Stacey Lewis, MA

Family Therapist

Hi! My name is Stacey Lewis and I am the founder of 
​Seeds of Hope Counseling, LLC. 
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Opening my own private practice has been a life-long dream of mine. Even in high school, I remember knowing I wanted to be a child psychologist someday. While I didn’t exactly know all that it would entail, I knew I wanted to work with children who were hurting. ​
I went on to get my bachelor’s degree in psychology from a small, private Christian university called Harding. After graduation, I worked for various counseling agencies, always with the dream of opening my own practice someday. Of course, life has a way of interrupting plans.

The moment I held my first child, I decided to put my professional dreams on hold. It was love at first sight with my son, and I wanted to be a stay-at-home mom in the biggest way. My husband and I ended up having three awesome boys, and I was home with them for 13 years.
During the 13th year, however, my desire grew to get back into counseling. I went back to school at Liberty University and completed my MA in professional counseling. Since then, I’ve worked for several counseling agencies with the goal of becoming licensed, buying my own building and setting up a practice.

​As we know, our goals and timing are not always the same as God’s. While I didn’t feel fully equipped, I  felt a very strong calling to not delay. Last year (2017), I opened Seeds of Hope and began seeing clients in my home office. My clientele steadily grew to the point in which I began to realize I needed to find a new location.  And I found a fabulous one on Main St. in Shrewsbury.  I am officially open there!  I thank the Lord for guiding me to this destination. I have no doubt it was His plan all along— for me, our community and our kids. 

MISSION

I believe my mission as a counselor has very much to do with the planting and watering of seeds.
Many different seeds get planted into our children’s hearts each day. These seeds grow and shape the people they become.
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In this, the type of seeds that are sown — as well as the foundation they are sown in — is vitally important.
Our goal is to create seeds that grow, are fruitful and multiply. These are seeds of hope, encouragement, motivation, confidence and peace, just to name a few.

My mission as a counselor is to plant these seeds within every child and to help strengthen their foundations.
I also believe your mission as a parent is the same. Joining together in this will help multiply the growth.
Every child needs more than one person planting and watering.

My mission is to work together with you to plant fruitful seeds.

The hardest part of this process is to rely on God for the rest — but that is what we must do. We plant and water and then wait for God to give the growth.
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I take my counseling philosophy directly from 1 Corinthians 3:7-9, which says, “Neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, only God gives the growth. He who plants and he who waters share the same purpose, co-workers in God’s service.”