Jacksonville native and licensed professional counselor Dorothy McDermott and her team are back in Jacksonville after a year spent working in Calhoun County.
McDermott, a graduate of Jacksonville State University, said she knew early in life that she wanted to help people, even if she wasn’t sure how. She recalled being a senior at Jacksonville High School, filling out her senior memory book, confronted with the question, “what do you want to do for your career?”
“I didn’t know for sure what I would do,” McDermott said, sitting in the lobby of her counseling service, A Fresh Start Counseling, beside KT Pho on the west side of Public Square. “So I wrote that I wanted to be helping people; no matter what the job, I knew I wanted to help people.”
Decades after the decision to dedicate herself to helping, McDermott is a full-time counselor and the published author of “Get Well: A Fresh Perspective on Mental Wellness,” a common language explanation of common issues that hinder wellness.
Visit afreshstartcounselingservice.com to learn more about McDermott and her team members, Mary Wright and Tanisha Smith, and to schedule appointments.
Welcome back to Jacksonville!
