Jessica Greaser, MA
Clinical Director, Counselor

Jessica has spent over 20 years working with students and families in professional church ministry. She holds a Masters of Arts in Counseling from Missio Seminary’s Graduate School of Counseling and is pursuing licensure as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in the state of Pennsylvania. She started at Buxmont in 2016 and has experience working with teens and adults struggling with anxiety, grief, trauma, identity, and depression. She is passionate about equipping people to break free from the bondage of shame, fear, and negative patterns in their lives and seeing them experience peace and freedom.

“Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness  and rivers in the desert.”
- Isaiah 43:19 

Carol Boyd, MA
Counselor

Carol holds an MA in Counseling from Biblical Theological Seminary. She has a heart for serving  families. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Management from Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but it was her desire to help families that led her to earn her Master of Arts degree in Counseling from Biblical Theological Seminary in Hatfield, Pennsylvania. She is an active member of Calvary Church in Souderton where, for the past 10+ years, she has served as the Teacher Coordinator for Women’s Bible Studies. Carol also has a work background in the technology field which led her to serve in Calvary’s Worship Technology ministry running slides on Sunday mornings and also on Calvary’s Technology Steering Committee. She previously was employed at Central Bucks School District, Merck, and Biblical Seminary in their IT Departments. Carol joined Calvary’s Information Technology Department in March 2016 where she continues to work.

Carol has served as a mentor through Bridge of Hope, Souderton, PA, coming alongside families and helping them obtain housing, employment, transportation, food, and necessities for the family’s day-to-day living. Bridge of Hope focuses on serving single women and children who are homeless. She has also worked with families with a history of substance abuse and incarceration. Carol serves as a part-time counselor of students at Lakeside Vantage Academy for grades 4-12. She also previously worked at the North Care Women’s Clinic in Lansdale, PA starting in 2012 where she counseled women, couples, and families in making informed decisions regarding their pregnancies, sexual issues, and assisted them with nurturing and parenting. She has experience helping those who struggle with many facets of life, including emotional and sexual abuse, depression, mental illness, trauma, anxiety, loss, and grief. She helps clients discover how to cope with issues like these that directly impact family, children, and marriage. She also has a special interest in the role of technology, medicine, nutrition, and lifestyle on a person’s mental health.

Carol is a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors and she incorporates Biblical truths and spiritual health into counseling.

“My goal is to help clients discover the healing, depth and meaning of Godly love (as described in 1 Corinthians 13) and how each one of us can apply that to our lives and hearts.”

Tedd Bradford, MA
Counselor

Tedd earned his MA Counseling from Biblical Seminary in Hatfield in 1993. He has worked as a therapist in our community since then, including 20 years at the Penn Foundation in Sellersville. Tedd brings a wealth of life experience and clinical experience to his practice. He specializes in family counseling but also provides individual and couples counseling. Tedd and his wife have been married for 27 years and have four children. He is active in community sports, having coached for over 30 years.

Josh Butala, MA
Counselor

Josh graduated from Liberty University with a Master’s in Professional Counseling. Josh also has Bachelor’s Degrees in Middle School Education (Concentration in English) and Biblical Studies from Lancaster Bible College. Josh has previous counseling experience working with middle, high school and college aged students, adults and couples. He is intrigued by learning and understanding human personality and its various applications. He is a certified Myers Brigg Type Indicator (MBTI) (Step 1 and Step 2) practitioner and enjoys working with individuals and groups to help them better understand and utilize their God-given preferences in all areas of life.

Josh believes every person has a story and true meaning and significance is only found when a person’s story enters into relationship and unity with God’s grand narrative of redemption and reconciliation.

Josh has been married for two years and has recently welcomed a beautiful baby girl. Josh is grateful and excited for the opportunity to work at BuxMont Counseling.

“Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”
- Philippians 3: 12-14

Tom Cowgill, MA
Psychologist, Counselor

Tom is a licensed psychologist with a BA in Psychology from Thiel College and MA in Clinical Community Psychology from Temple University. Beyond graduate school, Tom also attained three years of post-graduate training in Marriage and Family Therapy.

Tom loves people and he truly enjoys helping others in the process of healing and claiming their freedom in Christ. His areas of interest include addiction and recovery, depression, anxiety, loss and grief, healing childhood wounds, personal identity and self-esteem, and marriage and family therapy. Tom enjoys working with adolescents, adults, and couples.

Tom has worked in a variety of settings including, psychiatric hospitals, rehab programs, out-patient centers, private and community-based programs, prisons, homeless shelters, and as a consultant to the Montgomery County Office of Behavioral Health.

Tom has been married to his wife for over twenty-five years. They have a college-aged son. Tom enjoys outdoor activities, walking the family dog, and non-fiction reading on a variety of topics.

The following is a favorite passage from Scripture that guides his work.

“The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion—to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.”
- Isaiah 61:1-3

Scott Eldredge, ACSW, MPHA
Counselor

Scott is a licensed therapist with over 30 years’ experience. He has worked in the fields of Foster Care and Adoption in the Philadelphia area, developing innovative programs for children with specialized behavioral health and medical needs.

Scott works with children, adolescents, families and couples. His specialties include abuse, adoption, sexual identity, anger management, communication difficulties, transition and life changes, marital conflicts, and children, teen and family issues. He has received his Certification in Couples Therapy Level 2 from The Gottman Institute.

Scott serves in a leadership capacity in his church, specifically in the areas of child safety and the needs of trauma and abuse survivors. Scott enjoys a good day with friends either out on the water or riding motorcycles. Spending time with family and grandchildren makes for a great day.

Favorite Verse from Scott’s Grandmother that guides his work:

“I want to know Christ—Yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death.”
- Philippians 3:10

Monica Jefferson, MA
Counselor

Monica is married to her best friend of 20 years, together they have four children. Their home has often been a safe place for children living with them through foster care or foreign exchange programs. Monica loves to be in her kitchen trying new recipes from around the world, while sipping a cup of dark roast coffee. Her philosophy of ministry is to be Christ-centered, strength-based, trauma-informed, and wellness-oriented. Monica holds a M.A. of counseling from Missio Seminary. Her experience is in supporting those with mental health challenges, pre-marriage and individual counseling, and as an instructor of personal formation. Monica considers it a true honor to hear people’s stories and to journey with them toward healing.

“Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, ‘This is the way; walk in it.’”
- Is. 30:21

Sharon Mangum, MA
Counselor

Sharon holds her Masters Degree in Counseling and is a TBRI® practitioner with an undergraduate degree in Spanish. Sharon is married to Tyler and enjoys an active life with 3 boys. She has worked as a bilingual trauma counselor in Philadelphia. She has traveled to and lived in various countries to serve and provide interpretation services. Through her time interpreting and translating for the local school district, she became connected with the Latino community and their specific needs. She currently works with Safe Place, LLC, where she has provided care for the past 4 years to those in high-impact jobs around the world, as well as offering training in English and Spanish to equip others to understand the impact complex of trauma. As she offers care through Buxmont, she will provide counseling services in Spanish.

Sharon aims to walk alongside others as they make sense of their story and to empower them as they move forward on their journey. 

“LORD, you alone are my portion and my cup; you make my lot secure. The boundary
lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance. I will
praise the LORD, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. I keep my eyes
always on the LORD. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.”
- Psalm 16:5-8

Hazel Matlack, MA
Counselor

Hazel and her husband were mere children when they sailed to Italy with their baby girl in 1967 where they spent 16 years church planting. They returned to the States and some years later when she was a grandmother, she earned a master’s degree in Christian Counseling from Cairn University (then PBU). 

She is blessed to have 20 years of counseling experience with married couples and women.  She has the most fun with pre-marital couples – helping them learn to love well through communication skills, conflict resolution, healthy intimacy, spiritual growth, and more. 

When she is not counseling, she is a wife, a mother of three and their spouses, and a grandmother of nine.  Some of her family lives half a mile away, some 25 miles away and others live 7,500 miles away.  She loves to cook and bake and get dirt under her nails in her garden. Hazel serves on the board of a non-profit organization and makes fleece blankets for a local pregnancy center.

In my counseling I share what God has taught me through education, his Word, and my own life experiences. I am humbled to carry in my heart the hundreds of stories entrusted to me. I do what I do because:

'I, the LORD, have called you…; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you…a light…to open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.'
- Isaiah 42:6-7

Keara McDevitt, LMSW
Counselor

Keara is completing an internship with BuxMont Counseling as part of her field practicum for graduate school. Keara earned her bachelor’s in social work from Messiah University in May of 2022, and is currently working towards her masters in clinical social work from Temple University. She is on track to graduate in December of 2023 and is planning for licensure. At BuxMont, Keara maintains weekly clinical supervision under Jessica Greaser and Scott Eldredge.

Keara most recently completed an internship with Victim Services of the Cumberland County District Attorney’s Office as a crime victim advocate, guiding individuals and families experiencing trauma through court and the criminal justice system.

Keara loves Jesus and building a therapeutic connection with others. She is passionate about healing from trauma and living in the Lord’s promise of peace over our lives. She believes that healing is not a linear process, and is committed to treating clients from a trauma-informed perspective that considers the whole person in their environment.

“Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.”
- 3 John 1:2

Jessie Russell-Nisbet, LSW
Counselor

Jessie Russell-Nisbet is a licensed social worker with a master's degree in social work from Marywood University.  Her counseling interests include domestic abuse, early life trauma, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, spiritual direction, life transitions, and personal, marital, and ministry conflict. Jessie was in full-time ministry for twelve years co-directing a residential home for troubled youth and their families.  She worked as a counselor/advocate in a safe house for women and children who were survivors of domestic violence.  She has two married sons and an adopted daughter.

Maria Vincent, MFT
Counselor

After a rewarding career as a Middle School Spanish Teacher in Fairfield, CT, Maria returned to graduate school to begin a new adventure as a therapist.  She recently completed her master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, CT. Before that, she earned an Undergraduate degree in Spanish at Southern and also holds a master’s degree in education from the University of Bridgeport and a Sixth Year Graduate degree from Sacred Heart University.  She is a member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy.

With compassion and empathy for others, she draws on her own life experience and professional expertise. As a therapist, she looks to partner with Individuals, couples, and families facing life challenges. She and her husband enjoy the joys and challenges of a blended family, which consists of four children and five grandchildren. She also enjoys walking, biking and spinning.

“Because of the Lord’s great love, we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.”
- Lamentations 3: 22–24

Staci Landis
Administrative Assistant

Staci is a wife to her husband Tim, and a mother of three; who has been saved by the grace of God and strives to walk in biblical truth and love. Staci has an Early Childhood Degree and worked in a variety of roles over the years from teaching pre-kindergarten to working in Special Education in an Autism Program. She then worked as an admin for a Christian radio station out of Northwestern College for a few years before answering the call of the Lord to homeschool their children. Staci and her husband owned their own business as photographers for over a decade and she helped operate the administrative side of the business when her husband expanded the business to include marketing for brands, tourism boards and missions work. Their family has traveled all over the world promoting brands and tourism and more recently, her husband has taken on the role of Director of Communications for Farms International. Together, they’ve relocated multiple states, traveled, worked businesses and currently, are joyfully serving the Lord in the roles they are in and continue to seek to serve the Lord faithfully in whatever He calls them to. Staci loves the Lord and one of her deepest desires is to see marriages and families strengthened, built up and renewed; allowing them to live out a faithful life in Christ.

“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not of works, so that no one may boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.”
- Ephesians 2:8-10

Jen Emery – MA

Jen Emery graduated in 1996 with a Master of Arts in Christian Counseling.  She has 15 years’ experience working with at-risk youth, with an alternative school in the area.  She also spent 9 years as a missionary working with the very poor in Ecuador.  Before she left to go to Ecuador, she was actually a counselor at Buxmont Counseling for 5 years.  She worked mostly with women and girls, dealing with many issues, ranging from anxiety to finding their identity in Christ.  She is happy to be back in the states now, and lives with her husband of 25 years, and two teenage boys.  Jen is also fluent in Spanish, and enjoys doing various activities to help the Latin community.

Debbie Eckert, MSW, LSW

Counselor

Debbie is a licensed social worker who graduated with bachelor degrees in Bible and social work from Cairn University, and later received a master’s in social work from Campbellsville University. She has worked for Bucks County Children and Youth as an Intensive Services Caseworker and as a foster parent through Bethany Christian Services. At Lakeside’s Souderton Vantage Academy, an alternative school, she helped children whose educational needs were impacted by trauma and their mental health. Debbie also works at Living Streams Ranch, a Christian mentorship program using horses to help women and children find hope and healing after experiencing traumatic life situations.

Debbie practices from a trauma informed perspective, focusing on strengths and the systems that can help bring relief from symptoms. She is experienced helping kids and families who are struggling with the impact of trauma, anxiety, depression, loss of a loved one, divorce in the home, foster care placement and adoption. Debbie connects with students who are experiencing challenges at school, including anxiety and truancy.

Additionally, Debbie practices holistically, understanding that the physical, mental, and spiritual health of an individual are all important pieces of wellness. For those who desire it, she is willing to pray with clients and explore how God’s love provides a foundation for healing.

“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”
- Romans 15:13