Luminary Counseling & Solutions to relocate, expand

Luminary Counseling & Solutions is relocating and the owners plan to significantly expand the practice, less than five years after opening.

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PHOTO COURTESY LUMINARY COUNSELING & SOLUTIONS
Katie Romang, left, and Lauren Henton opened Luminary Counseling & Solutions in March 2020.
“We opened in March 2020, just as everything shut down,” said co-owner Lauren Henton, who opened the practice at 3050 Montvale Dr. along with Katie Romang. “I had left a large health organization and she had left a social work practice to take a chance on something new. The first couple of weeks, we thought, ‘What did we do?’ but as it turns out, the need was higher than ever.”

The goal of launching Luminary was to empower women and teen girls, with a special focus on working with pregnant and post-partum women for maternal mental health. “We want to help new moms balance what life looks like now with who they want to be,” said Henton.

As of Oct. 1, Luminary will be operating out of 3695 S. Sixth St., taking about half of the Martin Engineering building. The 4,100-square-foot suite will be a significant expansion from the current 1,300 square feet and will include seven treatment rooms plus community gathering space.

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PHOTO BY MICHELLE OWNBEY
As of Oct. 1, the practice will relocate to 3695 S. Sixth St.

“We’ve had five of us operating out of a four-office suite, so now our fifth person will be able to go full-time and we’ll also hire two additional clinicians,” Henton said. The practice will also continue to offer telehealth appointments but the expanded space will help provide the full therapeutic experience, she said.

“Our whole design is to make this more of a spa feel instead of an institutional feel,” Henton said. “We want our clients to feel like this is self-care instead of a problem to be solved.”

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