Our Founder

Veronica is a licensed professional counselor in Washington, D.C., trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy. She holds two masters degrees. One in Marriage, Couples, and Family Counseling from Regent University. The second in Human Development and Family Studies from the University of North Carolina.

Her journey to life coaching began in psychological research, where she specialized in studying and diagnosing suicidality, depression, and trauma in children and youth in the USA, Guyana, and South Africa. It was clear that the children experiencing stress, neglect, and abuse, were growing up to be adults struggling to cope with the same things. Seeing the long term effects of trauma on the person, made her want to better understand how to treat and heal and not just diagnose.

Veronica transitioned into counseling in 2021 where she began with talk therapy and coaching. However, when she was trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy, she found her answer and her calling. Today Veronica specializes in using her training in mental health and faith studies to work with adults from childhood trauma, sexual abuse, complex grief, disruptive family relationships/attachments, spousal abuse/divorce, racial ad cultural trauma, and church/spiritual abuse.

Company Values

Mindful Coaching & Counseling is founded on 5 principles.

  1. Knowledge 

  2. Intersectionality & cultural sensitivity 

  3. Compassion - for self & others

  4. Honesty

  5. Willingness to change

Knowledge- we believe in learning because when we learn, we grow. Growth is the goal. Therefore we cultivate lifelong learners. 

Intersectionality & cultural sensitivity- we believe every person shows up as their whole self. No person is devoid of a history and personal context. So whenever possible, our coaching reflects and celebrates these stories. All we ask is that you show up as you. 

Compassion- is a complex word, encompassing the principles of mercy, hope, faith, and love. True compassion is the acting out of mercy mixed with kindness, because we empathize with a person’s pain. At MCC, we believe self growth can only take place when a person has compassion for themselves. 

Honesty- At MCC we believe that transformation requires full transparency- because you cannot heal what you conceal. 

Willingness to change- Change is scary. Our words can be a powerful tool in helping identify and facilitate the type of changes we want to make. But real results happen when we follow up our words with actions.