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About us

Our story, our mission, our people.

A nonprofit therapy practice built on one conviction: quality care should be within reach for every person who needs it — regardless of what they can afford.

Our story

Built to say yes.

Before we were Wholehearted Counseling, we were a handful of therapists, a local church, and a question: what would it look like to build a counseling practice whose first job was to say yes to the people who usually get turned away?

Today we're a 501(c)(3) nonprofit serving Middle Tennessee — founded in 2020 and granted our 501(c)(3) status in 2025. Our partnership with Church of the City Spring Hill funds dozens of sliding-scale spots every year, so the client who comes to us after a job loss, a divorce, or a diagnosis can still start the work.

Thousands
of sessions served since our doors opened in 2020.
Hundreds
of sliding-scale spots funded every year by our partners.
Dozens
of opportunities to get involved.
The Wholehearted Counseling team outside their Spring Hill office
Some of the team outside our Spring Hill office.
Our mission

Wholehearted Counseling is dedicated to providing accessible, affordable, and compassionate mental health care — rooted in Christian values — to foster generational healing and strengthen the well-being of individuals, families, and communities.

Our values

Four words we try to live by.

Accessible

Two in-person offices in Spring Hill, telehealth across Tennessee. Help within reach.

Affordable

A standard $130 session and a sliding scale available to all who apply — funded by our donors and partnerships, so cost is never the reason someone can't start.

Compassionate

Clinically rigorous, personally warm. We treat the whole person — not the diagnosis on the intake form.

Rooted

Grounded in Christian values and open to everyone. Faith-literate for those who want it, and gently out of the way for those who don't.

Partnership

Church of the City Spring Hill.

Our partnership with Church of the City Spring Hill isn't a logo on the footer — it's the reason our sliding scale exists. Their ongoing support underwrites the sessions we offer at reduced rates, which means a client's ability to afford therapy never has to be a barrier to receiving it.

We're actively building more partnerships with churches, businesses, and individual donors who share the conviction that mental health care is community care. If that's you, we'd love to talk.

Church of the City Spring Hill — exterior with warm evening light
Wholehearted Counseling team and community celebrating the ribbon cutting
A community milestone

Cutting the ribbon on accessible care.

Surrounded by the church, business, and neighbor partners who make our sliding scale possible.

From our founder

Built by a family, for families.

Wholehearted began with Katie Day's conviction that healing shouldn't be a privilege reserved for those who can afford it. That belief still anchors everything we do.

It's why we measure success not in clients seen, but in the people who got to start — and keep going — because cost was never the thing that stopped them.

The Day family outside the Wholehearted Counseling office
Board of directors

The people keeping us honest.

Six volunteers who make sure our mission stays our mission.

Art Loftin

Art Loftin

Board Chair

Although Art has lived in several states, Tennessee has been his home for over 36 years. Art and his wife Mary recently celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary. God has also blessed them with two children and seven wonderful grandchildren. After 38 years in telecommunications, most of them with an Israeli electronics manufacturer, he is now retired and enjoying the chance to spend more time with his family and serving his community.

Courtney Bareman

Courtney Bareman

Vice Chair

With a background in marketing and over 20 years of ministry leadership, Courtney brings both professional expertise and a deep heart for people. As a certified coach and consultant, she helps individuals, couples, and teams grow in self-awareness, emotional maturity, and spiritual depth. Rooted in her own faith journey, Courtney is passionate about creating spaces of healing and hope and values connecting people and resources within the community. She and her husband, Derek, have been married for 21 years and are raising four children together.

Debbie Mackey

Debbie Mackey

Secretary

Debbie's entire career has been in healthcare, specifically hospitals, so she has a heart for seeing people heal from whatever difficulty they're encountering. She has served as a board member of several nonprofit organizations. She shares openly about the impact counseling has had in her life and because of that feels passionately about the mission of Wholehearted Counseling. Debbie lives in Columbia with her husband, Dan, and together they are part of a prayer ministry at Church of the City Spring Hill.

Adam Neelly

Adam Neelly

Treasurer

Adam Neelly is a financial advisor based in the Franklin/Spring Hill area who serves as Treasurer for Wholehearted Counseling. He brings a disciplined approach to financial stewardship, helping ensure the organization's resources are managed with integrity and purpose so the team can stay focused on bringing hope and healing to those it serves. Adam works at ClearTrust Wealth Advisors in Franklin, TN, specializing in retirement planning and investment management. He is passionate about the intersection of faith and financial responsibility and is honored to support an organization that meets people in some of their most vulnerable moments.

Dan Mackey

Dan Mackey

Director

Dan is a graduate of San Jose Bible College, a business owner and has served in many churches and other nonprofit organizations throughout his life. He believes everyone should receive Christian counseling and has experienced it himself. Dan and his wife Debbie live in Columbia and are ministry leaders in their church.

Nate Amspacher

Nate Amspacher

Director

Nate is founder and lead strategist of Upstream Digital Marketing. His expertise in the digital advertising realm brings a fresh perspective and relevance to a variety of businesses. He champions mental health and has seen it benefit the lives of those he cares about. Nate and his wife Nicole live in Tennessee with their four kiddos and are passionate about helping the next generation through partnering with their local church.

Transparency

Nothing to hide.

We're a 501(c)(3) accountable to our donors, our clients, and our community.

501(c)(3) · EIN 85-2996097

Nonprofit status

We're a registered 501(c)(3) public charity, recognized in 2025. Every gift is tax-deductible to the extent the law allows.

Form 990 & financials

Our most recent Form 990 and audited financial statements are available on request.

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Board meeting minutes

Board minutes are maintained by our secretary and are available to members and partners on request.

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