Happy is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas. She completed her master’s degree in Counseling at Southern Methodist University and holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Spanish from Washington and Lee University. Happy offers individual counseling for adolescents and young adults. She specializes in:

• Depression
• Anxiety and intrusive thinking
• Suicidal Ideation
• Parent-child relationships
• Identity and Purpose
• Spiritual issues
• Romantic Relationships

Happy previously worked at Children’s Health as a mental health coordinator in the Emergency Department, where she helped children in crisis and their families navigate the mental health system. While completing her graduate studies at SMU, Happy worked at UT Southwestern Medical Center in the Center for Depression Research and Clinical Care, where she recruited participants for longitudinal studies of depression and resilience. Before that, she served on the advocacy and public policy team of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) in Washington, D.C.

Happy completed her counseling internship hours at Carrollton Springs Changes Frisco and Children’s Health. It was in these partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient settings that she developed a passion for working with adolescents, specifically in suicide prevention. She finds it an immense privilege to come alongside clients as they work to find purpose and hope in the midst of suffering.

Happy and her husband serve in leadership roles in their local church. In her free time, she enjoys running, reading, walks with friends, and spending time with her daughter and yellow lab. One of Happy’s favorite quotes is by Dr. Curt Thompson: “It is only when we are known that we are positioned to become conduits of love. And it is love that transforms our minds, makes forgiveness possible, and weaves a community of disparate people into the tapestry of God’s family.”