A Mission Rooted in Hope, Healing, and Growth
Since 2007, Branches has provided compassionate mental and emotional health care rooted in Christ-centered values—helping individuals and families find hope, experience healing, and grow into who they were created to be.
About Branches
Branches exists to facilitate hope, healing, and growth through compassionate mental and emotional health care rooted in Christ-centered values. Through counseling, psychiatric medication management, life coaching, intensive counseling, groups and workshops, training and education, and other supportive services, we walk alongside individuals and families through a wide range of needs and seasons of life.
We believe excellent care should be both personal and accessible. Through multiple Middle Tennessee locations, virtual services, income-based rates, and donor-supported scholarships, we work to remove barriers that can keep people from receiving the help they need.

Our Mission & Vision
Our Mission
Branches is a non-profit organization that facilitates hope, healing, and growth through compassionate mental and emotional health care rooted in Christ-centered values.
Our Vision
We envision a world where hope and healing are available to all and where every person has the opportunity to grow into who they were created to be.
Our Values
Three convictions guide everything we do at Branches: care should be affordable, grounded in Christ, and accessible to all. Through income-based rates, scholarships, four county locations, and virtual services, we work every day to remove the barriers that keep people from getting the help they need.

Our Story
In 2006, after experiencing the healing that mental and spiritual health care brought to his own life, our founder felt called by God to create a place of emotional and spiritual healing in Middle Tennessee.
That vision became Branches in 2007—a place where highly trained, compassionate Christian professionals could care for the whole person and where financial circumstances would not determine whether someone could receive help.
What began as a small counseling ministry has grown into a multidisciplinary mental and emotional health organization serving thousands of people through counseling, medication management, life coaching, intensive programs, groups, education, and other services.
Nearly two decades later, the mission remains the same: to facilitate hope, healing, and growth through compassionate care rooted in Christ-centered values.
What Makes Branches Different
Our approach is shaped by several commitments that have been part of Branches from the beginning.
Christ-Centered
Our work is rooted in Christian values. We welcome people from all backgrounds and beliefs and seek to treat every person equally with dignity, compassion, and respect.
Compassionate & Professional
Our providers combine professional training, evidence-based practices, and genuine compassion to care for each person as an individual.
Accessible
With multiple locations throughout Middle Tennessee and convenient virtual services, we work to ensure high-quality care is always easy to reach, offering flexible scheduling to fit your life.
Whole-Person Care
We recognize the connection between emotional, relational, physical, and spiritual well-being and seek to care for the whole person.
Affordable
We believe finances should not keep someone from receiving needed care. Income-based rates and donor-supported scholarships help make our services available to more people.
Meet the People
Behind the Mission
Our counselors, medication providers, coaches, staff, and leaders bring together professional expertise and compassionate care in service of the Branches mission.









Meet the People Who
Support the Mission
Branches is guided by a volunteer Board of Directors who provide governance, accountability, and strategic leadership in support of our mission.

Weston Wax
Weston is a native of Murfreesboro and the husband of Mary Wax. He and Mary have three sweet kids, which is enough to keep their hearts and plates full. Weston represents the third generation of Waxes running a business in this community, and he’s deeply grateful for the experience of plying his trade in such a vibrant town. Weston is deeply invested in his church community and has a pastoral heart, and some of those relationships have shed light on how valuable resources like Branches are. In times of counsel, there are circumstances and moments where a professional counselor would serve a friend best, and he’s happy to point friends and church members toward Branches.

Dr. Mike Courtney
Mike Courtney, Ph.D. – Mike is a Pastoral counselor and Assistant Director of Spiritual Health. He is also a Life Coach, author, and speaker. As a Pastoral Counselor, he has 25 years of experience counseling families, individuals, and couples. As a retired Church Minister, he has decades of experience is mentoring and discipling Christians to become deeper in their faith and further in their process of becoming more like Jesus. Mike is the author of a book based on his own recovery and restoration entitled Failure And How I Achieved It: a journey from addiction to hope. He and his wife Doris speak across the country on the intimacy that comes from brokenness. Mike is also a husband, father, and grandfather.

Maranee Stowell
Maranee is a wife, bio, and bonus mom of 4, Mimi of twins, entrepreneur ,and lawyer. Her experience as a business owner and attorney spans several years and covers various industries. She has been in-house counsel for a nationwide company, a litigation attorney at a large law firm, and now a solo attorney in private practice. She is passionate about partnering with all her clients to support them in achieving their goals by providing practical legal solutions.
Maranee has a passion for the work non-profits do and a deep desire to see people whole and healed, ultimately knowing their true God given identity- so being on the board at Branches is a natural fit for her. When she is not working with clients you can typically find her on a ballfield or in a gym supporting her kid’s passions for all things athletics.

Jonas Beiler
Jonas Beiler has one passion, to help strengthen families, and has watched that passion unfold since 1988. Out of his family’s own personal tragedy, Jonas started offering free counseling services in his local community and his wife, Anne, found her passion working in a local farmers market. Years later, Anne started the Auntie Anne’s Pretzels franchise.
Jonas assisted in evaluating and deciding the future path of the company, all the while growing and developing his non-profit counseling organization, sparked by the community needs resulting from the Nickel Mikes Amish School House Shooting that occurred in 2006. At Family Resource and Counseling Center, Jonas served as a counselor and Executive Director for many years. Since opening The Family Center, Jonas authored Think No Evil. Jonas and his wife, Anne, have two daughters and four grandchildren and reside Salado, Texas.

Connor Shea
Connor is a Financial Advisor with the Shea Dugger Group. He received his finance degree from Middle Tennessee State University and has been at Baird since 2016. Community is integral to Connor, he serves as Treasurer for Stepping Stones Safe Haven, he is a member of The Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce, Rutherford Society, active in the Murfreesboro pickleball community. As a former business owner himself, Connor is committed to helping small business owners discover and execute on their personalized financial goals. Connor and his wife, Megan, have two daughters (Blakely and Charlie) who keep them very busy. They attend New Vision Church and enjoy spending time with friends and family often.

Dr. Jacquelin Darby
Dr. Jackie Darby is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Certified Group Psychotherapist. Dr. Darby’s clinical interests include substance dependency issues, cultural concerns and the effects of systemic oppression on individuals. Dr. Darby also serves on the American Group Psychotherapy Association Board of Directors and on the board of the Mid-Atlantic Group Psychotherapy Association. In her spare time, you can catch Dr. Darby exploring the trails as she enjoys going on nature walks and working out.

Chris Campbell
Chris is a native of Murfreesboro and has the honor of working for Dave Ramsey, leading an outstanding team focused on helping people break free from debt and achieve lasting financial peace. Through Financial Peace University, which has transformed millions of lives, and the EveryDollar budgeting app, Chris and his team are passionate about equipping people to take control of their finances. Chris is blessed to share this journey with his wife, Lindsey, and their two children, Jude and Caroline. Their family is committed to living out these values in their community and inspiring others to live with purpose and generosity.

Dr. Ginger Coley
Dr. Ginger Coley is a licensed optometrist and former owner and founder of Coley and Coley Family Eyecare. She graduated from UT Martin and Southern College of Optometry. Since retiring, she is a consultant working with the Power Practice, helping other independent optometrists achieve their visions and work-life balance. She and her husband Greg have three grown children, Austin, Chandler, and Alyssa and two grandchildren, Harper and Brooks. They are active members of One Church Calvary and love to travel. In her spare time, she loves spending time with family and friends, cooking, and her dogs.

Kara Kerr
Kara is a Murfreesboro native and wife to Taylor Kerr. Together they lead a Life Group through the Experience Church, train at Olympus Gym, and travel to Florida as often as they can. Kara serves as a Rutherford County Chamber Diplomat and is a commercial/industrial Realtor for Swanson Realty, working along side her family at Swanson Developments helping to carry the company on through the third generation. During the Mainstreet Farmer’s Market season (May to October), you will likely find her set up on the square selling her handmade clay jewelry, Known Clay Designs.
Our Impact
Since 2007, individuals and families have trusted Branches to walk alongside them toward hope, healing, and growth.
Years Serving
Lives Impacted
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Financial Assistance Provided
Find Branches Near You
We serve Middle Tennessee through multiple convenient locations, with virtual care available for many services.
Murfreesboro
- Mon - Thu 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
- Friday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- Sat - Sun Closed
Mt. Juliet Office
- Mon - Fri By Appointment
- Sat - Sun Closed
South Nashville
- Mon - Fri By Appointment
- Sat - Sun Closed
You Don’t Have to Walk Through This Alone.
Whether you’re seeking support for yourself, your marriage, your child, or your family, Branches is here to provide compassionate care, hope, and guidance every step of the way.
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