Our Team

  Sparrow House Counseling is led by a passionate team of licensed professional counselors and psychologists who each have a heart to serve and provide both individuals and families with affordable, high-quality care. Our counselors are here to give a hand that you may begin a journey toward healing and restoration in any and every area of your life.

Angie Knight Buja

Angie Knight BujaMA, LPC-S, Founding Partner of Sparrow House Counseling

AKB has been counseling since 2001. A native of Dallas, she headed to the plains to attend Texas Tech University and then on to Dallas…

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Dr. Steven Lytle

Dr. Steven LytlePsyD, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Founding Partner of Sparrow House Counseling

Dr. Steven Lytle is a licensed psychologist with Sparrow House Counseling in Dallas, Texas. He attended the University of Oklahoma where he received a…

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Wendy Miller

Wendy MillerMA, LPC, Founding Partner of Sparrow House Counseling

Wendy has called the Park Cities home for over 25 years. Before moving to Dallas, she completed her undergraduate work at Oklahoma State University in…

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Dr. Cristina Sevadjian

Dr. Cristina SevadjianPhD, Licensed Psychologist, Partner of Sparrow House Counseling

Dr. Sevadjian graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Texas A&M University, a master’s degree in counseling from Dallas…

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Dr. Josh Kirby

Dr. Josh KirbyPhD, MBA, Licensed Psychologist, Partner of Sparrow House Counseling

Dr. Kirby graduated with a Master’s degree in Psychology from Pepperdine University and completed his PhD from the APA-Accredited Clinical Psychology program at…

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Reagan Abernathy

Reagan AbernathyMA, LPC

Reagan is from the Houston area and attended Texas A&M for her undergraduate degree. During her time at Texas A&M…

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Jane Ballard

Jane BallardLCSW

Jane Ballard is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Supervisor and Perinatal Mental Health Certified clinician who provides therapy to adults, couples and families.…

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Kelly Bires

Kelly BiresMA, LPC-Associate Supervised by Angie Knight Buja, MA, LPC-S

Kelly grew up in Friendswood, Texas and graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Health in 2018. After…

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Megan Bloedel

Megan BloedelLPC-A, Supervised by Dr. Cristina Sevadjan Ph.D., LPC-S and Jessie Skinner LPC-S, RPT-S

Megan grew up in McKinney, Texas and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Communication Studies with a focus on interpersonal communication from the…

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Ethan Clark

Ethan ClarkMA, LPC

Ethan graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. After college, Ethan pursued ministry experiences that led…

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Sallye Clark

Sallye ClarkMA, LPC

Sallye was born and raised right here in Dallas, TX. She received her Bachelor’s in Health and Psychology from Texas A&M…

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Elizabeth Faris

Elizabeth FarisMA, LPC

Elizabeth grew up in Austin, Texas and graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Development…

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Candice Farmer

Candice FarmerMA, LPC

Candice grew up in the beautiful city of Virginia Beach, VA. She received her Bachelor’s in Communications from Old Dominion University. She moved…

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James Flippo

James FlippoMA, LPC

James is a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary where he acquired his Masters degree in Biblical Counseling and has is Bachelor’s of Science…

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Dr. Lauren Fuller

Dr. Lauren FullerPhD, Licensed Psychologist

Dr. Fuller graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Mary Washington and a doctorate in counseling psychology from the…

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Tori Gorena

Tori GorenaMA, LPC, RPT

Tori was born and raised in Irving, Texas. Her desire to become a therapist developed early when she had an opportunity to start a…

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Derek Harmon

Derek HarmonMA, LPC- Associate Supervised by Angie Knight Buja, MA, LPC-S, and Cristina Sevadjian, Ph.D., LPC-S

Derek is a native Texan born and raised in Houston. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Baylor University. Following this, he obtained his…

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Annalise Harness

Annalise HarnessMA, LPC, LMFT

Annalise is a Texas native and grew up in San Antonio, TX. She received her bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University…

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Robin Howard

Robin HowardMA, LPC

Robin received her bachelor’s in business administration, with a minor in Economics and Sociology from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas and an MA…

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Erica Kimball

Erica KimballMA, LPC, RPT

Erica Kimball was born and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas. Through her mother’s diagnosis of breast cancer at age seven and her own…

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Caleb Klassen

Caleb KlassenMA, LPC

Caleb grew up in the pumpkin capitol of the world Morton, Illinois. His love for history took him to Siloam Springs, Arkansas where he…

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Allison Loaring-Clark

Allison Loaring-ClarkLMFT

Allison was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt University, where she double majored in Psychology and…

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Joy Lockard

Joy LockardMS, LMFT, LPC

Joy received her bachelor’s degree in Speech Communication Studies from Whitworth University in Spokane, WA.  In 2006, she graduated with a master’s…

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Dr. Lindsy Magee

Dr. Lindsy MageePhD, Licensed Psychologist

A native Texan, Dr. Magee graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Texas A&M University. She then moved to Mississippi…

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Calli Marvin

Calli MarvinMA, LPC

Calli has been counseling young adults at Sparrow House since 2011.  Originally from Dallas, she attended Lake Highlands High School and received her Bachelors degree…

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Allison McCarter

Allison McCarterMA, LPC

Allison graduated from Baylor University with a degree in Psychology and Corporate Communications. She later attained her Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology from…

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Macey McCarty

Macey McCartyMA, LPC

Macey grew up right here in the Dallas area. She completed her undergraduate studies at Texas A&M University where she received her…

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Page Price

Page PriceMS, LPC

Page grew up in Midland, Texas but has considered Dallas home now for over ten years. She completed her undergraduate degree in Interdisciplinary Studies…

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Julia Rivers

Julia RiversLMSW, Supervised by Cristina Sevadjian, Ph.D., LPC-S and Jane Ballard, LCSW-S

Julia was born and raised in Dallas, TX. She developed a heart for counseling from her experience in her own family and went on…

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Carrie Satterfield

Carrie SatterfieldMA, LPC

Carrie grew up in Frisco, Texas back when it was a small town and only had one stop light. Carrie graduated from Trinity Christian…

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Jessie Skinner

Jessie SkinnerMS, LPC-S, RPT-S

An Oklahoma native, Jessie graduated with an honors degree in Human Development and Family Science from Oklahoma State University.  Upon graduation, she moved…

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Samantha Strother

Samantha StrotherMA, LPC-A & LMFT-A, Supervised by Angie Knight Buja, MA, LPC-S, and Cristina Sevadjian, Ph.D., LPC-S, LMFT-S

Samantha left her home in Richmond, Texas to pursue athletics and earn a B.S. in Sociology at Austin Peay State University in the…

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Ellen Taylor

Ellen TaylorMA, LPC

Ellen was born and raised in Dallas, TX. While earning her Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication at Texas A&M, Ellen worked…

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Jessica Taylor

Jessica TaylorMA, LPC-S, RN

Jessica received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Mississippi in 1998.  Daughter of a Green Beret in Vietnam with a…

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Ryan Tompkins

Ryan TompkinsMA, LPC

Ryan began his professional career in New York, where he was a teacher on the public and private side of education. It was not…

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Lori Vernon

Lori VernonMA, LPC

Lori earned a BA in Speech Communications from the University of Texas at Arlington and an MA in Counseling from Dallas Baptist University.

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Katie Wilder

Katie WilderLMSW, Supervised by Cristina Sevadjian, Ph.D., LPC-S and Jane Ballard, LCSW-S

Katie was born and raised in Dallas, TX. After graduating from Highland Park High School, she completed her Bachelor of Science degree in Human…

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Michelle Adams

Michelle AdamsOffice Manager

A University of Texas at Austin graduate, Michelle raised her children in the Park Cities and now calls East Dallas home.  A long…

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Marissa Hernandez

Marissa HernandezClient Care Specialist

Born and raised in Texas, Marissa completed her undergraduate degree at Southern Methodist University in 2020. She recently returned to the area after a short…

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Kelly Welp

Kelly WelpClient Care Specialist

Born and raised in Texas, Kelly attended Sam Houston State University & Dallas Baptist University, and she is presently working to complete an undergraduate…

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