Counselors and Staff Members

Founder and Executive Director -Winston Salem, NC

Wendy is an intuitive who is interactive in her consulting, counseling and spiritual direction. She enjoys being a lifelong learner and is shaped greatly through God’s word, inter-cultural and cross-cultural experiences along with the many beautiful people she has in her life.

She serves Holy Curious as the executive director, as a member of the board of directors and as a biblical counselor. She also is an adjunct faculty member with Westminster Theological Seminary and contracts separately with the Christian Counseling Educational Foundation as an online instructor.

She completed her DMin in the area of Biblical Counseling, choosing to focus her research and dissertation on the subject of the bridges and barriers to personal relationships for those living with Autism.

https://www.holycurious.com/wendybrowne

Counselor

Karen loves counseling and cross-cultural ministry, the country and people of Japan have a special place in her heart. In addition to counseling, Karen currently teaches English and Bible in a local ESL ministry.

She and her husband lived and worked in West Africa for a season providing administrative and IT support to Bible translators. This along with other Spirit led work has given her a heart for cross-cultural and CCW counseling.

Her desire is to point clients to the love of God through the venue of biblical counseling and hopes to grow in her language skills to offer counseling in multiple languages.

https://www.holycurious.com/karenchacko

Counselor and Martinsburg Site Leader

Kirk is small town boy at his core, having grown up in one in southwestern Virginia and pastoring churches in two different small towns over the last 15+ years.  He and his wife, Michelle, have four children, and they have many dinner conversations that are both chaotic and hilarious.  Kirk loves to read but has a special place in his heart for The Lord of the Rings.

Kirk’s heart as a counselor is one that desires to join the Lord as the Great Shepherd who pursues those who are wandering alone, who are broken and need mending, who are wounded and need healing, who are grieving and need consolation, and who are addicted and desire to exchange this for a kind King.

https://www.holycurious.com/kirkblankenship

Counselor

Laura was raised in a small town in the foothills of North Carolina and now resides in the Triangle area. She and her husband, Adam, are on a journey that has included military life, raising children, foster care, adoption, graduate studies, and founding a nonprofit dedicated to serving foster children in eastern North Carolina.

Laura finds joy in sharing life with her husband and five children, immersing herself in books and podcasts, spending time with friends, learning new skills - currently pickleball, and taking walks with her poodle, Louanne.

As a counselor, she is both humbled and honored to be invited into people’s stories, being able to witness again and again the transformational presence and power of Jesus in the midst of life’s hardships.

https://www.holycurious.com/laurawhite

Counselor - Charlotte and Winston Salem

Originally, a native of Oregon and the Northwest, Brett spent his first career in the Air Force for 24 years. Active duty in Law Enforcement and later serving in the area of Personnel/ Human Resources, he lived Stateside and abroad. Upon retiring from the military, he began his studies at Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte where he currently makes his home.

In his time off, Brett can be found running around Charlotte on local greenways, trails, and with running clubs. But if it's sunny outside, you can also find him doing almost anything from mountain biking, hiking, camping, to reading in a hammock. He also is a total dog-lover and, more often than not, is dog-sitting.

Brett has a heart for the marginalized and those who are just struggling in various ways. Aren't we all in some ways? From his own experiences, he wants to share the comfort he has received from a loving, faithful and redeeming God who is never done with us. He is excited at the prospect of coming alongside others to see where the Spirit leads and partner in what God is up to!

https://www.holycurious.com/brettsmith

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