and Pennsylvania, a National Certified Counselor, a Certified Clinical Supervisor, and a TeleMental Health Certified provider. She holds graduate degrees in counseling and servant leadership and has advanced trauma training through Baylor University, the Missouri Academy for Child Trauma Studies, and the Yale School of Medicine.

Rebecca specializes in evidence-based trauma treatment and is trained in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Integrative Treatment of Complex Trauma, and Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention. She has provided more than 1,700 hours of direct clinical care to children who have experienced crime and trauma. Her services include individual, couples, and family therapy; trauma-informed parenting support; wellness education; and support for mental health professionals experiencing vicarious trauma.

Rebecca serves as Director of Student Counseling at College of the Ozarks and teaches graduate counseling courses as an adjunct professor at Evangel University. She also supervises counseling practicum and internship students from several universities.

Committed to advancing the counseling profession, Rebecca serves on the Board of Directors of the Missouri Mental Health Counselors Association and on the PULSE Telehealth Resource Center Advisory Panel. She is dedicated to providing compassionate, ethical, and trauma-informed care that promotes lasting healing, resilience, and wellness.

Hope Counseling Center offers telehealth (virtual) mental health appointments to those residing in Missouri.

The preferred ages for Rebecca are 5 years and older.

Insurance Coming Soon: Healthy Blue, Home State Health, Medicare, Missouri Medicaid.

Rebecca Padgett
M.A., LPC, NCC, MSL, CSC

Rebecca is not currently accepting new clients. Please call our office and request to be added to Rebecca's waitlist.

Chelsea Barnett
PLPC

Chelsea Barnett, PLPC, graduated with honors from Evangel University, where she received the Award of Excellence in Undergraduate Studies and served for two years as president of the honors society.

Chelsea is passionate about deep, integrative work—the kind that helps people uncover the parts of themselves they have learned to hide, silence, or push away. She believes therapy is most transformative when the therapeutic relationship feels safe, attuned, and accepting, and she works intentionally to build that foundation with every client.

She is a strong fit for adults who are new to therapy, as well as those who have tried therapy before but felt stuck, unseen, or unchanged. Chelsea is not afraid to gently challenge clients when needed, and she supports them in moving toward a more connected, confident, and whole version of themselves.

Many people come to Chelsea carrying anger, grief, loneliness, dissatisfaction with life or relationships, low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, trauma, identity concerns, or patterns that feel out of control. She offers a space where clients can finally slow down, feel understood, and begin to heal.

Hope Counseling Center offers telehealth (virtual) mental health appointments to those residing in Missouri.

Chelsea's preferred age range is 13 years and older.

Insurance Coming Soon: Healthy Blue, Home State Health, Medicare, Missouri Medicaid.

Jess Keys
MS, MAMFT, LMFT / AAMFT Clinical Fellow

Sometimes life doesn’t look the way we expected it to. Relationships change, family roles shift, and different seasons of life can bring uncertainty, loss, anxiety, or a sense that something needs to change. Whether you’re struggling to feel like yourself, working through a difficult relationship, or navigating a new chapter, therapy can offer a space to slow down, feel understood, and find a way forward.

Jess works with individuals, couples, and families to better understand what they’re experiencing, identify patterns that may be keeping them stuck, and create meaningful change. As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and Clinical Fellow with the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), she brings a systems perspective to her work, considering how relationships, life experiences, and our environments shape how we feel and function.

Jess currently serves as a Clinical Therapist and guest lecturer at College of the Ozarks and previously served as an adjunct professor in the college’s Family Studies program. In her clinical practice, she draws from the Gottman Method, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused Therapy, and Focus on the Family’s Marriage Counseling approach. She tailors these approaches to each client rather than relying on a one-size-fits-all model.

Her therapeutic style is warm, collaborative, and genuine. Jess strives to create a judgment-free space where clients feel safe to be honest, supported as they grow, and equipped to move forward. She understands that reaching out for therapy can feel vulnerable and works to make the process feel welcoming from the very beginning.

Jess' preferred age range is 18 years and older.

Insurance Coming Soon: Healthy Blue, Home State Health, Medicare, Missouri Medicaid.

Individual sessions: $120

Couples & family sessions: $140

*Not all rates and services shown.

Individual sessions: $85

Couples & family sessions: $95

Individual sessions: $125

Couples & family sessions: $125

*Not all rates and services shown.