About Us

Hello! I’m Haley

M.MFT, LMFT

Hello, I’m Haley, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in Texas and the proud owner of Greater House Counseling, a private practice dedicated to fostering healing and transformation. With a passion for helping individuals, couples, and families navigate the complexities of life, I specialize in marital and family relationship counseling as well as trauma therapy. My therapeutic approach is holistic, acknowledging the interconnected nature of societal, relational, biological, spiritual, and emotional factors in each person’s life.

I draw from various therapeutic models, including Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems Therapy, EMDR, and Humanistic Therapy interventions. My collaborative stance in therapy views clients as the experts in their own lives, while I offer expertise on relational dynamics, trauma and the brain, attachment wounds, and self-parenting. I work with a diverse range of issues such as stress, anxiety, depression, marital dissatisfaction, grief, LGBT-Q stressors, trauma, addiction, and more.

In addition to my private practice, I’ve developed a course to support MFT applicants in preparing for the national licensing exam, showcasing my commitment to advancing the field. Currently, I am working on a course designed to empower clients to proactively manage their mental health and overcome trauma.

My vision for Greater House Counseling extends beyond individual healing to training other therapists, fostering transformation in hearts, homes, and the world. I firmly believe that changing the world begins with healing ourselves, and as we mend our own hearts, the ripple effect positively influences the relational systems we are a part of. Together, we can change the world—one heart and one home at a time.

Outside of my professional life, I am happily married to my amazing husband Zach. Together, we have served in church leadership and as resident coordinators in a homeless shelter, where we learned firsthand about the devastating effects of family breakdown on homelessness. Guided by our faith and the promise in Haggai 2:9, we believe that healing the family unit is a cornerstone in building the Greater House of God’s Kingdom on Earth.

Hi! I’m Zach

Zach offers business and financial consulting to organizations and individual clients of the GHC. Zach supports Haley in running the clinic and together they provide business and organizational consulting for group dynamics and spiritual formation. Zach owns and has helped start several businesses in the Abilene and DFW areas. He is an investor in people and good ideas and has a knack for putting the right people in the right positions. Together, Zach and Haley also provide marital and premarital consultations.

Hi! I’m Nicole

Nicole Reed was born in Kentucky, where she spent her first twelve years, then lived in Iowa for five years before moving to Texas, which she has called home for the last twelve years. She earned both her B.A. in Bible, Missions, and Ministry and her Master of Divinity from Abilene Christian University. As the Administrative Assistant at Greater House Counseling, Nicole collaborates closely with Haley and Zach to ensure clients feel welcome and supported. While she may not always meet clients face-to-face, she’s dedicated to making every interaction positive and seamless. Outside of work, Nicole loves reading, spending time with friends, and listening to podcasts and old music.

Our Story

The name of our clinic comes from the Biblical reference found in Haggai 2:9 which states, “The glory of the present house shall be greater in glory than the former house,… and in this place I will grant peace.”

The scientific field of interpersonal neurobiology has redefined the theory of survival for our species from the survival of the fittest to the survival of the connected. On a neurobiological level, we can see that human connection and attachment is the number one predictor of mental and emotional health. Sadly, many of us live very isolated and disconnected lives.

At one time, even the orphaned and homeless among us came from somewhere. If only for a brief 9 months, even the most isolated person at one point belonged and had a place to call home. It is the story of belonging and rejection that landscapes the garden of our minds where our thoughts, emotions, actions, relationships, and decisions grow.

Zach and Haley, the founders of Greater House Counseling learned this lesson very personally when serving as live-in resident coordinators at a homeless shelter. It was during their time at the shelter that they learned the single leading cause of homelessness was the breakdown of the family unit. Before addiction, poverty, victimization, and trauma the family-system was torn apart. If home is where the heart is, it was the loss of close friends and families that left our displaced neighbors homeless.

During that time, Zach and Haley had the privilege of seeing lifetimes of trauma and mental illness begin to heal as the primary needs of food, shelter, and connection were provided for. There were countless stories of what some clinicians would consider medical miracles as individuals with a schizophrenia diagnosis began forming coherent sentences playing with the little children in the shelter. The transformation from that first week in the shelter to their final day before moving into a home was incredible- we witnessed people trembling and howling in the corner on their first night, to cooking an entire Thanksgiving meal for 60 people weeks before their exit from the program. And the same story was told at every new neighbor welcome party- this shelter was home because the people in the shelter were now family.