Dr. Steve Watson grew up in Morton, Mississippi, and answered the call to the counseling ministry while attending Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. His Bachelor’s Degree is in Religious Education and he has two Master’s Degrees in Counseling all from Mississippi College. He also holds a Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Educational Psychology from Mississippi State University.

Steve has served churches in Mississippi, Texas, and Louisiana and has been a Licensed Professional Counselor for more than two decades providing service to individuals, families, students, and organizations. In that time, he also taught psychology and counseling at the college and university level, and he was Director of Outpatient Services for Charter Behavioral Health of Jackson. Steve’s strength is meeting clients at their point of need and being solution-focused no matter the issue that has brought them to counseling. He focuses on developing a safe environment that provides clients with the opportunity to address specific issues and then develop effective skills for growth and change. His therapeutic approach is highly individualized to meet each client where they need the most support. As we all do, he too, has traveled some difficult roads and knows first-hand the importance of having the support of a caring and responsive professional while knowing there is only one truly Wonderful Counselor.

On a personal level he and his wife, Maret, have been married for 30 years, and they are the proud parents of three sons. Family life has provided countless opportunities to practice the techniques he uses in his counseling practice on a daily basis