Cathleen Donahue, LPCC and owner
Cathleen Donahue, or Cathi, is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in the state of Kentucky and the founder of Restoration Christian Counseling, PLLC. She believes that the purpose of Restoration Christian Counseling is to help individuals and families by providing them with sound clinical counseling balanced with faith-based, biblical principles and practices.
Cathi completed a B.A. in Secondary Education at Indiana University in December 1994, but knew she was supposed to become a Christian Counselor. In 1996, she moved to Wilmore, KY to attend Asbury Theological Seminary and then graduated in 1999 with an M.A. in Counseling. She completed the necessary requirements in 2002 to become a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor.
Over the past two decades, Cathi has worked in a variety of roles in the mental health profession, including crisis counselor, community mental health outpatient therapist, substance abuse group facilitator, program director, and counselor and director, since 2009, for Restoration Christian Counseling. Cathi has experience working with mental health issues, such as depression and other mood disorders, anxiety disorders, addictions, codependency, trauma, abuse and other mental illnesses; she implements many different modes of treatment, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Psychiatric Rehabilitation, and Motivational Interviewing into counseling as needed.
Cathi is dedicated to supporting individuals and families in seeking healing and recovery in their lives. She believes the Lord promises this when He said that He will “restore to you the years that the locusts have eaten” (Joel 2:25).
Stephen Applegate, Certified Psychologist with Autonomous Functioning
Stephen Applegate is a Master's level Certified Psychologist with Autonomous Functioning. He has 30 years of clinical experience in several outpatient settings. Services provided over the years include both mental health and substance abuse treatment for adults, adolescents and children. Although Stephen has experience with most mental health problems, he is particularly interested in working with grief issues, spiritual issues, and family dynamics.
1995--Bluegrass South RIAC IMPACT 5 year Services Award
2000-- Bluegrass South RIAC IMPACT 10 year Services Award
2007--Kentucky State Commissioner's Best Practice Award for Individual Services
2010--Bluegrass Mental Health Board Clinical Long Time Employee of the Year
Lee Ann Hunt, LCSW
Lee Ann is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and has been with Restoration Christian Counseling, PLLC, since February 2014. She received her bachelor’s degree from The University of the Cumberlands in 1987 and her Masters in Social Work from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1993. She obtained her independent license in 2003.
She has provided counseling for multiple issues in a variety of treatment settings and specializes in treating people who have experienced abuse and domestic violence. Lee Ann’s mission is to make clinically sound, faith-based counseling accessible to those who seek it. Lee Ann counsels in the Danville office.