Compassionate counselors dedicated to your healing
A safe, non-judgmental alliance is the cornerstone of effective therapy. We walk beside you with genuine warmth, cultural respect, and clinical expertise.
Rachel Blackhurst
• ACMHC-IRachel Blackhurst
ACMHC-I
Rachel is an Associate Clinical Mental Health Counselor Intern who works with children, adolescents, and adults. She offers an empathetic, collaborative, and validating therapeutic space, walking alongside clients as they navigate anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, and the unique experiences of people with disabilities and chronic illness. Using Gestalt Therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and play therapy for children, she helps clients process past wounds, foster self-compassion, and develop evidence-based coping skills to discover lasting meaning and peace.
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Fernando Gadelha
• ACMHCFernando Gadelha
ACMHC
Fernando is an Associate Clinical Mental Health Counselor who works with teens (12 and up) and adults across Utah. He provides a calm, grounded, and non-judgmental therapeutic alliance, helping clients overcome trauma, anxiety, depression, anger management, pornography-related struggles, life transitions, and ADHD. He also supports immigrants adjusting to a new culture and the LGBTQ+ community. Using evidence-based Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), he helps clients build healthy emotional regulation tools to foster lasting resilience and self-worth.
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Natasha Carroll
• Founder & LCSWNatasha Carroll
Founder & LCSW
As the founder of Hopeful Horizons Counseling, Natasha is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who works with adults and couples in individual and couples therapy. She helps clients navigate anxiety, depression, infertility, betrayal trauma, pornography-related struggles, and marital issues. With deep warmth and clinical expertise, she provides a tranquil, non-judgmental space where clients can reconnect with their inner strength and purpose. Her evidence-based approach draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), The Gottman Method, and Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART).
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Multilingual Fluency
Sessions fully fluent in English and Portuguese to warmly support Utah's diverse individuals, couples, and multicultural families.
Strict Confidentiality
HIPAA-compliant, ethical, and tranquil in-person rooms in Provo as well as secure virtual telehealth throughout Utah.