Eagle Creek Counselors

COUNSELORS

Boyce Ruegsegger, M.A. LMHC		Boyce Ruegsegger holds a professional counselor degree from Colorado Christian University and is a licensed mental health counselor. Boyce’s primary specialties are men’s issues and marriage counseling. In regards to men’s issues, his focus is helping men overcome sex addiction through personal growth. In regards to marriage counseling his specific interest is helping couples who have experienced unfaithfulness in their relationship restore and improve their marriages.

Barbara A. Riggs, Ph.D. LMFT, LCSW		Dr. Riggs is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who specializes in couple and family issues, trauma recovery, anxiety and depression. She is the founder of Eagle Creek Counseling and served as the Director from 1992-2004. She is currently an Associate Professor at Indiana Wesleyan University where she oversees the Graduate Counseling Program in Indianapolis and teaches Marriage and Family courses. She is an AAMFT Approved Supervisor and an active member of IAMFT. She recently co-authored a textbook, Marriage and Family: A Christian Perspective. Dr. Riggs does frequent mission work in the Philippines and attends Plainfield Christian Church.

Beth Stiers, M.S. LMHC		Beth is a licensed Mental Health Counselor and specializes in child, adolescent and adult therapy. She works with clients experiencing grief/loss, anxiety, phobias, PTSD, depression, abuse, marital issues, school issues, and spiritual issues. She is also trained in Level II EMDR, a therapy used for dealing with trauma and abuse. Additionally Beth serves as a Disaster Mental Health Red Cross Supervisor and conducts regular grief seminars.

Mary Grider, M.A. LMHC		Mary Grider is a licensed mental health counselor who is passionate about helping people live deliberately and authentically. She obtained her Masters Degree in Counseling from Indiana Wesleyan University. Her areas of special interest include depression, anxiety, abuse, anger management, relationship problems, and spiritual issues. Mary likes to help people take charge of their lives and live consistent with their beliefs. She helps her clients work through and gain control of painful emotions, and communicate more effectively.

Laura Hickman, M.A. LMHC		Laura is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who received her Masters of Arts degree in Clinical Psychology from Wheaton College. Laura specializes in working with children, adolescents and families in the areas of depression, anxiety, ADHD, obsessive-compulsive disorder, grief/loss, and school or behavior problems. Laura also enjoys helping parents “fine-tune” their parenting skills and thus better help their children.

Trish Crowder, M.A. LMFT		Trish is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who works with individuals, couples, and families giving careful attention to concerns that often affect the family such as blended family issues, divorce, death, and life adjustments such as raising three preschoolers at once, connecting with teens, or a newly empty nest. Other areas of interest include spiritual issues, anxiety, depression, childhood issues, PTSD, obsessive-compulsive disorder, ADHD, and breast cancer and autoimmune diseases in women. She especially enjoys working with couples and supporting women with mood issues during and after pregnancy.

Deron Brown, M.S. LMHC, School Psychologist		Deron is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and School Psychologist who has earned degrees from Indiana University and Butler University respectively. He specializes in children, adolescent and adult therapy. Areas of interest include working with individuals dealing with depression, anxiety, anger management, ADHD, grief and loss, and issues related to relationships, school, spirituality and sports performance. Along with individual and marriage counseling, Deron conducts intelligence, academic and emotional/behavioral assessments on students of all school ages. On a personal note, Deron is married with four school-aged children, is a member, Sunday school teacher and youth group leader of a small country Baptist church. Additionally he enjoys coaching and watching his children compete in gymnastics, baseball, basketball, swimming and tennis.


PSYCHIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONER

Sheryl Terzini APRN, BC		Sheryl Terzini has been a board certified clinical nurse specialist in psychiatric nursing for 25 years and has practiced in the field of psychiatry for 32 years. Sheryl’s primary interests include treatment of anxiety and depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, ADHD, and obsessive compulsive disorder. She works with clients of all age groups beginning with school age. Sheryl utilizes a holistic approach which incorporates physical health and communication with primary care physicians as part of treatment.