About Our Counselors

        
 Cheryl Gentile             Jennifer Harrup            Bill Thorne                                                                                              

Cheryl Gentile, is the Clinical Director and owner of East Coast Counseling, Inc. She received her MS degree in Substance abuse and Clinical Counseling. She is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC), Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Supervisor (LCMHCS), Certified Rehabilitation Counselor-Master Addictions Counselor( CRC-MAC), and Certified Clinical Supervisor (CCS).

With over 20 years of clinical experience she is well versed in a variety of therapeutic approaches, and provides both mental health, and addictions counseling services in individual and group settings for adults. She also applies a blended model of clinical supervision for CSAC, LCASA, and LPCA supervisees.

​Jennifer Harrup is the Director of Counseling. She received her MS degree in Substance Abuse Counseling / Clinical Counseling and Rehabilitation Counseling from ECU in 2006.

She is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Supervisor (LCMHCS), Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor (LPCS), Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC), Certified Clinical Supervisor (CCS), and a Substance Abuse Professional (SAP).

She uses an individualized approach to counseling and facilitates
several process groups for clients with substance abuse issues.  She
has worked in the substance abuse field since 2004 and enjoys working with this diverse and often 
under served population. 

Bill Thorne received his MS degree in Substance Abuse Counseling / Clinical Counseling and Rehabilitation Counseling from ECU in 2007. He is a
Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC), Licensed Professional Counselor
(LPC), and a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor
(CRC).

He uses a cognitive behavioral approach to counseling and facilitates several process groups for clients with substance abuse issues.
 

​He acts as a strong advocate for the substance abuse population and is active in his community and church.

DWI and Substance Abuse Group Facilitators:
Lisa Peralta MS, LCMHC, LCAS, CRC
Gloria Leak MS, LCMHC, LCAS, CRC, CCS
Jordan Thomas MS, LCAS, CRC
Michelle Godwin MS, LCAS, CCS
Lauren Bethune MS, LCMHC, LCASA
Stephanie Morell MS, LCAS, CRC, CVE
Sarah Pearsall MS, LCMHCA