Mental Wellbeing

The Greystone Retreat: Nashville Enneagram Center for Wellbeing was birthed out of Sharon’s belief that everyone deserves access to “affordable and excellent mental healthcare” and her belief in the “transformative power of the Enneagram as a psychological tool in recovery.”

She is passionate about mental health care in our communities and raising the awareness of the need for good clinical care. She focuses on recovery and resiliency; encouraging people to find hope in dark places. She says the process of recovery is not easy but if you are willing to walk into healing, do the hard work of recovery and grant yourself kindness you will experience life rather than just surviving life.

Sharon is dual licensed in Tennessee and Arizona and is a Tennessee State Approved Supervisor for Licensure. Sharon’s theraputic approach is holistic and trauma informed. She has within her repertoire EMDR, TBRI, psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral and the Enneagram approach to therapy.  Sharon is a Certified Parent Coordinator and works closely with the Middle Tennessee County Court System offering alternatives to high-conflict post custody cases, striving to push parents to “think in the best interest” of their children.

Sharon is a firm believer that trauma lodges itself in the body, mind and heart. She says, “Trauma is pervasive.  Because trauma doesn’t discriminate there are symptoms that are normal to one who has been exposed to trauma.  The trauma is “not normal” however your responses to trauma are.  One of those responses is isolation and when the victim isolates it compounds the trauma. My best advice for people recovering from any kind of trauma is work with a trauma trained therapist. Trauma should not be carried alone.”

Sharon is active in the Nashville community serving on homeless and veterans boards. She is sought after for Critical Stress Debriefings for natural disasters and violence. Sharon took part in the recovery process of the Route 91 and Opry Mills shooting, Hurricane Katrina and the Tsunami. She is a published author, radio guest, speaker, former restaurateur and organizational trainer. In 2013 she started 9P (9paths.com) a consulting company that trains organizational teams in the Enneagram Personality Mapping System increasing the talent and teams performance and creating long-term sustainability.

Seema Patel is a graduate student at Lipscomb University in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program. She is committed to giving her clients the best therapeutic experience. She understands that for many taking care of your mental wellbeing might be stigmatizing and desires to create a safe, understanding environment for her clients to process.

She is a member of the American Counseling Association and is dedicated to fostering a safe environment for clients to begin their healing journey. Her training is in cognitive-behavioral, existential, feminist, and person-centered therapeutic approaches.

Seema likes to spend time with her friends and family in her free time, reading and catching up on her Netflix shows. Seema has joins our mental wellness team at 9Paths.

Madison Natarajan-Thetford is a counselor in residence at the Greystone Retreat. Madison’s clinical experience includes working with victims of intimate partner violence at the Domestic Violence Division of Metro Nashville Police Department. Madison brings a trauma informed approach to counseling and values the therapeutic relationship that occurs between client and therapist.

Madison says: “One thing that impassions me as a counselor is watching people take agency of their own lives to create change, foster self-compassion, and healing. It continues to inspire me to foster my own personal growth and learning. The mind is a beautiful and at times frightening thing that demands more of our attention than we often acknowledge. It is my belief that partnering on the journey of self exploration through counseling can be intimidating, but one of the most fulfilling and worthwhile experiences we could give ourselves.”

Madison’s clinical interests include working with victims of complex trauma, spiritual transitions, mindfulness based techniques, and LGBTQ issues. She considers herself an academic nerd and loves to read, conduct research, and attend workshops in counseling and psychology. In her free time she enjoys backpacking, being outdoors, and spending time with friends and colleagues.

Madison is currently full and is not able to take new clients at this time.

Paul Jamison is a counselor in residence at the Greystone Retreat. He holds a Master’s Degree of Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Paul has clinical experience working with both adolescence and adults working at Centerstone Community Health. Paul works with patients that suffer from anxiety, panic attacks, depression, trauma and grief, as well as families, couples and problems with relationships. Paul uses a Cognitive Behavioral and Person Centered approach, as well as providing Psychoeducation to help grow better understanding of how we function. Paul also has skills in other modalities to fit each person individually. Paul is a member of the American Counseling Association; and is dedicated in creating a safe, comfortable, supportive environment to give each client an opportunity to fully express themselves and to ultimately create growth and change.

Paul is originally from Boston, Massachusetts, and has been living in Nashville for 8 years. In his free time, he enjoys playing basketball, watching sports, exercising, hiking, exploring food restaurants, listening to podcasts, cheering on all Boston sports teams, and spending time with friends and family.

Paul says: “I believe that we all view life through a lens, and I love helping clients adjust their lens to view their lives or situation, in a different and beneficial way. We all have struggles in life, and I am a strong believer in the therapeutic process to help pull ourselves out of it. I would love to get to know you, and to walk through this life journey with you in whatever situation that you are in!

Robyn Noble, MCC has had over 30 years of experience in the mental health field. She received her Master’s in Community Counseling from Mississippi College and completed Post-Master’s work in Counselor Education at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Throughout her career, Robyn has worked in a variety of mental health settings including adolescent and adult inpatient and out patient programs in both mental health and chemical dependency. She has also worked in residential treatment with women who have experienced trauma. She currently works as the therapist for the women’s trauma program at a local outpatient program.

Robyn has been trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. She is also trained in Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) and has served on trauma response teams for disasters, school shootings and other traumatic events. She has somewhat of an eclectic style in her therapy which develops to fit the need of the client. She believes that therapy must be connection focused and has a relaxed style while working with hard issues. She works with adolescents and adults as well as couples. Robyn works with people who are dealing with depression, anxiety, trauma, grief and loss, terminal or chronic illness, sexuality issues, adjustment issues and personality disorders. She enjoys spending time with her family and friends, nature, anything water related and camping.