Meet Our Professional Staff
Walter W. Swinhoe
Walter W. Swinhoe is a Pastoral Counselor trained to see an individual, couples, and families through difficult times. He is certified as a Fellow through the American Association of Pastoral Counselors.
He was the Executive Director at a Pastoral Counseling Center for 20 years before establishing Family & Christian Wellness Center. He is a graduate of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary earning his Masters of Divinity Degree in 1990. He is also a graduate of Texas Tech University earning his Psychology Degree in 1985.
His experience includes more than 22 years of individual, marriage, family & group counseling. His pastoral identity models unconditional positive regard, presence, grace and hope.
Dalena Propest
Associate Director
Minister & Wounded Healer
Dalena Propest has a bachelor's degree in Christian Ministry from Wayland Baptist University. She graduated Magna Cum Laude and is currently under the supervision of Walter Swinhoe.
Her mission and ministry as a Wounded Healer is to embrace the transformative journey of integrating Christian spiritual principles with the study of the soul’s healing. To bring hope, restoration, and well-being to those broken and wounded. Dalena has faith in the healing power of Christ through her transformative healing journey where she found the strength and compassion to accompany others on the path to wholeness.
She will, as Henri Nouwen wrote, “Encourage you to look at your mental, emotional, and spiritual roots to transform your life.” Dalena aspires to be a vessel of God's love, healing, and transformation, weaving together the threads of faith and soul searching, while using the principles of Transactional Analysis, to bring light into the lives of the wounded so they may find hope, restoration, and a path to a fuller, more abundant life.
Anne Morrison Smith
Editor & Wounded Healer
Anne Morrison Smith has bachelor's degrees in Biology and English Literature from the University of Missouri and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. As she develops her skills as a wounded healer, Annie will forever be grateful to Walter Swinhoe, her counselor, advisor, mentor, and friend. In her spare time, she enjoys reading meandering novels, weekends on the lake, and the general mayhem of life with two young sons and a large extended family.