Meet Our Staff

Tiffany graduated from Sam Houston State University with a Master of Arts in Counseling and a specialization in play therapy. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor as well as a Registered Play Therapist. She has worked with children and families with a variety of different presenting issues. She strives to work with clients to help them reach a more positive place in their lives. Tiffany has a great passion for working with children, and works with the hope and belief that she will make as much of a positive impact in the lives of children as they have made in hers. She is excited to be on the team at The Cy-Hope Counseling Center, and looks forward to meeting with you soon.​

Elizabeth graduated from The University of Texas with a Bachelor’s degree in Linguistics and a minor in Psychology and has completed several years of graduate work in Communication Disorders-Speech Language Pathology and Linguistics. She has a passion for and experience working with children of all ages in a variety of settings, including schools, speech clinics, hospitals, and a residential treatment center. Elizabeth hopes to return to school soon to pursue a graduate degree in Social Work, with the goal of becoming a Licensed Clinical Social Worker working with children and adolescents. She is happy to be part of The Center and looks forward to matching you with the right counselor.

I graduated from The University of Oregon with a Bachelor’s degree in psychology with an emphasis on child development and family theories. I earned a Master’s degree from Sam Houston State University in clinical mental health counseling where I specialized in play therapy and couples counseling. My areas of interest are developmental psychopathology, pediatric therapy, teen issues, marriage counseling, and child-parent interaction therapy. My goal is to help my clients realize their potential in life to reach wholeness, health, and happiness. In order to achieve treatment goals I use a variety of approaches depending on my clients needs including cognitive behavioral therapy, play therapy (children), and Gottman (couples). I have experience with ages 3-8, adolescents, teens, couples, individual, and parental training groups. I enjoy helping clients who struggle with depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive, divorce, marital issues, trauma, child behavioral issues, suicide ideation, parent training, and parent-child bonding. 

Yarely holds a Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Sam Houston State University and a Bachelor’s in Sociology from Stephen F. Austin State University. She is currently in the process of becoming a Licensed Professional Counseling Intern. Fluent in both English and Spanish, Yarely is comfortable conducting sessions in both languages. Her training includes play therapy, family counseling, and individual counseling, and enjoys working with a wide range of ages including children, adolescents, and older adults. Yarely wishes to help the community in Cypress by addressing personal, familial, and systematic issues to help the individuals and families reach personal, educational, and emotional goals. Yarely also has a passion for art therapy, and when appropriate, will often incorporate expressive arts activities into her counseling sessions.

Yarely obtuo su Licenciatura de Sociología en la Universidad de Stephen F. Austin y termino sus estudios con una Maestría de Consejería en la Universidad de Sam Houston. Yarely esta en proceso de obtener su licensia de consejería profesional. Ella conduce sesiones en Español y en Inglés. Su entrenamiento incluye terapia de juego, terapia familiar y terapia individual, y disfruta trabajando con una amplia gama de edades, incluyendo niños, adolescentes y adultos mayores. Yarely desea ayudar a la comunidad Hispana en Cypress a superar obstáculos personales, familiares, y sistemático para que ellos puedan alcanzar sus metas. Yarely también se especializa en terapia de arte, y cuando sea apropiado, incorporará actividades de artes expresivas en sus sesiones de consejería.

Elizabeth Adamik graduated with a Bachelor’s in Psychology from the University of Houston in Victoria.  Elizabeth is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy at Abilene Christian University.  She has experience working with adolescents as a Health teacher in the Katy area. Elizabeth is looking forward to this opportunity to expand her career by working with couples and families as well as continuing to work with adolescents.  It will be a privilege to work clients here at Cy-Hope Counseling.  

Valerie earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree from Texas A&M University in Business Marketing. She began her career in the classroom as a special education teacher. She later earned a Masters of Arts degree in Communication Disorders from the University of Houston. She has worked as a speech language pathologist for a large school district, as well as worked in Home Health settings as a Speech Language Pathologist, Supervisor, and Clinical Coordinator. In addition, Valerie is very involved with organizations such as the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo where she is active in the Special Children’s Committee and Gatekeeper Committee.

Valerie's specialties include working with receptive/expressive language delays, fluency disorders, and pragmatic and social language difficulties. She also has expertise in articulation and phonological processes disorders, where someone may be pronouncing words incorrectly or omitting consonants leading to a reduced intelligibility. Over the years, Valerie has worked with a variety of diagnoses and feeding disorders in children and adults of all ages. In addition, Valerie is able to work with individuals with reading comprehension difficulties. Valerie also has experience working with children and families on the autism spectrum disorder. 

Valerie has a passion for working with children, adolescents and families. She is excited to partner with Cy-Hope to provide speech and language services. Valerie is eager to work with a child's counselor, when applicable, in order to provide a consistent treatment plan and collaborate with sessions.

Brittany Barnes holds a bachelor’s of arts degree in Psychology from the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. She is currently completing her master’s of arts degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Sam Houston State University. Brittany has experience working with serious mental illness, including bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety and schizophrenia.  Brittany has training in trauma, mental health first aid and suicide intervention skills.  She has experience working with individuals, couples and families in a mental health agency and community counseling center. She enjoys working with children, adolescents, adults, couples and families. Brittany utilizes a solution focus approach and incorporates cognitive behavioral interventions as appropriate for the client.

Tami is working towards her Bachelors in Human Services and certification in Child and Family Services.  She has spent many years volunteering with organizations that support cancer patients and their families, in addition to working with children going through their grief journey.  This is something she plans to continue after graduating with her Bachelor’s and working towards her Masters in Counseling. 

She has a passion for, and experience in, working with children and families that are working through difficult times.  With patience, empathy, and humor she feels that families can work together to maintain a strong foundation.

Tami is excited to be a part of the Cy-Hope Counseling team, and looks forward to helping clients find a counselor that is best suited for their needs.

Halle earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from The University of Texas at Austin. During her time at The University of Texas, she was a member of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association as well as a member of the Alpha Lambda Delta and Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society. 

While at The University of Texas at Austin, she gained key research and clinical experience working with a variety of populations from children to adults. Following gradation, Halle was employed at a learning center in Austin helping improve language comprehension and phonemic awareness in students. 

Speech therapy, and aiding people of all ages to gain confidence in their communication and social abilities is truly Halle’s passion: the excitement and unique opportunities in getting to know an individual and seeing them overcome challenges by reaching their full potential is the ultimate reward.Additionally, Halle’s outside interests include reading, finding new ways to stay active, and volunteering in the Cypress community.