LEXINGTON — Beacon Center for Counseling is proud to announce that they have hired Derrick Martin as one of their newest licensed professional counselors at their Lexington satellite office, located at 220 Industrial Drive in Lexington.

Martin comes to Beacon with a vast background and range of experience in focusing his work with crisis and trauma, as well as marriage and pre-marital counseling. Prior to becoming a counselor, he served in public safety as a firefighter/paramedic and a police officer before being injured in 2008. Since 2012, he has maintained his ordination as a professional chaplain endorsed by Liberty Baptist Fellowship and previously served as a juvenile court officer with the Richland County Court of Common Pleas.

Martin obtained his Master of Divinity in Chaplaincy in 2012 from Liberty University and his Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Ashland University earlier this month.

In addition to his formal academia, Martin is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) which is highly sought in treating post-traumatic stress disorder and other mood disorders. He has successfully completed training at Level II of the Gottman Theory for marriage and relationships and is trained in critical incident stress management.

He brings a fresh perspective to working with clients facing traumatic experiences, PTSD, grief, depression, anxiety, and marital/pre-marital issues and focuses significantly on working with current members of police, fire and EMS.

The Lexington office primarily focuses on services related to marriage/pre-marital counseling, crisis and trauma, PTSD, depression, and anxiety. It offers services for individuals, couples, and groups from ages 13 to 65.

Beacon Center for Counseling is based in Westerville, Ohio with offices in Westerville, Dublin, Newark, Granville and now Lexington. In addition to counseling, Beacon also provides presentations, classes, and workshops on a variety of topics including addiction and substance abuse, boundaries, communication, depression, how to pick a marital partner, intimacy issues, parenting, pornography and suicide.

For more information, contact the Lexington office at 419-528-8081 or by visiting them on Facebook or their website at www.beaconlexington.com.