Psychology Today Profile.

A recent graduate, Kaye is intimately familiar with the challenges that face parents and caregivers of special needs children. As the parent of an adult daughter with autism who is nonverbal, Kaye has been passionately advocating for those within the disability community for over twenty years. While pursuing her Master's Degree in Counseling, she was the recipient of the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship which allowed her to provide online counseling services for parents of children with disabling conditions during COVID. She is a graduate of the Partners in Policymaking of Alabama program and a requested guest speaker for parent groups in rural areas. She frequently assists her clients by reviewing IEP/504 Plans.

Kaye started her career at Hillcrest Behavioral Health working with criminal offenders with psychosis and adolescents with behavioral challenges. She enjoys complicated challenges in the therapeutic setting. Her clients include individuals with disabling medical and mental health challenges and parents/caregivers. As a parent herself, she understands the exhaustion and overwhelming emotions that caregivers experience.

Kaye is currently employed at Behavioral ONE (Vestavia Hills) and Bevill & Associates (Birmingham) working with individual clients who are experiencing a multitude of challenges. She hosts groups both in-person and virtual.

Please read the following terms.

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to our counseling groups and provide you with some information which you may find valuable. I am currently an Associate Licensed Counselor under the supervision of Al Bevill. I am a graduate from the University of Montevallo with my MEd in Counseling focusing on Clinical Mental Health.

I am also the parent of an adult with autism and my background contains a focus on parent support groups, advocacy and caregiving support. My purpose with this site is to host, mostly at no charge, a variety of groups. Group sessions will last approximately 1 - 1 1/2 hours. These groups are designed to be both therapeutic and supportive in nature. The groups are not meant to take the place of individual counseling or to solely address serious mental health concerns.

I am ethically and legally bound to keep confidential anything you say in our sessions, with the following exceptions: (1) if I determine that you are a danger to yourself or others; (2) if I am ordered to do so by a court of law; (3) if you direct me to disclose information to another; and (4) for consultation purposes. During our group sessions together, I will stress the need for confidentiality to the other participants, but I cannot guarantee their cooperation. Please keep this in mind during our sessions.

Should an emergency arise, please call 911. I am not always available for immediate contact.

Checking this box on this form indicates that you have been informed about the above terms and indicates your understanding and consent.