About us

About Origins Counseling & Wellness

Compassionate, inclusive mental health and recovery counseling, in person across North Carolina and online.

Our values

At Origins, care begins with belonging

We’re dedicated to offering inclusive mental health and recovery counseling to folks across North Carolina and beyond: care that honors every identity, story and starting point.

Everyone belongs

You don’t have to explain yourself or earn your place here. You’re welcomed as you are, from the very first hello.
Identity-affirming care

Your culture, orientation, gender and story are part of who you are, never something to fix.
Collaboration, not prescription

You’re the expert on your own life. We listen first, then shape your care together, at your pace.
Safety at every step

Clear expectations, real choice and a steady pace, so healing can happen without repeating harm.

How we work

Care that fits your life

Therapy works best when it’s easy to start and easy to keep going. Choose the setting, the payment option and the clinician that fit what you need right now.

In person across North Carolina, or online through secure telehealth.
Clinicians who accept Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, CHAMPVA, Cigna, the NC State Health Plan, UnitedHealthcare and other commercial plans. See who accepts insurance.
Self-pay options, with sliding-scale openings available from some clinicians.

Administration

Meet our admin team

Leah Riddell
LCMHC · she/her
Administration & Supervision
Building a practice where therapists can thrive, so their clients can too.
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Dr. Crissa Allen
PhD, LCMHC, NCC · she/her
Director of Graduate Training Programs
Therapy for high achievers who are ready to stop living by everyone else's expectations and feel more at home in their own lives.
- Online: North Carolina
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Kelsey Someliana-Lauer
MA · she/her
Practice Manager
Helping make the practical side of starting therapy feel clear, organized, and a little less overwhelming.
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