Where Healing Begins, Hope Emerges, and Growth Takes Root

YOUR JOURNEY

STARTS HERE

SUPPORTING YOU ON A JOURNEY TO A BETTER TOMORROW

New River Hope Center strives to ensure that every individual and family in Southwest Virginia has access to high-quality, trauma-informed mental health care, regardless of income or circumstance.

Through compassionate, evidence-based treatment, specialized therapeutic services, community education, and financial assistance, we promote healing, strengthen families, and build healthier communities.

INDIVIDUAL THERAPY

Compassionate, trauma-informed therapy tailored to your unique needs, helping you navigate challenges, heal, build resilience, and move forward with hope.

PLAYTHERAPY

Play therapy uses play—the natural language of childhood—to help children express feelings, process trauma and difficult experiences, develop healthy coping skills, and heal in an age-appropriate, supportive environment.

FAMILY THERAPY

Family therapy strengthens relationships, improves communication, and helps families navigate conflict, heal from challenges, and build healthier connections together.

Specialties We Work In

WE ARE DIFFERENT

Why New River Hope Center?

TAKING THE FIRST STEP TOWARD HEALING STARTS HERE.

A Safe Place for You - No Matter Your Age or Story

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Meet The Therapist

Elizabeth Houle, Ph.D., LMFT-S

Beth Houle is a therapist and the founder of New River Hope Center. She holds a doctorate in Marriage and Family Therapy and brings more than a decade of experience providing mental health care and leading her own private practice in Tennessee since 2015.

A native of Wytheville, Beth is grateful to return with her family to the community she has always considered home. She founded New River Hope Center with a vision of bringing high-quality, trauma-informed mental health care to individuals and families throughout Southwest Virginia, regardless of income or circumstance.

Beth’s approach is compassionate, strengths-based, and grounded in evidence-based practices. She is passionate about helping individuals and families find healing, strengthen relationships, and move forward with hope.

Discover What’s Possible With Therapy

Find Relief

Create Space to Breathe

Therapy can help you slow down, understand what you're carrying, and develop tools to manage stress, anxiety, and overwhelming emotions.


Gain Understanding

Make Sense of Your Story

Explore patterns, experiences, and relationships that shape how you think, feel, and respond—so you can better understand yourself and what you need.


Create Change

Move Forward With Intention

Build healthier patterns, strengthen relationships, and develop the confidence and skills to create meaningful change in your life.

Helpful Reads

MENTAL HEALTH & WELLNESS


READY TO START YOUR JOURNEY?

Your Journey To Healing Starts Here

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