Care that helps you write your next chapter.
A safe, supportive, and fully affirming space for growth, healing, and meaningful change — across Western North Carolina and online.
Rooted in empathy, built for your growth.
Your Next Chapter Counseling is a safe, supportive, and fully affirming space for growth, healing, and meaningful change. Every identity, every relationship, every story is welcome here.
We believe every person has the strength to rewrite their story. Our role is to walk alongside you with compassion, guidance, and care as you build resilience and step confidently into what's next.
From individual and couples work to family therapy, children and teens, gender-affirming care, and equine therapy, our clinicians bring warmth and real clinical depth to every session — in person at our Western North Carolina offices or securely online.
The values behind every session.
Four commitments that shape how we show up for every client.
Affirming
Every identity, relationship, and story is welcome and celebrated here.
Compassionate
We meet you with warmth and patience — never judgment.
Trauma-informed
Care that honors your history and moves at your pace.
Judgment-free
A safe space to be fully, exactly who you are.
A team built to meet you where you are.
Three offices, plus virtual across NC.
We see clients in person across Asheville, Hendersonville, and Waynesville — or securely online anywhere in North Carolina.
Asheville
440 Montford Avenue, NC 28801
In-person & virtual · By appointment
Get directionsHendersonville
322 8th Avenue East, NC 28792
In-person & virtual · By appointment
Get directionsWaynesville
168 Tate Street, NC 28786
In-person & virtual · By appointment
Get directionsCounselors who truly see you
A team of licensed, warm, and genuinely affirming counselors — matched to your needs, identity, and goals.
Jake Wilensky
A warm, steady presence for exploring trauma and relationship patterns without judgment.
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Becca Gaunch
Supporting life transitions and healing from religious trauma and spiritual abuse.
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Hope Hinson
A compassionate, trauma-affirming space for "bottom-up" healing of deep wounds.
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Caitie Foster
An INELDA-trained end-of-life doula offering warm, person-centered support through grief and life’s hardest transitions.
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Chelsea Sinkovich
A warm, compassionate space that fosters trust, creativity, and honest conversation.
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Sarah Broughton
Experiential, trauma-informed, holistic care that reconnects emotional and mental wellbeing.
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Hunter Waldrop
A WNC native taking an integrative, holistic approach to individuals, couples, and families.
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Gray Swartzel
Warm, grounding therapy for folks who want to feel more like themselves.
Learn about GrayLet’s write the next chapter together.
Book a free 15-minute consultation and we’ll match you with the right counselor — no pressure, no commitment.
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