Meet the Mitchell’s House Team
Kiley Thiel, MA, LCMHCs, CCTP
Kiley Thiel is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. She maintains a private practice and is an adjunct professor of psychology at Queens University of Charlotte. Past experience includes working as director of children teen services at Kindermourn (2014-2020) and providing inpatient and outpatient psychotherapy school-based service for CMC Atrium Behavioral Health (2003-2006)
B.S. in Psychology, May 2000, M.A. in Health Psychology, May 2002, Appalachian State University
- Licensed Professional Counselor 2004 – 2018
- Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor 2018 – present
- Certified Clinical Trauma Professional 2017 – present
- Member, National Alliance of Grieving Children 2014 – 2021
Melinda Willison, MS-CMHC, NC-LCMHCA, NCC
Melinda is a Nationally Certified Counselor licensed in NC as a Clinical Mental Health Counselor and obtained a Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Capella University. Her experience includes a background as an educator, school-based support services and counseling, as well as, working with both children and adults in private practice.
Melinda holds certificates in Trauma Focused-CBT, along with training in Managing Grief and Complicated Grief. Melinda is a member of the American Counseling Association and actively engages in continuing education programs through the Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling (ASERVIC) and The Association for Multicultural Counseling & Development (AMCD).