Our Staff
Meet the devoted counselors who guide our community with compassion and expertise.
Reverend Marty Phillips, LPC
Executive Director
Mrs. Patricia Hoeft
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Mrs. Sarah Massie
Licensed Professional Counselor
Reverend Linda D.T. Clark
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Brian Coyle
Marriage & Family Therapist
Ms. Kay Dezern
Counselor
Dr. Kim Nielsen
Counselor
Reverend Dr. Marcus Small
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Emily Bura
LPC, CSAC, CPSC
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Guiding You Toward Healing and Faith
Since 1974, Tidewater Pastoral Counseling Services has been dedicated to nurturing personal growth and relational strength through faith-integrated counseling. Rooted in Judeo-Christian values, our mission is to provide compassionate, professional support across nine community centers serving Hampton Roads, helping over 1,500 clients annually find hope and healing.
Guiding Hampton Roads Toward Hope and Healing
Hear directly from those we’ve supported, sharing heartfelt stories of transformation and care.
K.R.
Client
I am so grateful for the services that my spouse and I received through TPCS during a time of hardship in our marriage. The counseling that was provided was instrumental in helping us to learn how to better communicate; resolve conflict more constructively; and how to heal wounds that we each had experienced and inflicted on each other. Having a faith-based counselor was especially helpful in that we were able to find ways to use our faith to better love one another. TPCS definitely
helped to save my marriage. I recommend TPCS to anyone I know who is struggling with a problem in their life….they are life savers.”
M.Y.
Client
“I sought out TPCS due to symptoms caused by depression. Having recently started a new job, I was struggling with the multiple stressors of work, marriage, raising a family and dealing with the challenge of aging parents. I felt like the walls were closing in on me. I had started taking some medications for my depression, but still needed skills to help me be able to better cope. With my counselor and Doctor and we developed a treatment plan to address my challenges with sleep; lack of energy and irritability. They provided me a safe and caring environment to develop the skills and insights that boosted the benefit of my medications and my symptoms began to lessen. Life still has its challenges, but through my work with my TPCS counselor I feel much better equipped and able to navigate these life events.”