Our Staff
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Jean Hines, LCSW
Executive Director Jean Hines is a master's level therapist (LCSW) licensed in the State of Indiana, with experience working in community-based, private practice, and intensive outpatient counseling settings. Jean specializes in providing services to adults and adolescents (14+) in the areas of:
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Margarita Lora, LMHC
Licensed mental health counselor Cross Connections of Tippecanoe County is thankful to welcome Margarita to our team. Margarita comes to us with over 20 years of experience as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with a Masters degree from Purdue University. Margarita works with children, adults and families. She was born and raised in Colombia, South America. She is fluent in both Spanish and English and is able to provide therapy in either language. Her areas of expertise include: children who present emotional and behavioral problems due to a history of trauma and/or difficult life events; working with parents struggling with parenting issues, adjustment to life events and parent/child relationship difficulties; and working with adults in a variety of areas. Margarita offers play therapy and uses a variety of techniques in order to help children express their emotions, process difficult life events, and improve in specific aspects. In her work with parents, she provides consultation about healthy child development, rearing practices and adjustment to family changes. In her work with adults, she attempts to meet clients where they are in order to work in a collaborative process of identifying problems, establishing goals for therapy, and finding ways to cope with difficulties. Margarita accepts a wide range of insurance, including Medicaid and Medicare. She has a flexible schedule and will work directly with her clients to schedule appointments.
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KC Dehning
Counseling Intern K.C. Dehning is a retired LCMS pastor following 30+ years of congregational ministry. He is now enrolled in the Huntington University (Huntington, Indiana) online Master’s program to become a licensed clinical mental health counselor. He is looking forward to learning and continuing to work on his counseling skills as a counseling intern with Cross Connections of Tippecanoe County. K.C. is especially interested in helping church workers and their families process the stress of congregational ministry and is also interested in leading group therapy.
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